[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 192 (Tuesday, October 5, 1999)]
[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: 99-25877]



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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

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 5, 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, special shift and 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 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
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 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 October 5, 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 limit
                 Category                                \1\
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Specific limits
226/313...................................  139,721,594 square meters.
237.......................................  143,950 dozen.
331/631...................................  3,145,096 dozen pairs.
334/634...................................  357,773 dozen.
335/635...................................  431,447 dozen.
338.......................................  6,342,757 dozen.
339.......................................  1,820,243 dozen.
347/348...................................  1,108,795 dozen.
359-C/659-C \2\...........................  1,014,442 kilograms.
360.......................................  6,374,146 numbers.
361.......................................  7,411,797 numbers.
363.......................................  52,498,126 numbers.
369-F/369-P \3\...........................  2,913,089 kilograms.
369-S \4\.................................  866,255 kilograms.
613/614...................................  27,180,846 square meters
615.......................................  28,674,693 square meters.
625/626/627/628/629.......................  71,095,682 square meters of
                                             which not more than
                                             41,929,654 square meters
                                             shall be in Category 625;
                                             not more than 41,929,654
                                             square meters shall be in
                                             Category 626; not more than
                                             41,929,654 square meters
                                             shall be in Category 627;
                                             not more than 8,675,101
                                             square meters shall be in
                                             Category 628; and not more
                                             than 41,929,654 square
                                             meters shall be in Category
                                             629.
638/639...................................  138,149 dozen.
647/648...................................  915,419 dozen.
666-P \5\.................................  869,333 kilograms.
666-S \6\.................................  4,782,383 kilograms.
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports
  exported after December 31, 1998.
\2\ 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.
\3\ Category 369-F: only HTS number 6302.91.0045; Category 369-P: only
  HTS numbers 6302.60.0010 and 6302.91.0005.
\4\ Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.
\5\ 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.
\6\ 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.
[FR Doc. 99-25877 Filed 10-4-99; 8:45 am]
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