[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 221 (Wednesday, November 17, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62660-62661]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-29949]
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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 United Arab Emirates
November 9, 1999.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).
ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs increasing
limits.
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EFFECTIVE DATE: November 17, 1999.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roy Unger, International Trade
Specialist,
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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 increased 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 60308, published on November 9, 1998.
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
November 9, 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, man-made fiber, silk
blend and other vegetable fiber textile products, produced or
manufactured in the United Arab Emirates and exported during the
twelve-month period which began on January 1, 1999 and extends
through December 31, 1999.
Effective on November 17, 1999, you are directed to increase 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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338/339................................... 805,254 dozen of which not
more than 513,893 dozen
shall be in Categories 338-
S/339-S \2\.
340/640................................... 454,507 dozen.
363....................................... 7,826,323 numbers.
647/648................................... 446,714 dozen.
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports
exported after December 31, 1998.
\2\ Category 338-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.
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. 99-29949 Filed 11-16-99; 8:45 am]
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