[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 61 (Wednesday, March 31, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 15350]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-7891]
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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 Dominican Republic
March 25, 1999.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).
ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs adjusting
limits.
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EFFECTIVE DATE: March 31, 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 limit for Categories 339/639 is being increased for
swing, reducing the limit for Categories 342/642 to account for the
swing being applied.
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 25, 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 31, 1999, you are directed to adjust 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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339/639................................... 1,216,161 dozen.
342/642................................... 639,146 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 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. 99-7891 Filed 3-30-99; 8:45 am]
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