[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 80 (Tuesday, April 27, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22598-22599]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-10452]
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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool and Man-Made
Fiber Textiles and Textile Products and Silk Blend and Other Vegetable
Fiber Apparel Produced or Manufactured in the Philippines
April 21, 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 27, 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.
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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, special shift, special swing and carryforward.
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 Uni ted States (see Federal
Register notice 63 FR 71096, published on December 23, 1998). Also see
63 FR 67050, published on December 4, 1998.
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile
Agreements.
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
April 21, 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 November 30, 1998, by the Chairman,
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That
directive concerns imports of certain cotton, wool and man-made
fiber textiles and textile products and silk blend and other
vegetable fiber apparel, produced or manufactured in the Philippines
and exported during the twelve-month period which began on January
1, 1999 and extends through December 31, 1999.
Effective on April 27, 1999, you are directed to adjust the
limits for the fol lowing 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
237....................................... 1,882,428 dozen.
338/339................................... 3,041,110 dozen.
347/348................................... 2,988,856 dozen.
361....................................... 2,221,011 numbers.
369-S \2\................................. 379,917 kilograms.
633....................................... 55,902 dozen.
638/639................................... 2,272,564 dozen.
643....................................... 764,045 numbers.
647/648................................... 1,405,192 dozen.
649....................................... 7,624,535 dozen.
847....................................... 320,545 dozen.
Group II
200-227, 300-326, 332, 359-O \3\, 360, 188,376,261 square meters
362, 363, 369-O \4\, 400-414, 434-438, equivalent.
440, 442, 444, 448, 459pt. \5\, 464,
469pt. \6\, 600-607, 613-629, 644, 659-O
\7\, 666, 669-O \8\, 670-O \9\, 831, 833-
838, 840-846, 850-858 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 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.
\3\ Category 359-O: all HTS numbers except 6103.42.2025, 6103.49.8034,
6104.62.1020, 6104.69.8010, 6114.20.0048, 6114.20.0052, 6203.42.2010,
6203.42.2090, 6204.62.2010, 6211.32.0010, 6211.32.0025, 6211.42.0010
(Category 359-C); and 6406.99.1550 (Category 359pt.).
\4\ Category 369-O: all HTS numbers except 6307.10.2005 (Category 369-
S); 5601.10.1000, 5601.21.0090, 5701.90.1020, 5701.90.2020,
5702.10.9020, 5702.39.2010, 5702.49.1020, 5702.49.1080, 5702.59.1000,
5702.99.1010, 5702.99.1090, 5705.00.2020 and 6406.10.7700 (Category
369pt.).
\5\ Category 459pt.: all HTS numbers except 6405.20.6030, 6405.20.6060,
6405.20.6090, 6406.99.1505 and 6406.99.1560.
\6\ Category 469pt.: all HTS numbers except 5601.29.0020, 5603.94.1010
and 6406.10.9020.
\7\ Category 659-O: all HTS numbers except 6103.23.0055, 6103.43.2020,
6103.43.2025, 6103.49.2000, 6103.49.8038, 6104.63.1020, 6104.63.1030,
6104.69.1000, 6104.69.8014, 6114.30.3044, 6114.30.3054, 6203.43.2010,
6203.43.2090, 6203.49.1010, 6203.49.1090, 6204.63.1510, 6204.69.1010,
6210.10.9010, 6211.33.0010, 6211.33.0017, 6211.43.0010 (Category 659-
C); 6502.00.9030, 6504.00.9015, 6504.00.9060, 6505.90.5090,
6505.90.6090, 6505.90.7090, 6505.90.8090 (Category 659-H);
6406.99.1510 and 6406.99.1540 (Category 659pt.).
\8\ Category 669-O: all HTS numbers except 6305.32.0010, 6305.32.0020,
6305.33.0010, 6305.33.0020, 6305.39.0000 (Category 669-P);
5601.10.2000, 5601.22.0090, 5607.49.3000, 5607.50.4000 and
6406.10.9040 (Category 669pt.).
\9\ Category 670-O: all HTS numbers except 4202.12.8030, 4202.12.8070,
4202.92.3020, 4202.92.3031, 4202.92.9026 and 6307.90.9907 (Category
670-L).
\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,
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile
Agreements.
[FR Doc.99-10452 Filed 4-26-99; 8:45 am]
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