[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 162 (Monday, August 23, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 45954]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-21779]
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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Man-Made Fiber Textile
Products Produced or Manufactured in Korea
August 17, 1999.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).
ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs reducing
limits.
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EFFECTIVE DATE: August 26, 1999.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ross Arnold, 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 Categories 638/639 and 647/648 are being
reduced for carryforward used.
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 56005, published on October 20, 1998.
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
August 17, 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 October 14, 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 Korea and exported during the period
January 1, 1999 through December 31, 1999.
Effective on August 26, 1999, you are directed to reduce the
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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638/639................................... 5,286,041 dozen.
647/648................................... 1,341,828 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,
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
[FR Doc. 99-21779 Filed 8-20-99; 8:45 am]
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