[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 105 (Wednesday, June 2, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29628-29629]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-13873]
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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 Republic of
Turkey
May 26, 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: June 2, 1999.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roy Unger, 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 adjusted,
variously, for carryover, carryforward, recrediting unused carryforward
and swing.
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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 59948, published on November 6, 1998.
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
May 26, 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 3, 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 Republic of
Turkey and exported during the twelve-month period which began on
January 1, 1999 and extends through December 31, 1999.
Effective on June 2, 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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Category Adjusted limit \1\
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Fabric Group
219, 313-O \2\, 314-O \3\, 315-O \4\, 317- 172,433,311 square meters of
O \5\, 326-O \6\, 617, 625/626/627/628/ which not more than
629, as a group. 43,680,621 square meters
shall be in Category 219;
not more than 53,387,425
square meters shall be in
Category 313-O; not more
than 31,061,775 square
meters shall be in Category
314-O; not more than
41,739,262 square meters
shall be in Category 315-O;
not more than 43,680,621
square meters shall be in
Category 317-O; not more
than 4,853,401 square
meters shall be in Category
326-O; and not more than
29,120,416 square meters
shall be in Category 617.
Sublevel in Fabric Group
625/626/627/628/629....................... 19,663,562 square meters of
which not more than
8,908,799 shall be in
Category 625; not more than
7,865,424 square meters
shall be in Category 626;
not more than 7,865,424
square meters shall be in
Category 627; not more than
7,865,424 square meters
shall be in Category 628;
and not more than 7,865,424
square meters shall be in
Category 629.
Limits not in a group
338/339/638/639........................... 6,107,779 dozen of which not
more than 5,710,961 dozen
shall be in Categories 338-
S/339-S/638-S/639-S \7\.
347/348................................... 6,522,707 dozen of which not
more than 2,268,881 dozen
shall be in Categories 347-
T/348-T \8\.
350....................................... 651,136 dozen.
351/651................................... 1,028,962 dozen.
352/652................................... 3,584,853 dozen.
361....................................... 2,121,363 numbers.
369-S \9\................................. 2,263,146 kilograms.
410/624................................... 1,119,683 square meters of
which not more than 885,669
square meters shall be in
Category 410.
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports
exported after December 31, 1998.
\2\ Category 313-O: all HTS numbers except 5208.52.3035, 5208.52.4035
and 5209.51.6032.
\3\ Category 314-O: all HTS numbers except 5209.51.6015.
\4\ Category 315-O: all HTS numbers except 5208.52.4055.
\5\ Category 317-O: all HTS numbers except 5208.59.2085.
\6\ Category 326-O: all HTS numbers except 5208.59.2015, 5209.59.0015
and 5211.59.0015.
\7\Category 338-S: only HTS numbers 6103.22.0050, 6105.10.0010,
6105.10.0030, 6105.90.8010, 6109.10.0027, 6110.20.1025, 6110.20.2040,
6110.20.2065, 6110.90.9068, 6112.11.0030 and 6114.20.0005; Category
339-S: only HTS numbers 6104.22.0060, 6104.29.2049, 6106.10.0010,
6106.10.0030, 6106.90.2510, 6106.90.3010, 6109.10.0070, 6110.20.1030,
6110.20.2045, 6110.20.2075, 6110.90.9070, 6112.11.0040, 6114.20.0010
and 6117.90.9020; Category 638-S: all HTS numbers except 6109.90.1007,
6109.90.1009, 6109.90.1013 and 6109.90.1025; Category 639-S: all HTS
numbers except 6109.90.1050, 6109.90.1060, 6109.90.1065 and
6109.90.1070.
\8\Category 347-T: only HTS numbers 6103.19.2015, 6103.19.9020,
6103.22.0030, 6103.42.1020, 6103.42.1040, 6103.49.8010, 6112.11.0050,
6113.00.9038, 6203.19.1020, 6203.19.9020, 6203.22.3020, 6203.42.4005,
6203.42.4010, 6203.42.4015, 6203.42.4025, 6203.42.4035, 6203.42.4045,
6203.49.8020, 6210.40.9033, 6211.20.1520, 6211.20.3810 and
6211.32.0040; Category 348-T: only HTS numbers 6104.12.0030,
6104.19.8030, 6104.22.0040, 6104.29.2034, 6104.62.2006, 6104.62.2011,
6104.62.2026, 6104.62.2028, 6104.69.8022, 6112.11.0060, 6113.00.9042,
6117.90.9060, 6204.12.0030, 6204.19.8030, 6204.22.3040, 6204.29.4034,
6204.62.3000, 6204.62.4005, 6204.62.4010, 6204.62.4020, 6204.62.4030,
6204.62.4040, 6204.62.4050, 6204.69.6010, 6204.69.9010. 6210.50.9060,
6211.20.1550, 6211.20.6810, 6211.42.0030 and 6217.90.9050.
\9\ Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.
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. 99-13873 Filed 6-1-99; 8:45 am]
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