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

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

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

Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Pakistan

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 5, 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, special shift and 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 59946, published on November 6, 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 November 3, 1998, by the Chairman,

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That

directive concerns imports of certain cotton and man-made fiber

textile products, produced or manufactured in Pakistan and exported

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

extends through December 31, 1999.

Effective on October 5, 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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Specific limits

226/313................................... 139,721,594 square meters.

237....................................... 143,950 dozen.

331/631................................... 3,145,096 dozen pairs.

334/634................................... 357,773 dozen.

335/635................................... 431,447 dozen.

338....................................... 6,342,757 dozen.

339....................................... 1,820,243 dozen.

347/348................................... 1,108,795 dozen.

359-C/659-C \2\........................... 1,014,442 kilograms.

360....................................... 6,374,146 numbers.

361....................................... 7,411,797 numbers.

363....................................... 52,498,126 numbers.

369-F/369-P \3\........................... 2,913,089 kilograms.

369-S \4\................................. 866,255 kilograms.

613/614................................... 27,180,846 square meters

615....................................... 28,674,693 square meters.

625/626/627/628/629....................... 71,095,682 square meters of

which not more than

41,929,654 square meters

shall be in Category 625;

not more than 41,929,654

square meters shall be in

Category 626; not more than

41,929,654 square meters

shall be in Category 627;

not more than 8,675,101

square meters shall be in

Category 628; and not more

than 41,929,654 square

meters shall be in Category

629.

638/639................................... 138,149 dozen.

647/648................................... 915,419 dozen.

666-P \5\................................. 869,333 kilograms.

666-S \6\................................. 4,782,383 kilograms.

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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-F: only HTS number 6302.91.0045; Category 369-P: only

HTS numbers 6302.60.0010 and 6302.91.0005.

\4\ Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.

\5\ Category 666-P: only HTS numbers 6302.22.1010, 6302.22.1020,

6302.22.2010, 6302.32.1010, 6302.32.1020, 6302.32.2010 and

6302.32.2020.

\6\ Category 666-S: only HTS numbers 6302.22.1030, 6302.22.1040,

6302.22.2020, 6302.32.1030, 6302.32.1040, 6302.32.2030 and

6302.32.2040.

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. 99-25877 Filed 10-4-99; 8:45 am]

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