[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 195 (Friday, October 8, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54871-54872]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-26381]
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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton and
Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Nepal
October 4, 1999.
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, 2000.
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 Bilateral Textile Agreement, effected by exchange of notes
dated May 30 and June 1, 1986, as amended and extended, and Memoranda
of Understanding (MOUs) dated November 6, 1996 and June 20, 1997,
between the Governments of the United States and Nepal establish limits
for the period January 1, 2000 through December 31, 2000.
These limits may be revised if Nepal becomes a member of the World
Trade Organization (WTO) and the United States applies the WTO
agreement to Nepal.
In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the
Commissioner of Customs to establish the 2000 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 63 FR 71096, published on December 23, 1998).
Information regarding the 2000 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
October 4, 1999.
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; the Bilateral Textile Agreement, effected
by exchange of notes dated May 30 and June 1,
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1986, as amended and extended; and Memoranda of Understanding dated
November 6, 1996 and June 20, 1997 between the Governments of the
United States and Nepal, you are directed to prohibit, effective on
January 1, 2000, entry into the United States for consumption and
withdrawal from warehouse for consumption of cotton and man-made
fiber textile products in the following categories, produced or
manufactured in Nepal and exported during the twelve-month period
beginning on January 1, 2000 and extending through December 31,
2000, in excess of the following levels of restraint:
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Category Twelve-month restraint limit
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336/636................................... 263,163 dozen.
340....................................... 380,091 dozen.
341....................................... 1,220,891 dozen.
342/642................................... 331,734 dozen.
347/348................................... 856,133 dozen.
363....................................... 7,741,604 numbers.
369-S \1\................................. 983,454 kilograms.
640....................................... 191,297 dozen.
641....................................... 431,328 dozen.
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\1\ Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.
The limits set forth above are subject to adjustment pursuant to
the provisions of the current bilateral agreement between the
Governments of the United States and Nepal.
Products in the above categories exported during 1999 shall be
charged to the applicable category limits for that year (see
directive dated November 12, 1998) 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.
These limits may be revised if Nepal becomes a member of the
World Trade Organization (WTO) and the United States applies the WTO
agreement to Nepal.
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. 99-26381 Filed 10-7-99; 8:45 am]
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