[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 194 (Wednesday, October 7, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 53880]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-26804]
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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
Announcement of Levels for Certain Cotton, Wool and Man-Made
Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the United Mexican
States
September 30, 1998.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).
ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs establishing
levels under the North America Free Trade Agreement.
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EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 1999.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Naomi Freeman, 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.
In order to implement Annex 300-B of the North American Free Trade
Agreement (NAFTA), restrictions and consultation levels for certain
cotton, wool and man-made fiber textile products from Mexico are being
established for the period beginning on January 1, 1999 and extending
through December 31, 1999.
These restrictions and consultation levels do not apply to NAFTA
originating goods, as defined in Annex 300-B, Chapter 4 and Annex 401
of the agreement. In addition, restrictions and consultation levels do
not apply to textile and apparel goods that are assembled in Mexico
from fabrics wholly formed and cut in the United States and exported
from and re-imported into the United States under U.S. tariff item
9802.00.90.
In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the
Commissioner of Customs to implement levels for the 1999 period.
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 North American Free Trade
Agreement (NAFTA), between the Governments of the United States, the
United Mexican States and Canada, 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 and man-made fiber textile products in the following
categories, produced or manufactured in Mexico and exported during
the twelve-month period beginning on January 1, 1999 and extending
through December 31, 1999, in excess of the following levels:
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Category Twelve-month limit
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219....................................... 9,438,000 square meters.
313....................................... 16,854,000 square meters.
314....................................... 6,966,904 square meters.
315....................................... 6,966,904 square meters.
317....................................... 8,427,000 square meters.
338/339/638/639........................... 650,000 dozen.
340/640................................... 174,137 dozen.
347/348/647/648........................... 650,000 dozen.
410....................................... 397,160 square meters.
433....................................... 11,000 dozen.
443....................................... 182,498 numbers.
611....................................... 1,267,710 square meters.
633....................................... 10,000 dozen.
643....................................... 155,556 numbers.
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The levels set forth above are subject to adjustment pursuant to
the provisions of Annex 300-B of the NAFTA.
Products in the above categories exported during 1998 shall be
charged to the applicable category levels for that year (see
directive dated December 22, 1997) to the extent of any unfilled
balances. In the event the levels established for that period have
been exhausted by previous entries, such products shall be charged
to the levels set forth in this directive.
The foregoing levels do not apply to NAFTA originating goods, as
defined in Annex 300-B, Chapter 4 and Annex 401 of the agreement. In
addition, restrictions and consultation levels do not apply to
textile and apparel goods that are assembled in Mexico from fabrics
wholly formed and cut in the United States and exported from and re-
imported into the United States under U.S. tariff item 9802.00.90.
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. 98-26804 Filed 10-6-98; 8:45 am]
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