[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 228 (Monday, November 29, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66612-66613]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-30818]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Adjustment of an Import Limit for Certain Cotton and Man-Made
Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Guatemala
November 19, 1999.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).
ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs increasing a
limit.
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EFFECTIVE DATE: November 29, 1999.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Naomi Freeman, International Trade
Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of
Commerce, (202) 482-4212. For information on the quota status of this
limit, 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 limit for Categories 351/651 is 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 63032, published on November 10, 1998.
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
November 19, 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 4, 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 Guatemala and
exported during the period which began on January 1, 1999 and
extends through December 31, 1999.
Effective on November 29, 1999, you are directed to increase the
current limit for Categories 351/651 to 356,999 dozen \1\, as
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provided for under the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and
Clothing:
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\1\ The limit has not been adjusted to account for any imports
exported after December 31, 1998.
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The guaranteed access level for Categories 351/651 remains
unchanged.
The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has
determined that this action falls 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. 99-30818 Filed 11-26-99; 8:45 am]
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