[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 138 (Tuesday, July 20, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 38892]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-18466]
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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
Adjustment of an Import Limit for Certain Silk Blend and Other
Vegetable Fiber Textiles and Textile Products Produced or Manufactured
in the People's Republic of China
July 15, 1999.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).
ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs adjusting a
limit.
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EFFECTIVE DATE: July 21, 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 this
limit, 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 Category 870 is being increased for swing.
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 67046, published on December 4, 1998.
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
July 15, 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, man-made fiber,
silk blend and other vegetable fiber textiles and textile products,
produced or manufactured in China and exported during the twelve-
month period which began on January 1, 1999 and extends through
December 31, 1999.
Effective on July 21, 1999, you are directed to increase the
limit for Category 870 to 34,928,462 \1\ kilograms, as provided for
under the terms of the current bilateral textile agreement between
the Governments of the United States and the People's Republic of
China.
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\1\ The limit has not been adjusted to account for any imports
exported after December 31, 1998.
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The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has
determined that this action falls within the foreign affairs
exception to 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.99-18466 Filed 7-19-99; 8:45 am]
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