# Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in India

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## Record

- **Collection:** Federal Register
- **Document type:** Notice
- **Published:** June 9, 1999
- **Citation:** 64 FR 30964

## Text

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber
Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in India

June 3, 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: June 9, 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.

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The current limits for certain categories are being adjusted,
variously, for swing, carryforward and 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 68247, published on December 10, 1998.
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
June 3, 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 4, 1998, by the Chairman,
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That
directive concerns imports of certain cotton, man-made fiber, silk
blend and other vegetable fiber textiles and textile products,
produced or manufactured in India and exported during the twelve-
month period which began on January 1, 1999 and extends through
December 31, 1999.
Effective on June 9, 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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Levels in Group I
335/635................................... 629,148 dozen.
336/636................................... 1,083,264 dozen.
338/339................................... 3,937,332 dozen.
340/640................................... 2,277,335 dozen.
341....................................... 4,795,987 dozen of which not
more than 2,827,360 dozen
shall be in Category 341-Y
\2\.
342/642................................... 1,065,737 dozen.
351/651................................... 308,068 dozen.
369-S \3\................................. 741,241 kilograms.
647/648................................... 762,698 dozen.
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports
exported after December 31, 1998.
\2\ Category 341-Y: only HTS numbers 6204.22.3060, 6206.30.3010,
6206.30.3030 and 6211.42.0054.
\3\ 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
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.99-14591 Filed 6-8-99; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-DR-F

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