Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool, Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textiles and Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Indonesia

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

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

Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textiles and Textile

Products Produced or Manufactured in Indonesia

April 29, 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 6, 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 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 and the 5% adjustment for traditional

folklore products made from handloomed fabrics.

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 69055, published on December 15, 1998.

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

April 29, 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 December 8, 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 Indonesia and exported during the

twelve-month period which began on January 1, 1999 and extends

through December 31, 1999.

Effective on May 6, 1999, you are directed to adjust the limits

for the categories listed below, 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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Levels in Group I

200....................................... 862,798 kilograms.

225....................................... 7,024,970 square meters.

314-O \2\................................. 60,723,731 square meters.

315-O \3\................................. 27,591,733 square meters.

317-O \4\/326-O \5\/617................... 27,280,247 square meters of

which not more than

4,167,829 square meters

shall be in Category 326-O.

334/335................................... 249,229 dozen.

336/636................................... 659,560 dozen.

338/339................................... 1,211,054 dozen.

340/640................................... 1,491,444 dozen.

341....................................... 953,482 dozen.

342/642................................... 414,377 dozen.

345....................................... 433,706 dozen.

347/348................................... 1,727,412 dozen.

350/650................................... 191,444 dozen.

351/651................................... 538,690 dozen.

359-C/659-C \6\........................... 1,446,191 kilograms.

369-S \7\................................. 915,514 kilograms.

447....................................... 16,950 dozen.

625/626/627/628/629-O \8\................. 28,387,397 square meters.

634/635................................... 331,502 dozen.

638/639................................... 1,551,104 dozen.

641....................................... 2,527,207 dozen.

645/646................................... 785,322 dozen.

647/648................................... 3,423,833 dozen.

Group II

201, 218, 220, 222-224, 226, 227, 237, 98,095,555 square meters

239pt. \9\, 332, 333, 352, 359-O \10\, equivalent.

362, 363, 369-O \11\, 400, 410, 414, 431,

434, 435, 436, 438, 440, 442, 444, 459pt.

\12\, 464, 469pt. \13\, 603, 604-O \14\,

606, 607, 621, 622, 624, 633, 649, 652,

659-O \15\, 666, 669-O \16\, 670-O \17\,

831, 833-836, 838, 840, 842-846, 850-852,

858 and 859pt. \18\, as a group.

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

exported after December 31, 1998.

\2\ Category 314-O: all HTS numbers except 5209.51.6015.

\3\ Category 315-O: all HTS numbers except 5208.52.4055.

\4\ Category 317-O: all HTS numbers except 5208.59.2085.

\5\ Category 326-O: all HTS numbers except 5208.59.2015, 5209.59.0015

and 5211.59.0015.

\6\ Category 359-C: only HTS numbers 6103.42.2025, 6103.49.8034,

6104.62.1020, 6104.69.8010, 6114.20.0048, 6114.20.0052, 6203.42.2010,

6203.42.2090, 6204.62.2010, 6211.32.0010, 6211.32.0025 and

6211.42.0010; Category 659-C: only HTS numbers 6103.23.0055,

6103.43.2020, 6103.43.2025, 6103.49.2000, 6103.49.8038, 6104.63.1020,

6104.63.1030, 6104.69.1000, 6104.69.8014, 6114.30.3044, 6114.30.3054,

6203.43.2010, 6203.43.2090, 6203.49.1010, 6203.49.1090, 6204.63.1510,

6204.69.1010, 6210.10.9010, 6211.33.0010, 6211.33.0017 and

6211.43.0010.

\7\ Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.

\8\ Category 625/626/627/628; Category 629-O: all HTS numbers except

5408.34.9085 and 5516.24.0085.

\9\ Category 239pt.: only HTS number 6209.20.5040 (diapers).

\10\ Category 359-O: all HTS numbers except 6103.42.2025, 6103.49.8034,

6104.62.1020, 6104.69.8010, 6114.20.0048, 6114.20.0052, 6203.42.2010,

6203.42.2090, 6204.62.2010, 6211.32.0010, 6211.32.0025, 6211.42.0010

(Category 359-C); 6112.39.0010, 6112.49.0010, 6211.11.8010,

6211.11.8020, 6211.12.8010, 6211.12.8020 (Category 359-S); and

6406.99.1550 (Category 359pt.).

\11\ Category 369-O: all HTS numbers except 6307.10.2005 (Category 369-

S); 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 (Category

369pt.).

\12\ Category 459pt.: all HTS numbers except 6405.20.6030, 6405.20.6060,

6405.20.6090, 6406.99.1505 and 6406.99.1560.

\13\ Category 469pt.: all HTS numbers except 5601.29.0020, 5603.94.1010

and 6406.10.9020.

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\14\ Category 604-O: all HTS numbers except 5509.32.0000 (Category 604-

A).

\15\ Category 659-O: all HTS numbers except 6103.23.0055, 6103.43.2020,

6103.43.2025, 6103.49.2000, 6103.49.8038, 6104.63.1020, 6104.63.1030,

6104.69.1000, 6104.69.8014, 6114.30.3044, 6114.30.3054, 6203.43.2010,

6203.43.2090, 6203.49.1010, 6203.49.1090, 6204.63.1510, 6204.69.1010,

6210.10.9010, 6211.33.0010, 6211.33.0017, 6211.43.0010 (Category 659-

C); 6112.31.0010, 6112.31.0020, 6112.41.0010, 6112.41.0020,

6112.41.0030, 6112.41.0040, 6211.11.1010, 6211.11.1020, 6211.12.1010

and 6211.12.1020 (Category 659-S); 6406.99.1510 and 6406.99.1540

(Category 659pt.).

\16\ Category 669-O: all HTS numbers except 6305.32.0010, 6305.32.0020,

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

5601.10.2000, 5601.22.0090, 5607.49.3000, 5607.50.4000, 6406.10.9040

(Category 669pt.).

\17\ 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).

\18\ Category 859pt.: only HTS numbers 6115.19.8040, 6117.10.6020,

6212.10.5030, 6212.10.9040, 6212.20.0030, 6212.30.0030, 6212.90.0090,

6214.10.2000 and 6214.90.0090.

The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has

determined that these actions fall 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.99-11253 Filed 5-4-99; 8:45 am]

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