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

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

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

Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the Republic of Turkey

November 4, 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: November 10, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roy Unger, International Trade

Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S.

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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 carryover.

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 59948, published on November 6, 1998.

D. Michael Hutchinson,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

November 4, 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, wool and man-made

fiber textile products, produced or manufactured in the Republic of

Turkey and exported during the twelve-month period which began on

January 1, 1999 and extends through December 31, 1999.

Effective on November 10, 1999, you are directed to adjust the

current 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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Fabric Group

219, 313-O \2\, 314-O \3\, 315-O \4\, 317- 167,093,959 square meters of

O \5\, 326-O \6\, 617, 625/626/627/628/ which not more than

629, as a group. 43,680,621 square meters

shall be in Category 219;

not more than 51,775,602

square meters shall be in

Category 313-O; not more

than 31,061,775 square

meters shall be in Category

314-O; not more than

41,739,262 square meters

shall be in Category 315-O;

not more than 43,680,621

square meters shall be in

Category 317-O; not more

than 4,853,401 square

meters shall be in Category

326-O, and not more than

29,120,416 square meters

shall be in Category 617.

Limits not in a group

300/301................................... 10,588,966 kilograms.

338/339/638/639........................... 6,448,741 dozen of which not

more than 5,710,961 dozen

shall be in Categories 338-

S/339-S/638-S/639-S \7\.

340/640................................... 1,489,429 dozen of which not

more than 471,858 dozen

shall be in Categories 340-

Y/640-Y \8\.

351/651................................... 1,167,155 dozen.

352/652................................... 3,052,871 dozen.

361....................................... 2,431,329 numbers.

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

exported after December 31, 1998.

\2\ Category 313-O: all HTS numbers except 5208.52.3035, 5208.52.4035

and 5209.51.6032.

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

\4\ Category 315-O: all HTS numbers except 5208.52.4055.

\5\ Category 317-O: all HTS numbers except 5208.59.2085.

\6\ Category 326-O: all HTS numbers except 5208.59.2015, 5209.59.0015

and 5211.59.0015.

\7\ Category338-S: only HTS numbers 6103.22.0050, 6105.10.0010,

6105.10.0030, 6105.90.8010, 6109.10.0027, 6110.20.1025, 6110.20.2040,

6110.20.2065, 6110.90.9068, 6112.11.0030 and 6114.20.0005; Category

339-S: only HTS numbers 6104.22.0060, 6104.29.2049, 6106.10.0010,

6106.10.0030, 6106.90.2510, 6106.90.3010, 6109.10.0070, 6110.20.1030,

6110.20.2045, 6110.20.2075, 6110.90.9070, 6112.11.0040, 6114.20.0010

and 6117.90.9020; Category 638-S: all HTS numbers except 6109.90.1007,

6109.90.1009, 6109.90.1013 and 6109.90.1025; Category 639-S: all HTS

numbers except 6109.90.1050, 6109.90.1060, 6109.90.1065 and

6109.90.1070.

\8\ Category 340-Y: only HTS numbers 6205.20.2015, 6205.20.2020,

6205.20.2046, 6205.20.2050 and 6205.20.2060; Category 640-Y: only HTS

numbers 6205.30.2010, 6205.30.2020, 6205.30.2050 and 6205.30.2060.

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. 99-29393 Filed 11-9-99; 8:45 am]

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