[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 235 (Wednesday, December 8, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68672-68673]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-31765]
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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 Sri Lanka
December 2, 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: December 9, 1999.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roy Unger, 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
swing and undoing of swing.
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 53880, published on October 7, 1998.
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
December 2, 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 September 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 Sri Lanka and exported during the
twelve-month period which began on January 1, 1999 and extends
through December 31, 1999.
Effective on December 9, 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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331/631................................... 3,873,577 dozen pairs.
341/641................................... 2,300,826 dozen of which not
more than 1,667,069 dozen
shall be in Category 341
and not more than 1,667,069
dozen shall be in Category
641.
369-D \2\................................. 288,699 kilograms.
611....................................... 5,220,837 square meters.
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports
exported after December 31, 1998.
\2\ Category 369-D: only HTS numbers 6302.60.0010, 6302.91.0005 and
6302.91.0045.
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. 99-31765 Filed 12-7-99; 8:45 am]
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