[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 48 (Friday, March 12, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 12289]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-6097]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Adjustment of an Import Limit for Certain Cotton and Man-Made 
Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Laos

March 5, 1999.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs reducing a 
limit.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: March 15, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roy Unger, International Trade 
Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, (202) 482-4212. For information on the quota status of this 
limit, refer to the Quota Status Reports posted on the bulletin boards 
of each Customs port, call (202) 927-5850, or refer to the U.S. Customs 
website at http://www.customs.ustreas.gov. For information on embargoes 
and quota re-openings, call (202) 482-3715.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

    Authority: Section 204 of the Agricultural Act of 1956, as 
amended (7 U.S.C. 1854); Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as 
amended.

    The current limit for Categories 340/640 is being reduced for 
carryforward applied to the 1998 limits.
    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 63 FR 71096, published on December 23, 1998). Also see 
63 FR 53878, published on October 7, 1998.
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
March 5, 1999.

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 30, 1998, by the Chairman, 
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That 
directive concerns imports of certain cotton and man-made fiber 
textile products, produced or manufactured in Laos and exported 
during the twelve-month period which began on January 1, 1999 and 
extends through December 31, 1999.
    Effective on March 15, 1999, you are directed to reduce the 
current limit for Categories 340/640 to 157,941 dozen \1\, as 
provided for under the terms of the current bilateral textile 
agreement between the Governments of the United States and the Lao 
People's Democratic Republic.
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    \1\ The limit has not been adjusted to account for any imports 
exported after December 31, 1998.
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    The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has 
determined that this action falls within the foreign affairs 
exception of the rulemaking provisions of 5 U.S.C. 553(a)(1).
    Sincerely,
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
[FR Doc. 99-6097 Filed 3-11-99; 8:45 am]
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