[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 217 (Wednesday, November 10, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61279-61280]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-29393]


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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 the Republic of Turkey

November 4, 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: November 10, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roy Unger, International Trade 
Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S.

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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 59948, published on November 6, 1998.
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
November 4, 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, wool and man-made 
fiber textile products, produced or manufactured in the Republic of 
Turkey and exported during the twelve-month period which began on 
January 1, 1999 and extends through December 31, 1999.
    Effective on November 10, 1999, you are directed to adjust the 
current limits for the following categories, as provided for under 
the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing:

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                 Category                        Adjusted limit \1\
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Fabric Group
219, 313-O \2\, 314-O \3\, 315-O \4\, 317-  167,093,959 square meters of
 O \5\, 326-O \6\, 617, 625/626/627/628/     which not more than
 629, as a group.                            43,680,621 square meters
                                             shall be in Category 219;
                                             not more than 51,775,602
                                             square meters shall be in
                                             Category 313-O; not more
                                             than 31,061,775 square
                                             meters shall be in Category
                                             314-O; not more than
                                             41,739,262 square meters
                                             shall be in Category 315-O;
                                             not more than 43,680,621
                                             square meters shall be in
                                             Category 317-O; not more
                                             than 4,853,401 square
                                             meters shall be in Category
                                             326-O, and not more than
                                             29,120,416 square meters
                                             shall be in Category 617.
Limits not in a group
300/301...................................  10,588,966 kilograms.
338/339/638/639...........................  6,448,741 dozen of which not
                                             more than 5,710,961 dozen
                                             shall be in Categories 338-
                                             S/339-S/638-S/639-S \7\.
340/640...................................  1,489,429 dozen of which not
                                             more than 471,858 dozen
                                             shall be in Categories 340-
                                             Y/640-Y \8\.
351/651...................................  1,167,155 dozen.
352/652...................................  3,052,871 dozen.
361.......................................  2,431,329 numbers.
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports
  exported after December 31, 1998.
\2\ Category 313-O: all HTS numbers except 5208.52.3035, 5208.52.4035
  and 5209.51.6032.
\3\ Category 314-O: all HTS numbers except 5209.51.6015.
\4\ Category 315-O: all HTS numbers except 5208.52.4055.
\5\ Category 317-O: all HTS numbers except 5208.59.2085.
\6\ Category 326-O: all HTS numbers except 5208.59.2015, 5209.59.0015
  and 5211.59.0015.
\7\ Category338-S: only HTS numbers 6103.22.0050, 6105.10.0010,
  6105.10.0030, 6105.90.8010, 6109.10.0027, 6110.20.1025, 6110.20.2040,
  6110.20.2065, 6110.90.9068, 6112.11.0030 and 6114.20.0005; Category
  339-S: only HTS numbers 6104.22.0060, 6104.29.2049, 6106.10.0010,
  6106.10.0030, 6106.90.2510, 6106.90.3010, 6109.10.0070, 6110.20.1030,
  6110.20.2045, 6110.20.2075, 6110.90.9070, 6112.11.0040, 6114.20.0010
  and 6117.90.9020; Category 638-S: all HTS numbers except 6109.90.1007,
  6109.90.1009, 6109.90.1013 and 6109.90.1025; Category 639-S: all HTS
  numbers except 6109.90.1050, 6109.90.1060, 6109.90.1065 and
  6109.90.1070.
\8\ Category 340-Y: only HTS numbers 6205.20.2015, 6205.20.2020,
  6205.20.2046, 6205.20.2050 and 6205.20.2060; Category 640-Y: only HTS
  numbers 6205.30.2010, 6205.30.2020, 6205.30.2050 and 6205.30.2060.

    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. 99-29393 Filed 11-9-99; 8:45 am]
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