[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 217 (Tuesday, November 10, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63030-63031]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-30133]
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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 Textile Products
Produced or Manufactured in Bahrain
November 4, 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.
The import restraint limits for textile products, produced or
manufactured in Bahrain 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).
Effective on January 1, 1999, a visa will no longer be required for
products integrated in the second stage of the integration of textiles
and clothing into GATT 1994 from WTO member countries (see 63 FR 53881,
published on October 7, 1998). A visa will continue to be required for
non-integrated products. For quota purposes only, products remaining in
categories partially integrated will continue to be designated by the
designator ``pt.''
In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the
Commissioner of Customs to establish the limits 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). Also see
62 FR 51832, published on October 3, 1997. Information regarding the
1999 CORRELATION will be published in the Federal Register at a later
date.
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile
Agreements.
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
November 4, 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 textile products in the
following categories, produced or manufactured in Bahrain 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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Group I
237, 239pt. \1\, 331-336, 338, 339, 340- 47,389,134 square meters
342, 345, 347, 348, 350-352, 359pt. \2\, equivalent.
431, 433-436, 438, 440, 442-448, 459pt.
\3\, 631, 633-636, 638, 639, 640-647,
648, 649, 650-652, 659pt. \4\, 831, 833-
836, 838, 840, 842-847, 850-852, 858 and
859pt. \5\, as a group.
Sublevels in Group I
338/339................................... 658,482 dozen.
340/640................................... 315,928 dozen of which not
more than 236,945 dozen
shall be in Categories 340-
Y/640-Y \6\.
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\1\ Category 239pt.: only HTS number 6209.20.5040 (diapers).
\2\ Category 359pt.: all HTS numbers except 6406.99.1550.
\3\ Category 459pt.: all HTS numbers except 6405.20.6030, 6405.20.6060,
6405.20.6090, 6406.99.1505 and 6406.99.1560.
\4\ Category 659pt.: all HTS numbers except 6406.99.1510 and
6406.99.1540.
\5\ 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.
\6\ Category 340-Y: only HTS numbers 6205.20.2015, 6205.20.2020,
6205.20.2046, 6205.20.2050 and 6205.20.2060; Category 640-Y: only HTS
numbers 6205.30.2010, 6205.30.2020, 6205.30.2050 and 6205.30.2060.
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 19, 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.
Effective on January 1, 1999, a visa will no longer be required
for products integrated in the second stage of the integration of
textiles and clothing into GATT 1994 from WTO member countries (see
directive dated September 30, 1998). A visa will continue to be
required for non-integrated products. For quota purposes only,
products remaining in categories partially integrated will continue
to be designated by the designator ``pt.''
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 to the rulemaking provisions of 5 U.S.C. 553(a)(1).
Sincerely,
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile
Agreements.
[FR Doc. 98-30133 Filed 11-9-98; 8:45 am]
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