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

January 11, 1999.

AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs reducing

limits.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: January 14, 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 1999 limits for certain categories are being reduced for

carryforward applied to the 1998 limits.

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 62 FR 66057, published on December 17, 1997).

Information regarding the 1999 CORRELATION will be published in the

Federal Register at a later date. Also see 63 FR 59946, published on

November 6, 1998.

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

January 11, 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 begins on January 1, 1999 and

extends through December 31, 1999.

Effective on January 14, 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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Category Adjusted twelve-month limit

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226/313................................... 122,295,792 square meters.

334/634................................... 245,134 dozen.

336/636................................... 498,024 dozen.

338....................................... 4,960,932 dozen.

339....................................... 1,410,732 dozen.

340/640................................... 664,034 dozen of which not

more than 263,357 dozen

shall be in Categories 340-

D/640-D \1\.

347/348................................... 825,510 dozen.

351/651................................... 332,016 dozen.

359-C/659-C \2\........................... 1,494,074 kilograms.

369-F/369-P \3\........................... 2,490,122 kilograms.

369-S \4\................................. 760,252 kilograms.

613/614................................... 24,215,689 square meters.

615....................................... 25,761,366 square meters.

625/626/627/628/629....................... 79,230,456 square meters of

which not more than

39,615,230 square meters

shall be in Category 625;

not more than 39,615,230

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................................... 460,465 dozen.

666-P \5\................................. 764,048 kilograms.

666-S \6\................................. 4,088,922 kilograms.

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\1\ Category 340-D: only HTS numbers 6205.20.2015, 6205.20.2020,

6205.20.2025 and 6205.20.2030; Category 640-D: only HTS numbers

6205.30.2010, 6205.30.2020, 6205.30.2030, 6205.30.2040, 6205.90.3030

and 6205.90.4030.

\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.

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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,

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

[FR Doc. 99-939 Filed 1-13-99; 8:45 am]

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