[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 215 (Friday, November 6, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 59942]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-29829]
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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton, Man-
Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textiles and Textile
Products Produced or Manufactured in Bangladesh
November 3, 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: Ross Arnold, 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 Bangladesh and exported during the period January 1,
1999 through December 31, 1999 are based on the 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 limits for the 1999 period.
The 1999 limits for certain categories have been reduced for
carryforward applied to the 1998 limits.
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.''
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 3, 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, man-made fiber,
silk blend and other vegetable fiber textile products in the
following categories, produced or manufactured in Bangladesh 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....................................... 505,495 dozen.
331....................................... 1,354,428 dozen pairs.
334....................................... 154,215 dozen.
335....................................... 276,895 dozen.
336/636................................... 495,508 dozen.
338/339................................... 1,435,433 dozen.
340/640................................... 3,244,886 dozen.
341....................................... 2,688,094 dozen.
342/642................................... 479,015 dozen.
347/348................................... 2,419,283 dozen.
351/651................................... 738,646 dozen.
352/652................................... 11,019,845 dozen.
363....................................... 27,532,454 numbers.
369-S \1\................................. 1,845,520 kilograms.
634....................................... 539,527 dozen.
635....................................... 349,551 dozen.
638/639................................... 1,820,392 dozen.
641....................................... 1,171,266 dozen.
645/646................................... 427,498 dozen.
647/648................................... 1,521,563 dozen.
847....................................... 854,436 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 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 November 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. 98-29829 Filed 11-5-98; 8:45 am]
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