[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 222 (Wednesday, November 18, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64066-64067]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-30797]
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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool
and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the
Federative Republic of Brazil
November 12, 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 Brazil and exported during the period January 1, 1999
through December 31, 1999 are based on limits notified to the Textiles
Monitoring Body pursuant to
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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 1999 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.
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile
Agreements.
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
November 12, 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 and man-
made fiber textile products in the following categories, produced or
manufactured in Brazil 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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Aggregate Limit
200-227, 237, 239pt. \1\, 300-326, 331- 544,207,428 square meters
348, 350-352, 359pt. \2\, 360-363, 369-D equivalent.
\3\, 369pt. \4\, 400-431, 433-438, 440-
448, 459pt. \5\, 464, 469pt. \6\, 600-
629, 631, 633-652, 659pt. \7\, 666, 669-P
\8\, 669pt. \9\ and 670, as a group.
Sublevels within the aggregate
218....................................... 6,762,406 square meters.
219....................................... 24,688,791 square meters.
225....................................... 11,834,212 square meters.
300/301................................... 9,171,379 kilograms.
313....................................... 56,792,206 square meters.
314....................................... 9,298,311 square meters.
315....................................... 27,894,932 square meters.
317/326................................... 25,359,027 square meters.
334/335................................... 181,974 dozen.
336....................................... 101,098 dozen.
338/339/638/639........................... 1,819,750 dozen.
342/642................................... 535,814 dozen.
347/348................................... 1,314,263 dozen.
350....................................... 203,896 dozen.
361....................................... 1,374,921 numbers.
363....................................... 29,344,134 numbers.
369-D..................................... 655,395 kilograms.
410/624................................... 13,524,815 square meters of
which not more than
2,735,601 square meters
shall be in Category 410.
433....................................... 18,990 dozen.
445/446................................... 74,391 dozen.
604....................................... 641,996 kilograms of which
not more than 490,670
kilograms shall be in
Category 604-A \10\.
607....................................... 5,961,398 kilograms.
647/648................................... 606,584 dozen.
669-P..................................... 2,184,653 kilograms.
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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 369-D: only HTS numbers 6302.60.0010, 6302.91.0005 and
6302.91.0045.
\4\ Category 369pt.: all HTS numbers except 6302.60.0010, 6302.91.0005,
6302.91.0045 (Category 369-D); 5601.10.1000, 5601.21.0090,
5701.90.1020, 5701.90.2020, 5702.10.9020, 5702.39.2010, 5702.49.1020,
5702.49.1080, 5702.59.1000, 5702.99.1010, 5702.99.1090, 5705.00.2020
and 6406.10.7700.
\5\ Category 459pt.: all HTS numbers except 6405.20.6030, 6405.20.6060,
6405.20.6090, 6406.99.1505 and 6406.99.1560.
\6\ Category 469pt.: all HTS numbers except 5601.29.0020, 5603.94.1010
and 6406.10.9020.
\7\ Category 659pt.: all HTS numbers except 6406.99.1510 and
6406.99.1540.
\8\ Category 669-P: only HTS numbers 6305.32.0010, 6305.32.0020,
6305.33.0010, 6305.33.0020 and 6305.39.0000.
\9\ Category 669pt.: all HTS numbers except 6305.32.0010, 6305.32.0020,
6305.33.0010, 6305.33.0020, 6305.39.0000 (Category 669-P);
5601.10.2000, 5601.22.0090, 5607.49.3000, 5607.50.4000 and
6406.10.9040.
\10\ Category 604-A: only HTS number 5509.32.0000.
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.
The conversion factor for merged Categories 338/339/638/639 is
10 (square meters equivalent/category unit).
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 of 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. 98-30797 Filed 11-17-98; 8:45 am]
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