Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool, Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textiles and Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the People's Republic of China

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

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

Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textiles and Textile

Products Produced or Manufactured in the People's Republic of China

October 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: October 22, 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.

The current limits for certain categories are being adjusted for

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 67046, published on December 4, 1998.

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

October 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 November 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 China and exported during the twelve-

month period which began on January 1, 1999 and extends through

December 31, 1999.

Effective on October 22, 1999, you are directed to adjust the

limits for the following categories, as provided for under the terms

of the current bilateral textile agreement between the Governments

of the United States and the People's Republic of China:

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Adjusted twelve-month limit

Category \1\

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Sublevels in Group I

200....................................... 775,577 kilograms.

317/326................................... 23,300,074 square meters of

which not more than

4,457,763 square meters

shall be in Category 326.

340....................................... 840,767 dozen of which not

more than 416,495 dozen

shall be in Category 340-Z

\2\.

341....................................... 742,403 dozen of which not

more than 433,069 dozen

shall be in Category 341-Y

\3\.

342....................................... 290,806 dozen.

347/348................................... 2,464,000 dozen.

350....................................... 177,251 dozen.

351....................................... 593,511 dozen.

352....................................... 1,742,694 dozen.

359-C \4\................................. 659,217 kilograms.

360....................................... 8,390,603 numbers of which

not more than 5,776,689

numbers shall be in

Category 360-P \5\.

361....................................... 4,562,780 numbers.

369-D \6\................................. 5,076,093 kilograms.

435....................................... 26,936 dozen.

438....................................... 28,511 dozen.

445/446................................... 309,287 dozen.

447....................................... 74,159 dozen.

636....................................... 596,719 dozen.

638/639................................... 2,580,152 dozen.

640....................................... 1,456,103 dozen.

642....................................... 364,619 dozen.

644/844................................... 3,961,702 numbers.

647....................................... 1,649,820 dozen.

648....................................... 1,212,123 dozen.

649....................................... 1,013,292 dozen.

651....................................... 824,813 dozen of which not

more than 144,468 dozen

shall be in Category 651-B

\7\.

659-S \8\................................. 656,611 kilograms.

666....................................... 3,836,539 kilograms of which

not more than 1,351,367

kilograms shall be in

Category 666-C \9\.

836....................................... 304,297 dozen.

Group IV

832, 834, 838, 839, 843, 850-852, 858 and 12,642,199 square meters

859, as a group. equivalent.

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

exported after December 31, 1998.

\2\ Category 340-Z: only HTS numbers 6205.20.2015, 6205.20.2020,

6205.20.2050 and 6205.20.2060.

\3\ Category 341-Y: only HTS numbers 6204.22.3060, 6206.30.3010,

6206.30.3030 and 6211.42.0054.

\4\ 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.

\5\ Category 360-P: only HTS numbers 6302.21.3010, 6302.21.5010,

6302.21.7010, 6302.21.9010, 6302.31.3010, 6302.31.5010, 6302.31.7010

and 6302.31.9010.

\6\ Category 369-D: only HTS numbers 6302.60.0010, 6302.91.0005 and

6302.91.0045.

\7\ Category 651-B: only HTS numbers 6107.22.0015 and 6108.32.0015.

\8\ 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.

\9\ Category 666-C: only HTS number 6303.92.2000.

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. 99-27270 Filed 10-18-99; 8:45 am]

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