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

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

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

Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textile Products Produced

or Manufactured in Korea

September 9, 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: September 15, 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,

variously, for swing, carryover, carryforward and recrediting 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 56005, published on October 20, 1998.

D. Michael Hutchinson,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

September 9, 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

which began on January 1, 1999 and extends through December 31,

1999.

Effective on September 15, 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, 419,066,390 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 I

200....................................... 544,724 kilograms.

201....................................... 2,348,699 kilograms.

611....................................... 4,339,204 square meters.

619/620................................... 104,534,265 square meters.

624....................................... 9,333,255 square meters.

625/626/627/628/629....................... 18,018,024 square meters.

Group II

237, 239pt. \9\, 331-348, 350-352, 359-H 584,701,106 square meters

\10\, 359pt. \11\, 431, 433-438, 440- equivalent.

448, 459-W \12\, 459pt. \13\, 631, 633-

652, 659-H \14\, 659-S \15\ and 659pt.

\16\, as a group.

Sublevels within Group II

333/334/335............................... 313,817 dozen of which not

more than 160,396 dozen

shall be in Category 335.

336....................................... 66,932 dozen.

338/339................................... 1,369,820 dozen.

340....................................... 725,268 dozen of which not

more than 370,795 dozen

shall be in Category 340-D

\17\.

341....................................... 201,639 dozen.

342/642................................... 250,060 dozen.

345....................................... 136,751 dozen.

347/348................................... 511,444 dozen.

350....................................... 19,467 dozen.

351/651................................... 267,430 dozen.

352....................................... 208,107 dozen.

359-H..................................... 2,777,955 kilograms.

433....................................... 15,019 dozen.

434....................................... 7,703 dozen.

435....................................... 38,570 dozen.

436....................................... 16,492 dozen.

438....................................... 64,906 dozen.

442....................................... 55,732 dozen.

443....................................... 344,600 numbers.

444....................................... 59,616 numbers.

445/446................................... 56,342 dozen.

447....................................... 95,227 dozen.

448....................................... 39,207 dozen.

459-W..................................... 106,058 kilograms.

631....................................... 351,386 dozen pairs.

633/634/635............................... 1,369,588 dozen of which not

more than 157,830 dozen

shall be in Category 633

and not more than 588,183

dozen shall be in Category

635.

636....................................... 302,379 dozen.

638/639................................... 5,498,535 dozen.

640-D \18\................................ 3,190,923 dozen.

640-O \19\................................ 2,659,102 dozen.

641....................................... 1,126,577 dozen of which not

more than 42,553 dozen

shall be in Category 641-Y

\20\.

643....................................... 795,254 numbers.

644....................................... 1,196,425 numbers.

645/646................................... 3,655,166 dozen.

647/648................................... 1,436,136 dozen.

650....................................... 28,487 dozen.

659-H..................................... 1,465,444 kilograms.

659-S..................................... 209,498 kilograms.

Sublevel within Group III

835....................................... 31,617 dozen.

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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.

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

\10\ Category 359-H: only HTS numbers 6505.90.1540 and 6505.90.2060.

\11\ Category 359pt.: all HTS numbers except 6505.90.1540, 6505.20.2060

(Category 359-H); and 6406.99.1550.

\12\ Category 459-W: only HTS number 6505.90.4090.

\13\ Category 459pt.: all HTS numbers except 6505.90.4090 (Category 459-

W); 6405.20.6030, 6405.20.6060, 6405.20.6090, 6405.99.1505 and

6406.99.1560.

\14\ Category 659-H: only HTS numbers 6502.00.9030, 6504.00.9015,

6504.00.9060, 6505.90.5090, 6505.90.6090, 6505.90.7090 and

6505.90.8090.

\15\ Category 659-S: only HTS numbers 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.

\16\ Category 659pt.: all HTS numbers except 6502.00.9030, 6504.00.9015,

6504.00.9060, 6505.90.5090, 6505.90.6090, 6505.90.7090 and

6505.90.8090 (Category 659-H); 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.

\17\ Category 340-D: only HTS numbers 6205.20.2015, 6205.20.2020,

6205.20.2025 and 6205.20.2030.

\18\ Category 640-D: only HTS numbers 6205.30.2010, 6205.30.2020,

6205.30.2030, 6205.30.2040, 6205.90.3030 and 6205.90.4030.

\19\ Category 640-O: only HTS numbers 6203.23.0080, 6203.29.2050,

6205.30.1000, 6205.30.2050, 6205.30.2060, 6205.30.2070, 6205.30.2080

and 6211.33.0040.

\20\ Category 641-Y: only HTS numbers 6204.23.0050, 6204.29.2030,

6206.40.3010 and 6206.40.3025.

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,

D. Michael Hutchinson,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements.

[FR Doc. 99-23909 Filed 9-13-99; 8:45 am]

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