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

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

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

Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textiles and Textile Products

Produced or Manufactured in Sri Lanka

May 13, 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 19, 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 swing, special shift, carryforward, carryover and

recrediting of unused carryforward.

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 53880, published on October 7, 1998.

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

May 13, 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 September 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 Sri Lanka and exported during the

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

through December 31, 1999.

Effective on May 19, 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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Adjusted twelve-month limit

Category \1\

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237....................................... 411,423 dozen.

314....................................... 6,141,971 square meters.

331/631................................... 4,117,857 dozen pairs.

333/633................................... 21,477 dozen.

334/634................................... 1,018,922 dozen.

335/835................................... 223,410 dozen.

336/636/836............................... 623,107 dozen.

338/339................................... 1,807,112 dozen.

340/640................................... 1,606,813 dozen.

341/641................................... 2,143,130 dozen of which not

more than 1,667, 069 dozen

shall be in Category 341

and not more than 1,667,069

dozen shall be in Category

641.

342/642/842............................... 879,425 dozen.

345/845................................... 244,439 dozen.

347/348/847............................... 1,865,019 dozen.

350/650................................... 125,883 dozen.

351/651................................... 508,718 dozen.

352/652................................... 1,783,034 dozen.

359-C/659-C \2\........................... 1,466,930 kilograms.

360....................................... 1,925,872 numbers.

363....................................... 14,940,909 numbers.

369-D \3\................................. 52,668 kilograms.

369-S \4\................................. 1,012,467 kilograms.

434....................................... 8,278 dozen.

435....................................... 17,739 dozen.

440....................................... 11,826 dozen.

611....................................... 7,128,959 square meters.

635....................................... 530,087 dozen.

638/639/838............................... 1,145,685 dozen.

644....................................... 652,207 numbers.

645/646................................... 144,821 dozen.

647/648................................... 1,175,980 dozen.

840....................................... 253,210 dozen.

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

exported after December 31, 1998.

\2\ 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.

\3\ Category 369-D: only HTS numbers 6302.60.0010, 6302.91.0005 and

6302.91.0045.

\4\ 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

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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. 99-12552 Filed 5-18-99; 8:45 am]

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