[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 235 (Wednesday, December 8, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68670-68671]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-31767]


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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

December 2, 1999.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).


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

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EFFECTIVE DATE: December 9, 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 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 67046, published on December 4, 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 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 December 9, 1999, you are directed to increase 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
239.......................................  3,324,737 kilograms.
315.......................................  137,772,168 square meters.
345.......................................  139,355 dozen.
443.......................................  137,568 numbers.
670-L \2\.................................  17,442,819 kilograms.
Group II
330, 332, 349, 353, 354, 359-O \3\, 431,    133,538,656 square meters
 432, 439, 459, 630, 632, 653, 654 and 659-  equivalent.
 O \4\, as a group.
Level not in a Group
870.......................................  35,926,418 kilograms.
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports
  exported after December 31, 1998.
\2\ Category 670-L: only HTS numbers 4202.12.8030, 4202.12.8070,
  4202.92.3020, 4202.92.3031, 4202.92.9026 and 6307.90.9907.
 
\3\ 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); 6103.19.2030, 6103.19.9030, 6104.12.0040,
  6104.19.8040, 6110.20.1022, 6110.20.1024, 6110.20.2030, 6110.20.2035,
  6110.90.9044, 6110.90.9046, 6201.92.2010, 6202.92.2020, 6203.19.1030,
  6203.19.9030, 6204.12.0040, 6204.19.8040, 6211.32.0070 and
  6211.42.0070 (Category 359-V).
\4\ 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 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. 99-31767 Filed 12-7-99; 8:45 am]
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