Wool & MMF shipment - 2005 excess agreement limits

29 Dec '05

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Commissioner,
Bureau of Customs and Border Protection, Washington, DC 20229.

Dear Commissioner: This directive provides instructions on permitting entry to goods shipped in excess of 2005 quota limits for Belarus.

For all shipments exported in 2005 that exceed the applicable 2005 agreed quota limits for Belarus, you are directed to deny entry until February 1, 2006, subject to the following procedure. From February 1 through February 28, 2006, you are directed to permit entry to goods in an amount equal to 5 percent of the applicable 2005 base quota limit.

For each succeeding month, beginning on the first day of the month and extending through the last day of the month, you are directed to permit entry to goods in an amount equal to 5 percent of the applicable base 2005 quota limit, until all shipments in excess of the quota limits have been entered.

The Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) for Textiles and Apparel oversees programs and strategies to improve the domestic and international competitiveness of the US fiber, textiles and apparel industries.

The DAS also serves as Chairman of the Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA), which determines when market disrupting factors exist in the domestic fiber, textiles and apparel marketplace.

Office of Textiles and Apparel

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