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

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool

and Man-Made Fiber Textiles and Textile Products Produced or

Manufactured in Thailand

September 30, 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: October 6, 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, carryforward, carryforward used and re-crediting

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,

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published on December 23, 1998). Also see 63 FR 58369, published on

October 30, 1998.

D. Michael Hutchinson,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

September 30, 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 27, 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 Thailand and exported during the period

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

1999.

Effective on October 6, 1999, you are directed to reduce 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

300....................................... 4,841,738 kilograms.

301-O \2\................................. 1,105,545 kilograms.

314-O \3\................................. 62,268,628 square meters.

363....................................... 24,494,704 numbers.

369-D \4\................................. 269,213 kilograms.

603....................................... 2,443,598 kilograms.

604....................................... 862,199 kilograms of which

not more than 516,609

kilograms shall be in

Category 604-A \5\.

607....................................... 3,685,143 kilograms.

613/614/615............................... 46,481,556 square meters of

which not more than

30,307,739 square meters

shall be in Categories 613/

615 and not more than

30,307,739 square meters

shall be in Category 614.

619....................................... 8,007,894 square meters.

620....................................... 7,899,539 square meters.

Sublevels in Group II

336/636................................. 389,178 dozen.

338/339................................. 2,193,680 dozen.

340..................................... 350,262 dozen.

345..................................... 326,098 dozen.

347/348/847............................. 975,880 dozen.

442..................................... 23,347 dozen.

638/639................................. 2,274,280 dozen.

647/648................................. 1,199,383 dozen.

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

exported after December 31, 1998.

\2\ Category 301-O: only HTS numbers 5205.21.0020, 5205.21.0090,

5205.22.0020, 5205.22.0090, 5205.23.0020, 5205.23.0090, 5205.24.0020,

5205.24.0090, 5205.26.0020, 5205.26.0090, 5205.27.0020, 5205.27.0090,

5205.28.0020, 5205.28.0090, 5205.41.0020, 5205.41.0090, 5205.42.0020,

5205.42.0090, 5205.43.0020, 5205.43.0090, 5205.44.0020, 5205.44.0090,

5205.46.0020, 5205.46.0090, 5205.47.0020, 5205.47.0090, 5205.48.0020

and 5205.48.0090.

\3\Category 314-O: all HTS numbers except 5209.51.6015.

\4\ Category 369-D: only HTS numbers 6302.60.0010, 6302.91.0005 and

6302.91.0045.

\5\ Category 604-A: only HTS number 5509.32.0000.

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,

D. Michael Hutchinson,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements.

[FR Doc. 99-25876 Filed 10-4-99; 8:45 am]

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