[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 98 (Friday, May 21, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27757-27758]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-12897]


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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 the People's Republic of China

May 17, 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 21, 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.
    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 67046, published on December 4, 1998.
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
May 17, 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, man-made fiber, 
silk blend and other vegetable fiber textiles and textile products, 
produced or manufactured in China and exported during the twelve-
month period which began on January 1, 1999 and extends through 
December 31, 1999.
    Effective on May 21, 1999, you are directed to adjust the limits 
for the following categories, as provided for under the terms of the 
current bilateral textile agreement between the Governments of the 
United States and the People's Republic of China:

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                                             Adjusted twelve-month limit
                 Category                                \1\
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Sublevels in Group I
200.......................................  716,534 kilograms.
336.......................................  173,745 dozen.

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338/339...................................  2,333,946 dozen of which not
                                             more than 1,718,834 dozen
                                             shall be in Categories 338-
                                             S/339-S \2\.
340.......................................  777,301 dozen of which not
                                             more than 396,662 dozen
                                             shall be in Category 340-Z
                                             \3\.
347/348...................................  2,276,277 dozen.
350.......................................  163,757 dozen.
351.......................................  548,402 dozen.
352.......................................  1,611,055 dozen.
359-C \4\.................................  610,292 kilograms.
361.......................................  4,217,058 numbers.
362.......................................  7,103,037 numbers.
369-D \5\.................................  4,695,680 kilograms.
410.......................................  999,047 square meters of
                                             which not more than 800,845
                                             square meters shall be in
                                             Category 410-A \6\ and not
                                             more than 792,916 square
                                             meters shall be in Category
                                             410-B \7\.
433.......................................  20,765 dozen.
443.......................................  127,250 numbers.
445/446...................................  286,244 dozen.
447.......................................  68,509 dozen.
638/639...................................  2,385,205 dozen.
640.......................................  1,345,178 dozen.
642.......................................  337,461 dozen.
644/844...................................  3,666,745 numbers.
647.......................................  1,524,155 dozen.
649.......................................  936,677 dozen.
651.......................................  762,293 dozen of which not
                                             more than 137,589 dozen
                                             shall be in Category 651-B
                                             \8\.
659-S \9\.................................  606,619 kilograms.
666.......................................  3,549,880 kilograms of which
                                             not more than 1,287,016
                                             kilograms shall be in
                                             Category 666-C \10\.
670-L \11\................................  16,144,100 kilograms.
836.......................................  281,551 dozen.
840.......................................  473,895 dozen.
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports
  exported after December 31, 1998.
\2\ Category 338-S: all HTS numbers except 6109.10.0012, 6109.10.0014,
  6109.10.0018 and 6109.10.0023; Category 339-S: all HTS numbers except
  6109.10.0040, 6109.10.0045, 6109.10.0060 and 6109.10.0065.
\3\ Category 340-Z: only HTS numbers 6205.20.2015, 6205.20.2020,
  6205.20.2050 and 6205.20.2060.
\4\ 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.
\5\ Category 369-D: only HTS numbers 6302.60.0010, 6302.91.0005 and
  6302.91.0045.
\6\Category 410-A: only HTS numbers 5111.11.3000, 5111.11.7030,
  5111.11.7060, 5111.19.2000, 5111.19.6020, 5111.19.6040, 5111.19.6060,
  5111.19.6080, 5111.20.9000, 5111.30.9000, 5111.90.3000, 5111.90.9000,
  5212.11.1010, 5212.12.1010, 5212.13.1010, 5212.14.1010, 5212.15.1010,
  5212.21.1010, 5212.22.1010, 5212.23.1010, 5212.24.1010, 5212.25.1010,
  5311.00.2000, 5407.91.0510, 5407.92.0510, 5407.93.0510, 5407.94.0510,
  5408.31.0510, 5408.32.0510, 5408.33.0510, 5408.34.0510, 5515.13.0510,
  5515.22.0510, 5515.92.0510, 5516.31.0510, 5516.32.0510, 5516.33.0510,
  5516.34.0510 and 6301.20.0020.
\7\ Category 410-B: only HTS numbers 5007.10.6030, 5007.90.6030,
  5112.11.2030, 5112.11.2060, 5112.19.9010, 5112.19.9020, 5112.19.9030,
  5112.19.9040, 5112.19.9050, 5112.19.9060, 5112.20.3000, 5112.30.3000,
  5112.90.3000, 5112.90.9010, 5112.90.9090, 5212.11.1020, 5212.12.1020,
  5212.13.1020, 5212.14.1020, 5212.15.1020, 5212.21.1020, 5212.22.1020,
  5212.23.1020, 5212.24.1020, 5212.25.1020, 5309.21.2000, 5309.29.2000,
  5407.91.0520, 5407.92.0520, 5407.93.0520, 5407.94.0520, 5408.31.0520,
  5408.32.0520, 5408.33.0520, 5408.34.0520, 5515.13.0520, 5515.22.0520,
  5515.92.0520, 5516.31.0520, 5516.32.0520, 5516.33.0520 and
  5516.34.0520.
\8\ Category 651-B: only HTS numbers 6107.22.0015 and 6108.32.0015.
\9\ Category 659-S: only HTS numbers 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.
\10\ Category 666-C: only HTS number 6303.92.2000.
\11\ Category 670-L: only HTS numbers 4202.12.8030, 4202.12.8070,
  4202.92.3020, 4202.92.3031, 4202.92.9026 and 6307.90.9907.

    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.99-12897 Filed 5-20-99; 8:45 am]
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