[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 67 (Thursday, April 8, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17147-17148]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-8786]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton, Man-Made Fiber, 
Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textiles and Textile Products 
Produced or Manufactured in India

April 2, 1999.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs adjusting 
limits.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: April 9, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janet Heinzen, 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 carryforward applied to the 1998 limits and an 
additional 5% allowance for 100 percent cotton garments made of 
handloomed fabrics.
    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 68247, published on December 10, 1998.
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
April 2, 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 4, 1998, by the Chairman, 
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That 
directive concerns imports of certain cotton, man-

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made fiber, silk blend and other vegetable fiber textiles and 
textile products, produced or manufactured in India and exported 
during the twelve-month period which began on January 1, 1999 and 
extends through December 31, 1999.
    Effective on April 9, 1999, you are directed to adjust the 
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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Levels in Group I
314.......................................  8,101,059 square meters.
315.......................................  14,108,165 square meters.
334/634...................................  160,923 dozen.
335/635...................................  716,429 dozen.
336/636...................................  958,106 dozen.
338/339...................................  3,931,812 dozen.
340/640...................................  2,127,435 dozen.
341.......................................  4,220,145 dozen of which not
                                             more than 2,532,085 dozen
                                             shall be in Category 341-Y
                                             \2\.
342/642...................................  1,247,394 dozen.
347/348...................................  711,737 dozen.
351/651...................................  290,544 dozen.
369-D \3\.................................  1,350,698 kilograms.
369-S \4\.................................  736,744 kilograms.
641.......................................  1,519,843 dozen.
Group II..................................
200, 201, 220-227, 237, 239pt. \5\, 300,    116,737,121 square meters
 301, 331-333, 350, 352, 359pt. \6\, 360-    equivalent.
 362, 600-604, 606 \7\, 607, 611-629, 631,
 633, 638, 639, 643-646, 649, 650, 652,
 659pt. \8\, 666, 669pt. \9\, 670, 831,
 833-838, 840-858 and 859pt. \10\, as a
 group.
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports
  exported after December 31, 1998.
\2\ Category 341-Y: only HTS numbers 6204.22.3060, 6206.30.3010,
  6206.30.3030 and 6211.42.0054.
\3\ Category 369-D: only HTS numbers 6302.60.0010, 6302.91.0005 and
  6302.91.0045.
\4\ Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.
\5\ Category 239pt.: only HTS number 6209.20.5040 (diapers).
\6\ Category 359pt.: all HTS numbers except 6406.99.1550.
\7\ Category 606: all HTS numbers except 5403.31.0040 (for
  administrative purposes Category 606 is designated as 606(1)).
\8\ Category 659pt.: all HTS numbers except 6406.99.1510 and
  6406.99.1540.
\9\ Category 669pt.: all HTS numbers except 5601.10.2000, 5601.22.0090,
  5607.49.3000, 5607.50.4000 and 6406.10.9040.
\10\ Category 859pt.: only HTS numbers 6115.19.8040, 6117.10.6020,
  6212.10.5030, 6212.10.9040, 6212.20.0030, 6212.30.0030, 6212.90.0090,
  6214.10.2000 and 6214.90.0090.

    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.
[FR Doc.99-8786 Filed 4-7-99; 8:45 am]
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