[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 240 (Wednesday, December 15, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69991-69992]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-32480]
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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 Philippines
December 10, 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: December 15, 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
special carryforward.
To the extent this special carryforward is used, it will be charged
against the 2000 specific limits at a ratio of 1.5 to 1.
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 67050, published on December 4, 1998.
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
December 10, 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 and man-made
fiber textiles and textile products and silk blend and other
vegetable fiber apparel, produced or manufactured in the Philippines
and exported during the twelve-month period which began on January
1, 1999 and extends through December 31, 1999.
Effective on December 15, 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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Levels in Group I
638/639................................... 2,519,377 dozen.
647/648................................... 1,494,547 dozen.
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports
exported after December 31, 1998.
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).
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Sincerely,
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
[FR Doc. 99-32480 Filed 12-14-99; 8:45 am]
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