Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool and Man-Made Fiber Textiles and Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Korea

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool and Man-Made

Fiber Textiles and Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Korea

April 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: May 3, 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 certain categories are being adjusted for

carryforward used in 1998.

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

April 26, 1999.

Commissioner of Customs,

Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.

Dear Commissioner: This directive amends, but does not cancel,

the directive

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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 May 3, 1999, you are directed to adjust 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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Group I

200-223, 224-V \2\, 224-O \3\, 225, 226, 392,632,795 square meters

227, 300-326, 360-363, 369pt. \4\, 400- equivalent.

414, 464, 469pt. \5\, 600-629, 666, 669-

P \6\, 669pt. \7\, and 670-O \8\, as a

group.

Sublevels within Group II

338/339................................... 1,266,505 dozen.

340....................................... 671,544 dozen of which not

more than 341,957 dozen

shall be in Category 340-D

\9\.

342/642................................... 229,041 dozen.

347/348................................... 473,217 dozen.

435....................................... 35,353 dozen.

633/634/635............................... 1,342,874 dozen of which not

more than 154,735 dozen

shall be in Category 633

and not more than 576,650

dozen shall be in Category

635.

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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports

exported after December 31, 1998.

\2\ Category 224-V: only HTS numbers 5801.21.0000, 5801.23.0000,

5801.24.0000, 5801.25.0010, 5801.25.0020, 5801.26.0010, 5801.26.0020,

5801.31.0000, 5801.33.0000, 5801.34.0000, 5801.35.0010, 5801.35.0020,

5801.36.0010 and 5801.36.0020.

\3\ Category 224-O: all remaining HTS numbers in Category 224.

\4\ Category 369pt.: all HTS numbers except 4202.12.4000, 4202.12.8020,

4202.12.8060, 4202.92.1500, 4202.92.3016, 4202.92.6091, 6307.90.9905,

(Category 369-L); 5601.10.1000, 5601.21.0090, 5701.90.1020,

5701.90.2020, 5702.10.9020, 5702.39.2010, 5702.49.1020, 5702.49.1080,

5702.59.1000, 5702.99.1010, 5702.99.1090, 5705.00.2020 and

6406.10.7700.

\5\ Category 469pt.: all HTS numbers except 5601.29.0020, 5603.94.1010

and 6406.10.9020.

\6\ Category 669-P: only HTS numbers 6305.32.0010, 6305.32.0020,

6305.33.0010, 6305.33.0020 and 6305.39.0000.

\7\ Category 669pt.: all HTS numbers except 6305.32.0010, 6305.32.0020,

6305.33.0010, 6305.33.0020, 6305.39.0000 (Category 669-P);

5601.10.2000, 5601.22.0090, 5607.49.3000, 5607.50.4000 and

6406.10.9040.

\8\ Category 670-O: all HTS numbers except 4202.12.8030, 4202.12.8070,

4202.92.3020, 4202.92.3031, 4202.92.9026 and 6307.90.9907 (Category

670-L).

\9\Category 340-D: only HTS numbers 6205.20.2015, 6205.20.2020,

6205.20.2025 and 6205.20.2030.

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. 99-10829 Filed 4-29-99; 8:45 am]

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