[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 194 (Wednesday, October 7, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53880-53881]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-26801]
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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool,
Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textiles and
Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Sri Lanka
September 30, 1998.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).
ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs establishing
limits.
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EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 1999.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roy Unger, 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.
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The import restraint limits for textile products, produced or
manufactured in Sri Lanka and exported during the period January 1,
1999 through December 31, 1999 are based on limits notified to the
Textiles Monitoring Body pursuant to the Uruguay Round Agreement on
Textiles and Clothing (ATC).
In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the
Commissioner of Customs to establish the 1999 limits. The limits for
certain categories have been 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.
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
September 30, 1998.
Commissioner of Customs,
Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.
Dear Commissioner: Pursuant to section 204 of the Agricultural
Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1854); Executive Order 11651 of
March 3, 1972, as amended; and the Uruguay Round Agreement on
Textiles and Clothing (ATC), you are directed to prohibit, effective
on January 1, 1999, entry into the United States for consumption and
withdrawal from warehouse for consumption of cotton, wool, man-made
fiber, silk blend and other vegetable fiber textiles and textile
products in the following categories, produced or manufactured in
Sri Lanka and exported during the twelve-month period beginning on
January 1, 1999 and extending through December 31, 1999, in excess
of the following levels of restraint:
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Category Twelve-month restraint limit
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237....................................... 342,660 dozen.
314....................................... 4,917,752 square meters.
331/631................................... 3,489,709 dozen pairs.
333/633................................... 65,632 dozen.
334/634................................... 726,659 dozen.
335/835................................... 319,730 dozen.
336/636/836............................... 478,628 dozen.
338/339................................... 1,453,319 dozen.
340/640................................... 1,292,035 dozen.
341/641................................... 2,252,795 dozen of which not
more than 1,501,864 dozen
shall be in Category 341
and not more than 1,501,864
dozen shall be in Category
641.
342/642/842............................... 758,739 dozen.
345/845................................... 207,151 dozen.
347/348/847............................... 1,178,469 dozen.
350/650................................... 135,642 dozen.
351/651................................... 375,700 dozen.
352/652................................... 1,550,206 dozen.
359-C/659-C \1\........................... 1,492,562 kilograms.
360....................................... 1,735,020 numbers.
363....................................... 14,048,739 numbers.
369-D \2\................................. 1,116,364 kilograms.
369-S \3\................................. 878,949 kilograms.
434....................................... 7,458 dozen.
435....................................... 15,981 dozen.
440....................................... 10,654 dozen.
611....................................... 6,795,497 square meters.
635....................................... 426,308 dozen.
638/639/838............................... 1,096,108 dozen.
644....................................... 615,290 numbers.
645/646................................... 246,115 dozen.
647/648................................... 1,246,746 dozen.
840....................................... 354,181 dozen.
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\1\ 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.
\2\ Category 369-D: only HTS numbers 6302.60.0010, 6302.91.0005 and
6302.91.0045.
\3\ Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.
The limits set forth above are subject to adjustment pursuant to
the provisions of the ATC and administrative arrangements notified
to the Textiles Monitoring Body.
Products in the above categories exported during 1998 shall be
charged to the applicable category limits for that year (see
directive dated December 22, 1997) to the extent of any unfilled
balances. In the event the limits established for that period have
been exhausted by previous entries, such products shall be charged
to the limits set forth in this directive.
In carrying out the above directions, the Commissioner of
Customs should construe entry into the United States for consumption
to include entry for consumption into the Commonwealth of Puerto
Rico.
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. 98-26801 Filed 10-6-98; 8:45 am]
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