[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 49 (Monday, March 15, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 12802]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-6237]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Adjustment of Import Limits and Increase of a Guaranteed Access 
Level for Certain Cotton, Wool and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products 
Produced or Manufactured in Costa Rica

March 10, 1999.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs adjusting 
limits and increasing a guaranteed access level.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: March 15, 1999.

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, 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 limits for certain categories are being adjusted, 
variously, for swing and carryover.
    Upon the request of the Government of Costa Rica, the U.S. 
Government has agreed to increase the current Guaranteed Access Level 
for textile products in Category 447.
    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 70107, published on December 18, 1998.
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
March 10, 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 December 14, 1998, by the Chairman, 
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That 
directive concerns imports of certain cotton, wool and man-made 
fiber textile products, produced or manufactured in Costa Rica 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 adjust the 
current limits for the following categories, as provided for under 
the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing:

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                                             Adjusted twelve-month limit
                 Category                                \1\
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340/640...................................  1,143,834 dozen.
342/642...................................  422,479 dozen.
443.......................................  220,933 numbers.
447.......................................  13,904 dozen.
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports
  exported after December 31, 1998.

    Also effective on                        , you are directed to 
increase the Guaranteed Access Level for Category 447 to 14,000 
dozen.
    The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has 
determined that these actions fall within the foreign affairs 
exception of the rulemaking provisions of 5 U.S.C. 553(a)(1).
    Sincerely,
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.
[FR Doc. 99-6237 Filed 3-12-99; 8:45 am]
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