[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 149 (Wednesday, August 4, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42341-42342]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-19952]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber 
Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Pakistan

July 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: August 5, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roy Unger, 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 
swing.
    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 59946, published on November 6, 1998.
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
July 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 November 3, 1998, by the Chairman, 
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That 
directive concerns imports of certain cotton and man-made fiber 
textile products, produced or manufactured in Pakistan and exported 
during the twelve-month period which began on January 1, 1999 and 
extends through December 31, 1999.
    Effective on August 5, 1999, you are directed to adjust the 
limits for the following

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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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219.......................................  6,766,176 square meters.
237.......................................  213,827 dozen.
239pt. \2\................................  678,498 kilograms.
331/631...................................  2,876,284 dozen pairs.
334/634...................................  277,404 dozen.
338.......................................  5,622,757 dozen.
339.......................................  1,596,443 dozen
340/640...................................  751,448 dozen of which not
                                             more than 263,357 dozen
                                             shall be in Categories 340-
                                             D/640-D \3\.
347/348...................................  934,182 dozen.
351/651...................................  375,723 dozen.
352/652...................................  939,308 dozen.
359-C/659-C \4\...........................  974,146 kilograms.
360.......................................  6,035,696 numbers.
361.......................................  7,018,250 numbers.
363.......................................  49,565,423 numbers.
369-F/369-P \5\...........................  2,755,074 kilograms.
369-S \6\.................................  818,012 kilograms.
638/639...................................  521,483 dozen.
647/648...................................  988,711 dozen.
666-P \7\.................................  820,740 kilograms.
666-S \8\.................................  4,525,124 kilograms.
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports
  exported after December 31, 1998.
\2\ Category 239pt.: only HTS number 6209.20.5040 (diapers).
\3\ Category 340-D: only HTS numbers 6205.20.2015, 6205.20.2020,
  6205.20.2025 and 6205.20.2030; Category 640-D: only HTS numbers
  6205.30.2010, 6205.30.2020, 6205.30.2030, 6205.30.2040, 6205.90.3030
  and 6205.90.4030.
\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; 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.
\5\ Category 369-F: only HTS number 6302.91.0045; Category 369-P: only
  HTS numbers 6302.60.0010 and 6302.91.0005.
\6\ Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.
\7\ Category 666-P: only HTS numbers 6302.22.1010, 6302.22.1020,
  6302.22.2010, 6302.32.1010, 6302.32.1020, 6302.32.2010 and
  6302.32.2020.
\8\ Category 666-S: only HTS numbers 6302.22.1030, 6302.22.1040,
  6302.22.2020, 6302.32.1030, 6302.32.1040, 6302.32.2030 and
  6302.32.2040.

    The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has 
determined that these actions fall within the foreign affairs 
exception of the rulemaking provisions of 5 U.S.C. 553(a)(1).
    Sincerely,
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.
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