[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 86 (Wednesday, May 5, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24138-24139]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-11253]


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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 Indonesia

April 29, 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: May 6, 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 for 
carryforward used in 1998 and the 5% adjustment for traditional 
folklore products made from 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 69055, published on December 15, 1998.
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
April 29, 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 8, 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 Indonesia and exported during the 
twelve-month period which began on January 1, 1999 and extends 
through December 31, 1999.
    Effective on May 6, 1999, you are directed to adjust 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
200.......................................  862,798 kilograms.
225.......................................  7,024,970 square meters.
314-O \2\.................................  60,723,731 square meters.
315-O \3\.................................  27,591,733 square meters.
317-O \4\/326-O \5\/617...................  27,280,247 square meters of
                                             which not more than
                                             4,167,829 square meters
                                             shall be in Category 326-O.
334/335...................................  249,229 dozen.
336/636...................................  659,560 dozen.
338/339...................................  1,211,054 dozen.
340/640...................................  1,491,444 dozen.
341.......................................  953,482 dozen.
342/642...................................  414,377 dozen.
345.......................................  433,706 dozen.
347/348...................................  1,727,412 dozen.
350/650...................................  191,444 dozen.
351/651...................................  538,690 dozen.
359-C/659-C \6\...........................  1,446,191 kilograms.
369-S \7\.................................  915,514 kilograms.
447.......................................  16,950 dozen.
625/626/627/628/629-O \8\.................  28,387,397 square meters.
634/635...................................  331,502 dozen.
638/639...................................  1,551,104 dozen.
641.......................................  2,527,207 dozen.
645/646...................................  785,322 dozen.
647/648...................................  3,423,833 dozen.
Group II
201, 218, 220, 222-224, 226, 227, 237,      98,095,555 square meters
 239pt. \9\, 332, 333, 352, 359-O \10\,      equivalent.
 362, 363, 369-O \11\, 400, 410, 414, 431,
 434, 435, 436, 438, 440, 442, 444, 459pt.
 \12\, 464, 469pt. \13\, 603, 604-O \14\,
 606, 607, 621, 622, 624, 633, 649, 652,
 659-O \15\, 666, 669-O \16\, 670-O \17\,
 831, 833-836, 838, 840, 842-846, 850-852,
 858 and 859pt. \18\, 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 314-O: all HTS numbers except 5209.51.6015.
\3\ Category 315-O: all HTS numbers except 5208.52.4055.
\4\ Category 317-O: all HTS numbers except 5208.59.2085.
\5\ Category 326-O: all HTS numbers except 5208.59.2015, 5209.59.0015
  and 5211.59.0015.
\6\ Category 359-C: only HTS numbers 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 and
  6211.42.0010; Category 659-C: only HTS numbers 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 and
  6211.43.0010.
\7\ Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.
\8\ Category 625/626/627/628; Category 629-O: all HTS numbers except
  5408.34.9085 and 5516.24.0085.
\9\ Category 239pt.: only HTS number 6209.20.5040 (diapers).
\10\ 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); 6112.39.0010, 6112.49.0010, 6211.11.8010,
  6211.11.8020, 6211.12.8010, 6211.12.8020 (Category 359-S); and
  6406.99.1550 (Category 359pt.).
\11\ 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.).
\12\ Category 459pt.: all HTS numbers except 6405.20.6030, 6405.20.6060,
  6405.20.6090, 6406.99.1505 and 6406.99.1560.
\13\ Category 469pt.: all HTS numbers except 5601.29.0020, 5603.94.1010
  and 6406.10.9020.

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\14\ Category 604-O: all HTS numbers except 5509.32.0000 (Category 604-
  A).
\15\ 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); 6112.31.0010, 6112.31.0020, 6112.41.0010, 6112.41.0020,
  6112.41.0030, 6112.41.0040, 6211.11.1010, 6211.11.1020, 6211.12.1010
  and 6211.12.1020 (Category 659-S); 6406.99.1510 and 6406.99.1540
  (Category 659pt.).
\16\ Category 669-O: all HTS numbers except 6305.32.0010, 6305.32.0020,
  6305.33.0010, 6305.33.0020 and 6305.39.0000 (Category 669-P);
  5601.10.2000, 5601.22.0090, 5607.49.3000, 5607.50.4000, 6406.10.9040
  (Category 669pt.).
\17\ 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).
\18\ 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.99-11253 Filed 5-4-99; 8:45 am]
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