[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 160 (Thursday, August 19, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45239-45240]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-21478]


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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

August 12, 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 19, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janet Heinzen, International Trade 
Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, (202) 482094212. 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) 927095850, or refer to the U.S. 
Customs website at http://www.customs.ustreas.gov. For information on 
embargoes and quota re-openings, call (202) 482093715.

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 
special shift.
    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 67050, published on December 4, 1998.
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
August 12, 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 man09made 
fiber textiles and textile products and silk blend and other 
vegetable fiber apparel, produced or manufactured in

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the Philippines and exported during the twelve-month period which 
began on January 1, 1999 and extends through December 31, 1999.
    Effective on August 19, 1999, you are directed to adjust the 
limits for the following categories, as provided for under the 
Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing:

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                                                Adjusted twelve-month
                 Category                            limit1A\1\
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Levels in Group I
352/652...................................  2,212,828 dozen.
36909S1A\2\...............................  9,917 kilograms.
611.......................................  5,201,529 square meters.
633.......................................  56,384 dozen.
636.......................................  1,910,481 dozen.
643.......................................  606,355 numbers.
645/646...................................  736,831 dozen.
649.......................................  5,714,665 dozen.
65909H1A\3\...............................  1,659,613 kilograms.
847.......................................  330,211 dozen.
Group II
20009227, 30009326, 332, 35909O1A\4\, 360,  239,200,611 square meters
 362, 363, 36909O1A\5\, 40009414,            equivalent.
 43409438, 440, 442, 444, 448,
 459pt.1A\6\, 464, 469pt.1A\7\, 60009607,
 61309629, 644, 65909O1A\8\, 666,
 66909O1A\9\, 67009O1A\10\, 831, 83309838,
 84009846, 85009858 and 859pt.1A\11\, as a
 group.
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\1\1AThe limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports
  exported after December 31, 1998.
\2\1ACategory 36909S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.
\3\1ACategory 65909H: only HTS numbers 6502.00.9030, 6504.00.9015,
  6504.00.9060, 6505.90.5090, 6505.90.6090, 6505.90.7090 and
  6505.90.8090.
\4\1ACategory 35909O: 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 35909C); and 6406.99.1550 (Category 359pt.).
\5\1ACategory 36909O: all HTS numbers except 6307.10.2005 (Category
  36909S); 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.).
\6\1ACategory 459pt.: all HTS numbers except 6405.20.6030, 6405.20.6060,
  6405.20.6090, 6406.99.1505 and 6406.99.1560.
\7\1ACategory 469pt.: all HTS numbers except 5601.29.0020, 5603.94.1010
  and 6406.10.9020.
\8\1ACategory 65909O: 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
  65909C); 6502.00.9030, 6504.00.9015, 6504.00.9060, 6505.90.5090,
  6505.90.6090, 6505.90.7090, 6505.90.8090 (Category 65909H);
  6406.99.1510 and 6406.99.1540 (Category 659pt.).
\9\1ACategory 66909O: all HTS numbers except 6305.32.0010, 6305.32.0020,
  6305.33.0010, 6305.33.0020, 6305.39.0000 (Category 66909P);
  5601.10.2000, 5601.22.0090, 5607.49.3000, 5607.50.4000 and
  6406.10.9040 (Category 669pt.).
\10\1ACategory 67009O: all HTS numbers except 4202.12.8030,
  4202.12.8070, 4202.92.3020, 4202.92.3031, 4202.92.9026 and
  6307.90.9907 (Category 67009L).
\11\1ACategory 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. 99-21478 Filed 8-18-99; 8:45 am]
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