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

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

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

Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textiles and Textile Products

Produced or Manufactured in India

April 2, 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: April 9, 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,

variously, for carryforward applied to the 1998 limits and an

additional 5% allowance for 100 percent cotton garments made of

handloomed fabrics.

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 68247, published on December 10, 1998.

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

April 2, 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 December 4, 1998, by the Chairman,

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That

directive concerns imports of certain cotton, man-

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made fiber, silk blend and other vegetable fiber textiles and

textile products, produced or manufactured in India and exported

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

extends through December 31, 1999.

Effective on April 9, 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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Levels in Group I

314....................................... 8,101,059 square meters.

315....................................... 14,108,165 square meters.

334/634................................... 160,923 dozen.

335/635................................... 716,429 dozen.

336/636................................... 958,106 dozen.

338/339................................... 3,931,812 dozen.

340/640................................... 2,127,435 dozen.

341....................................... 4,220,145 dozen of which not

more than 2,532,085 dozen

shall be in Category 341-Y

\2\.

342/642................................... 1,247,394 dozen.

347/348................................... 711,737 dozen.

351/651................................... 290,544 dozen.

369-D \3\................................. 1,350,698 kilograms.

369-S \4\................................. 736,744 kilograms.

641....................................... 1,519,843 dozen.

Group II..................................

200, 201, 220-227, 237, 239pt. \5\, 300, 116,737,121 square meters

301, 331-333, 350, 352, 359pt. \6\, 360- equivalent.

362, 600-604, 606 \7\, 607, 611-629, 631,

633, 638, 639, 643-646, 649, 650, 652,

659pt. \8\, 666, 669pt. \9\, 670, 831,

833-838, 840-858 and 859pt. \10\, as a

group.

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

exported after December 31, 1998.

\2\ Category 341-Y: only HTS numbers 6204.22.3060, 6206.30.3010,

6206.30.3030 and 6211.42.0054.

\3\ Category 369-D: only HTS numbers 6302.60.0010, 6302.91.0005 and

6302.91.0045.

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

\5\ Category 239pt.: only HTS number 6209.20.5040 (diapers).

\6\ Category 359pt.: all HTS numbers except 6406.99.1550.

\7\ Category 606: all HTS numbers except 5403.31.0040 (for

administrative purposes Category 606 is designated as 606(1)).

\8\ Category 659pt.: all HTS numbers except 6406.99.1510 and

6406.99.1540.

\9\ Category 669pt.: all HTS numbers except 5601.10.2000, 5601.22.0090,

5607.49.3000, 5607.50.4000 and 6406.10.9040.

\10\ Category 859pt.: only HTS numbers 6115.19.8040, 6117.10.6020,

6212.10.5030, 6212.10.9040, 6212.20.0030, 6212.30.0030, 6212.90.0090,

6214.10.2000 and 6214.90.0090.

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.99-8786 Filed 4-7-99; 8:45 am]

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