[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 84 (Monday, May 3, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 23609]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-10988]
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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool, Man-Made
Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textiles and Textile
Products Produced or Manufactured in Macau
April 27, 1999.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).
ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs reducing
limits.
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EFFECTIVE DATE: May 3, 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 reduced for
carryforward used in 1998.
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 59944, published on November 6, 1998.
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
April 27, 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 3, 1998, by the Chairman,
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That
directive concerns imports of certain cotton, wool, man-made fiber,
silk blend and other vegetable fiber textiles and textile products,
produced or manufactured in Macau and exported during the twelve-
month period which began on January 1, 1999 and extends through
December 31, 1999.
Effective on May 3, 1999, you are directed to reduce the limits
for the categories listed below, 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
336/836................................... 74,332 dozen.
338....................................... 392,157 dozen.
339....................................... 1,637,779 dozen.
341....................................... 247,896 dozen.
345....................................... 68,888 dozen.
347/348/847............................... 920,168 dozen.
351/851................................... 85,893 dozen.
633/634/635............................... 674,888 dozen.
638/639/838............................... 2,070,000 dozen.
Sublevel in Group II
445/446................................... 79,444 dozen.
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports
exported after December 31, 1998.
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.99-10988 Filed 4-30-99; 8:45 am]
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