[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 215 (Friday, November 6, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59945-59946]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-29832]
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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool
and Man-Made Fiber Textiles and Textile Products and Silk Blend and
Other Vegetable Fiber Apparel Produced or Manufactured in Malaysia
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 Malaysia 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). In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA
directs the Commissioner of Customs to establish the 1999 limits. The
1999 limit for Categories 347/348 is being decreased for carryforward
applied to the 1998 limit.
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, wool and man-
made fiber textiles and textile products and silk blend and other
vegetable fiber apparel in the following categories, produced or
manufactured in Malaysia and exported during the twelve-month period
beginning on January 1, 1999 and extending through December 31,
1999, in excess of the following limits:
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Category Twelve-month restraint limit
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Fabric Group
218-220, 225-227, 313-315, 317, 326, 611-O 134,499,315 square meters
\1\, 613/614/615/617, 619 and 620, as a equivalent.
group.
Sublevels within the group
218....................................... 7,716,910 square meters.
219....................................... 37,384,140 square meters.
220....................................... 37,384,140 square meters.
225....................................... 37,384,140 square meters.
226....................................... 37,384,140 square meters.
227....................................... 37,384,140 square meters.
313....................................... 44,586,589 square meters.
314....................................... 53,641,038 square meters.
315....................................... 37,384,140 square meters.
317....................................... 37,384,140 square meters.
326....................................... 7,229,250 square meters.
611-O..................................... 4,337,550 square meters.
613/614/615/617........................... 42,912,832 square meters.
619....................................... 5,783,401 square meters.
620....................................... 7,229,250 square meters.
Other specific limits
200....................................... 325,418 kilograms.
237....................................... 437,848 dozen.
300/301................................... 3,451,423 kilograms.
331/631................................... 2,369,696 dozen pairs.
333/334/335/835........................... 271,755 dozen of which not
more than 163,053 dozen
shall be in Category 333
and not more than 163,053
dozen shall be in Category
835.
336/636................................... 527,616 dozen.
338/339................................... 1,308,086 dozen.
340/640................................... 1,523,665 dozen.
341/641................................... 1,974,727 dozen of which not
more than 704,485 dozen
shall be in Category 341.
342/642/842............................... 472,990 dozen.
345....................................... 181,376 dozen.
347/348................................... 523,769 dozen.
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350/650................................... 170,579 dozen.
351/651................................... 293,492 dozen.
363....................................... 4,597,802 numbers.
435....................................... 15,664 dozen.
438-W \2\................................. 12,818 dozen.
442....................................... 19,088 dozen.
445/446................................... 30,299 dozen.
604....................................... 1,513,372 kilograms.
634/635................................... 921,663 dozen.
638/639................................... 542,928 dozen.
645/646................................... 415,264 dozen.
647/648................................... 1,954,189 dozen of which not
more than 1,367,930 dozen
shall be in Category 647-K
\3\ and not more than
1,367,930 dozen shall be in
Category 648-K \4\.
Group II
201, 222-224, 239pt. \5\, 332, 352, 359pt. 44,117,960 square meters
\6\, 360-362, 369pt. \7\, 400-431, 433, equivalent.
434, 436, 438-O \8\, 440, 443, 444, 447,
448, 459pt. \9\, 464, 469pt. \10\, 600-
603, 606, 607, 618, 621, 622, 624-629,
633, 643, 644, 649, 652, 659pt. \11\,
666, 669pt. \12\, 670, 831, 833, 834,
836, 838, 840, 843-858 and 859pt. \13\,
as a group.
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\1\Category 611-O: all HTS numbers except 5516.14.0005, 5516.14.0025 and
5516.14.0085
\2\ Category 438-W: only HTS numbers 6104.21.0060, 6104.23.0020,
6104.29.2051, 6106.20.1010, 6106.20.1020, 6106.90.1010, 6106.90.1020,
6106.90.2520, 6106.90.3020, 6109.90.1540, 6109.90.8020, 6110.10.2080,
6110.30.1560, 6110.90.9074 and 6114.10.0040.
\3\ Category 647-K: only HTS numbers 6103.23.0040, 6103.23.0045,
6103.29.1020, 6103.29.1030, 6103.43.1520, 6103.43.1540, 6103.43.1550,
6103.43.1570, 6103.49.1020, 6103.49.1060, 6103.49.8014, 6112.12.0050,
6112.19.1050, 6112.20,.1060 and 6113.00.9044.
\4\ Category 648-K: only HTS numbers 6104.23.0032, 6104.23.0034,
6104.29.1030, 6104.29.1040, 6104.29.2038, 6104.63.2006, 6104.63.2011,
6104.63.2026, 6104.63.2028, 6104.63.2030, 6104.63.2060, 6104.69.2030,
6104.69.2060, 6104.69.8026, 6112.12.0060, 6112.19.1060, 6112.20.1070,
6113.00.9052 and 6117.90.9070.
\5\ Category 239pt.: only HTS number 6209.20.5040 (diapers).
\6\ Category 359pt.: all HTS numbers except 6406.99.1550.
\7\ Category 369pt.: all HTS numbers except 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.
\8\ Category 438-O: only HTS numbers 6103.21.0050, 6103.23.0025,
6105.20.1000, 6105.90.1000, 6105.90.8020, 6109.90.1520, 6110.10.2070,
6110.30.1550, 6110.90.9072, 6114.10.0020 and 6117.90.9025.
\9\ Category 459pt.: all HTS numbers except 6405.20.6030, 6405.20.6060,
6405.20.6090, 6405.99.1505 and 6406.99.1560.
\10\ Category 469pt.: all HTS numbers except 5601.29.0020, 5603.94.1010
and 6406.10.9020.
\11\ Category 659pt.: all HTS numbers except 6406.99.1510 and
6406.99.1540.
\12\ Category 669pt.: all HTS numbers except 5601.10.2000, 5601.22.0090,
5607.49.3000, 5607.50.4000 and 6406.10.9040.
\13\ 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.
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 the
December 22, 1997 directive) 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 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. 98-29832 Filed 11-5-98; 8:45 am]
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