[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 192 (Tuesday, October 5, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54003-54004]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-25876]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Adjustment of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool 
and Man-Made Fiber Textiles and Textile Products Produced or 
Manufactured in Thailand

September 30, 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: October 6, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ross Arnold, 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, 
variously, for swing, carryforward, carryforward used and re-crediting 
of unused 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,

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published on December 23, 1998). Also see 63 FR 58369, published on 
October 30, 1998.
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
September 30, 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 October 27, 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 Thailand and exported during the period 
which began on January 1, 1999 and extends through December 31, 
1999.
    Effective on October 6, 1999, you are directed to reduce 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 limit
                 Category                                \1\
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Levels in Group I
300.......................................  4,841,738 kilograms.
301-O \2\.................................  1,105,545 kilograms.
314-O \3\.................................  62,268,628 square meters.
363.......................................  24,494,704 numbers.
369-D \4\.................................  269,213 kilograms.
603.......................................  2,443,598 kilograms.
604.......................................  862,199 kilograms of which
                                             not more than 516,609
                                             kilograms shall be in
                                             Category 604-A \5\.
607.......................................  3,685,143 kilograms.
613/614/615...............................  46,481,556 square meters of
                                             which not more than
                                             30,307,739 square meters
                                             shall be in Categories 613/
                                             615 and not more than
                                             30,307,739 square meters
                                             shall be in Category 614.
619.......................................  8,007,894 square meters.
620.......................................  7,899,539 square meters.
Sublevels in Group II
  336/636.................................  389,178 dozen.
  338/339.................................  2,193,680 dozen.
  340.....................................  350,262 dozen.
  345.....................................  326,098 dozen.
  347/348/847.............................  975,880 dozen.
  442.....................................  23,347 dozen.
  638/639.................................  2,274,280 dozen.
  647/648.................................  1,199,383 dozen.
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports
  exported after December 31, 1998.
\2\ Category 301-O: only HTS numbers 5205.21.0020, 5205.21.0090,
  5205.22.0020, 5205.22.0090, 5205.23.0020, 5205.23.0090, 5205.24.0020,
  5205.24.0090, 5205.26.0020, 5205.26.0090, 5205.27.0020, 5205.27.0090,
  5205.28.0020, 5205.28.0090, 5205.41.0020, 5205.41.0090, 5205.42.0020,
  5205.42.0090, 5205.43.0020, 5205.43.0090, 5205.44.0020, 5205.44.0090,
  5205.46.0020, 5205.46.0090, 5205.47.0020, 5205.47.0090, 5205.48.0020
  and 5205.48.0090.
\3\Category 314-O: all HTS numbers except 5209.51.6015.
\4\ Category 369-D: only HTS numbers 6302.60.0010, 6302.91.0005 and
  6302.91.0045.
\5\ Category 604-A: only HTS number 5509.32.0000.

    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. 99-25876 Filed 10-4-99; 8:45 am]
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