[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 33 (Friday, February 19, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8332-8333]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-4051]
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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool and Man-Made
Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the Dominican
Republic
February 11, 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: February 18, 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 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
carryover and recrediting unused 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 63297, published on November 12, 1998.
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
February 11, 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 5, 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 the Dominican
Republic and exported during the twelve-month
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period which began on January 1, 1999 and extends through December
31, 1999.
Effective on February 18, 1999, you are directed to increase the
current 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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340/640................................... 1,086,991 dozen.
347/348/647/648........................... 2,344,183 dozen of which not
more than 1,238,434 dozen
shall be in Categories 647/
648.
442....................................... 83,231 dozen.
444....................................... 83,231 numbers.
448....................................... 42,877 dozen.
633....................................... 152,415 dozen.
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports
exported after December 31, 1998.
The guaranteed access levels for the foregoing categories remain
unchanged.
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. 99-4051 Filed 2-18-99; 8:45 am]
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