[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 196 (Tuesday, October 12, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55258-55259]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-26543]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool, Man-Made 
Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textiles and Textile 
Products Produced or Manufactured in Taiwan

October 5, 1999.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs adjusting 
limits.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 13, 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, 
variously, for swing, special shift and carryover.
    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 69057, published on December 15, 1998.
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
October 5, 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 December 8, 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 Taiwan and exported during the twelve-
month period which began on January 1, 1999 and extends through 
December 31, 1999.
    Effective on October 13, 1999, you are directed to adjust the 
current limits for the following categories, as provided for under 
the terms of the current bilateral textile agreement:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                             Adjusted twelve-month limit
                 Category                                \1\
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Group II
  237, 239, 330-332, 333/334/335, 336, 338/ 723,610,966 square meters
   339, 340-345, 347/348, 349, 350/650,      equivalent.
   351, 352/652, 353, 354, 359-C/659-C
   \2\, 359-H/659-H \3\, 359-O \4\, 431-
   444, 445/446, 447/448, 459, 630-632,
   633/634/635, 636, 638/639, 640, 641-
   644, 645/646, 647/648, 649, 651, 653,
   654, 659-S \5\, 659-O \6\, 831-844, and
   846-859, as a group.
Sublevels in Group II
239.......................................  6,059,965 kilograms.
331.......................................  492,840 dozen pairs.
336.......................................  146,479 dozen.
352/652...................................  3,338,186 dozen.
359-H/659-H...............................  5,108,564 kilograms.
433.......................................  15,057 dozen.
435.......................................  26,887 dozen.
436.......................................  5,303 dozen.
438.......................................  29,934 dozen.
443.......................................  46,997 numbers.
445/446...................................  143,123 dozen.
631.......................................  5,355,128 dozen pairs.

[[Page 55259]]

 
633/634/635...............................  1,667,128 dozen of which not
                                             more than 978,503 dozen
                                             shall be in Categories 633/
                                             634 and not more than
                                             867,079 dozen shall be in
                                             Category 635.
638/639...................................  6,561,477 dozen.
642.......................................  924,634 dozen.
644.......................................  801,176 numbers.
659-S.....................................  1,729,838 kilograms.
Group II Subgroup
  333/334/335, 341, 342, 350/650, 351, 447/ 77,515,713 square meters
   448, 636, 641 and 651, as a group.        equivalent.
Within Group II Subgroup
342.......................................  144,005 dozen.
351.......................................  397,346 dozen.
447/448...................................  21,890 dozen.
636.......................................  390,169 dozen.
651.......................................  459,144 dozen.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\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 359-H: only HTS numbers 6505.90.1540 and 6505.90.2060;
  Category 659-H: 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\ Category 359-O: 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 359-C); 6505.90.1540 and 6505.90.2060 (Category 359-H).
\5\ Category 659-S: only HTS numbers 6112.31.0010, 6112.31.0020,
  6112.41.0010, 6112.41.0020, 6112.41.0030, 6112.41.0040, 6211.11.1010,
  6211.11.1020, 6211.12.1010 and 6211.12.1020.
\6\ Category 659-O: 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 659-
  C); 6502.00.9030, 6504.00.9015, 6504.00.9060, 6505.90.5090,
  6505.90.6090, 6505.90.7090, 6505.90.8090 (Category 659-H);
  6112.31.0010, 6112.31.0020, 6112.41.0010, 6112.41.0020, 6112.41.0030,
  6112.41.0040, 6211.11.1010, 6211.11.1020, 6211.12.1010 and
  6211.12.1020 (Category 659-S).

    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,
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
[FR Doc. 99-26543 Filed 10-8-99; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-DR-F