# Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Wool Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia > Briefs, arguments, decisions, and more. URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/documents/fr%3AX97-10909 ## Record - **Collection:** Federal Register - **Document type:** Notice - **Published:** September 9, 1997 - **Citation:** 62 FR 47471 ## Text COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Wool Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia September 3, 1997. AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA). ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs adjusting limits. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- EFFECTIVE DATE: September 9, 1997. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Naomi Freeman, International Trade Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of Commerce, (202) 482-4212. For information on the quota status of these limits, refer to the Quota Status Reports posted on the bulletin boards of each Customs port or call (202) 927-5850. For information on embargoes and quota re-openings, call (202) 482-3715. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Authority: Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as amended; section 204 of the Agricultural Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1854). The current limits for certain categories are being adjusted, variously, for carryforward and swing. A description of the textile and apparel categories in terms of HTS numbers is available in the CORRELATION: Textile and Apparel Categories with the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (see Federal Register notice 61 FR 66263, published on December 17, 1996). Also see 61 FR 48889, published on September 17, 1996. The letter to the Commissioner of Customs and the actions taken pursuant to it are not designed to implement all of the provisions of the bilateral, but are designed to assist only in the [[Page 47472]] implementation of certain of its provisions. Troy H. Cribb, Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements September 3, 1997. Commissioner of Customs, Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229. Dear Commissioner: This directive amends, but does not cancel, the directive issued to you on September 11, 1996, by the Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That directive concerns imports of certain wool textile products, produced or manufactured in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and exported during the period which began on October 1, 1996 and extends through December 31, 1997. Effective on September 9, 1997, you are directed to adjust the limits for the following categories, as provided for in the agreement between the Governments of the United States and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia dated August 6, 1996: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Adjusted fifteen-month limit Category \1\ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 433....................................... 23,876 dozen. 434....................................... 13,250 dozen. 435....................................... 37,150 dozen. 443....................................... 228,938 numbers. 448....................................... 65,861 dozen. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ \1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports exported after September 30, 1996. The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has determined that these actions fall within the foreign affairs exception to the rulemaking provisions of 5 U.S.C.553(a)(1). Sincerely, Troy H. Cribb, Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. [Doc.97-23847 Filed 9-8-97; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 23847-DR-F --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/documents/fr%3AX97-10909. Public record. Not legal advice.