[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 201 (Tuesday, October 19, 1999)]
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[FR Doc No: 99-27270]



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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 the People's Republic of China

October 13, 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 22, 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.
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
October 13, 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 October 22, 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
200.......................................  775,577 kilograms.
317/326...................................  23,300,074 square meters of
                                             which not more than
                                             4,457,763 square meters
                                             shall be in Category 326.
340.......................................  840,767 dozen of which not
                                             more than 416,495 dozen
                                             shall be in Category 340-Z
                                             \2\.
341.......................................  742,403 dozen of which not
                                             more than 433,069 dozen
                                             shall be in Category 341-Y
                                             \3\.
342.......................................  290,806 dozen.
347/348...................................  2,464,000 dozen.
350.......................................  177,251 dozen.
351.......................................  593,511 dozen.
352.......................................  1,742,694 dozen.
359-C \4\.................................  659,217 kilograms.
360.......................................  8,390,603 numbers of which
                                             not more than 5,776,689
                                             numbers shall be in
                                             Category 360-P \5\.
361.......................................  4,562,780 numbers.
369-D \6\.................................  5,076,093 kilograms.
435.......................................  26,936 dozen.
438.......................................  28,511 dozen.
445/446...................................  309,287 dozen.
447.......................................  74,159 dozen.
636.......................................  596,719 dozen.
638/639...................................  2,580,152 dozen.
640.......................................  1,456,103 dozen.
642.......................................  364,619 dozen.
644/844...................................  3,961,702 numbers.
647.......................................  1,649,820 dozen.
648.......................................  1,212,123 dozen.
649.......................................  1,013,292 dozen.
651.......................................  824,813 dozen of which not
                                             more than 144,468 dozen
                                             shall be in Category 651-B
                                             \7\.
659-S \8\.................................  656,611 kilograms.
666.......................................  3,836,539 kilograms of which
                                             not more than 1,351,367
                                             kilograms shall be in
                                             Category 666-C \9\.
836.......................................  304,297 dozen.
Group IV
832, 834, 838, 839, 843, 850-852, 858 and   12,642,199 square meters
 859, as a group.                            equivalent.
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports
  exported after December 31, 1998.
\2\ Category 340-Z: only HTS numbers 6205.20.2015, 6205.20.2020,
  6205.20.2050 and 6205.20.2060.
\3\ Category 341-Y: only HTS numbers 6204.22.3060, 6206.30.3010,
  6206.30.3030 and 6211.42.0054.
\4\ 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.
\5\ Category 360-P: only HTS numbers 6302.21.3010, 6302.21.5010,
  6302.21.7010, 6302.21.9010, 6302.31.3010, 6302.31.5010, 6302.31.7010
  and 6302.31.9010.
\6\ Category 369-D: only HTS numbers 6302.60.0010, 6302.91.0005 and
  6302.91.0045.
\7\ Category 651-B: only HTS numbers 6107.22.0015 and 6108.32.0015.
\8\ 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.
\9\ Category 666-C: only HTS number 6303.92.2000.

    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. 99-27270 Filed 10-18-99; 8:45 am]
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