[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 175 (Friday, September 10, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 49166]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-23697]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton and Wool Textiles 
and Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the People's Republic 
of China

September 8, 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: September 10, 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.
    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.
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
September 8, 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 September 10, 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
336.......................................  187,659 dozen.
338/339...................................  2,520,661 dozen of which not
                                             more than 1,860,572 dozen
                                             shall be in Categories 338-
                                             S/339-S \2\.
362.......................................  7,682,893 numbers.
410.......................................  1,078,970 square meters of
                                             which not more than 856,904
                                             square meters shall be in
                                             Category 410-A \3\ and not
                                             more than 856,983 square
                                             meters shall be in Category
                                             410-B \4\.
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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 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.
\4\ 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.

    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,
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.
[FR Doc.99-23697 Filed 9-9-99; 8:45 am]
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