[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 50 (Tuesday, March 16, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13005-13006]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-6356]
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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
Increase of Guaranteed Access Levels for Certain Cotton, Wool and
Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the
Dominican Republic
March 9, 1999.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).
ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs increasing
guaranteed access levels.
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EFFECTIVE DATE: March 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.
Upon the request of the Government of the Dominican Republic, the
U.S. Government has agreed to increase the current Guaranteed Access
Levels for textile products in Categories 339/639, 433 and 633.
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.
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile
Agreements.
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
March 9, 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 period which began on
January 1, 1999 and extends through December 31, 1999.
Effective on March 18, 1999, you are directed to increase the
Guaranteed Access Levels for the categories listed below for the
period beginning on January 1, 1999 and extending through December
31, 1999.
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Category Guaranteed access level
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339/639................................... 2,150,000 dozen.
433....................................... 41,000 dozen.
633....................................... 80,000 dozen.
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The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has
determined that
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these actions fall within the foreign affairs exception of the
rulemaking provisions of 5 U.S.C. 553(a)(1).
Sincerely,
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile
Agreements.
[FR Doc. 99-6356 Filed 3-15-99; 8:45 am]
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