[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 215 (Friday, November 6, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59948-59949]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-29834]
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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
Republic of Turkey
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: 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 Turkey 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), and Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) dated July 19,
1995 and April 24, 1998, between the Governments of the United States
and the Republic of Turkey.
In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the
Commissioner of Customs to establish the 1999 limits. The limits for
certain categories have been reduced for carryforward applied in 1998.
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); and Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs)
dated July 19, 1995 and April 24, 1998 between the Governments of
the United States and the Republic of Turkey, 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 Turkey and exported during
the period January 1, 1999 through December 31, 1999, in excess of
the following levels of restraint:
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Category Restraint limit
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Fabric Group
219, 313-O \1\, 314-O \2\, 315-O \3\, 317- 191,145,399 square meters of
O \4\, 326-O \5\, 617, 625/626/627/628/ which not more than
629, as a group. 43,680,621 square meters
shall be in Category 219;
not more than 53,387,425
square meters shall be in
Category 313-O; not more
than 31,061,775 square
meters shall be in Category
314-O; not more than
41,739,262 square meters
shall be in Category 315-O;
not more than 43,680,621
square meters shall be in
Category 317-O; not more
than 4,853,401 square
meters shall be in Category
326-O, and not more than
29,120,416 square meters
shall be in Category 617.
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Sublevel in Fabric Group
625/626/627/628/629....................... 19,663,562 square meters of
which not more than
7,865,424 square meters
shall be in Category 625;
not more than 7,865,424
square meters shall be in
Category 626; not more than
7,865,424 square meters
shall be in Category 627;
not more than 7,865,424
square meters shall be in
Category 628; and not more
than 7,865,424 square
meters shall be in Category
629.
Limits not in a group
200....................................... 1,843,054 kilograms.
300/301................................... 8,973,700 kilograms.
335....................................... 387,457 dozen.
336/636................................... 912,676 dozen.
338/339/638/639........................... 5,369,028 dozen of which not
more than 4,832,126 dozen
shall be in Categories 338-
S/339-S/638-S/639-S \6\.
340/640................................... 1,659,062 dozen of which not
more than 471,858 dozen
shall be in Categories 340-
Y/640-Y \7\.
341/641................................... 1,638,402 dozen of which not
more than 573,440 dozen
shall be in Categories 341-
Y/641-Y \8\.
342/642................................... 1,015,998 dozen.
347/348................................... 5,527,718 dozen of which not
more than 1,922,780 dozen
shall be in Categories 347-
T/348-T \9\.
350....................................... 544,420 dozen.
351/651................................... 870,434 dozen.
352/652................................... 3,152,300 dozen.
361....................................... 1,830,351 numbers.
369-S \10\................................ 2,002,784 kilograms.
410/624................................... 1,119,683 square meters of
which not more than 737,423
square meters shall be in
Category 410.
448....................................... 38,420 dozen.
604....................................... 2,311,800 kilograms.
611....................................... 57,834,003 square meters.
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\1\ Category 313-O: all HTS numbers except 5208.52.3035, 5208.52.4035
and 5209.51.6032.
\2\ Category 314-O: all HTS numbers except 5209.51.6015.
\3\ Category 315-O: all HTS numbers except 5208.52.4055.
\4\ Category 317-O: all HTS numbers except 5208.59.2085.
\5\ Category 326-O: all HTS numbers except 5208.59.2015, 5209.59.0015
and 5211.59.0015.
\6\ Category 338-S: only HTS numbers 6103.22.0050, 6105.10.0010,
6105.10.0030, 6105.90.8010, 6109.10.0027, 6110.20.1025, 6110.20.2040,
6110.20.2065, 6110.90.9068, 6112.11.0030 and 6114.20.0005; Category
339-S: only HTS numbers 6104.22.0060, 6104.29.2049, 6106.10.0010,
6106.10.0030, 6106.90.2510, 6106.90.3010, 6109.10.0070, 6110.20.1030,
6110.20.2045, 6110.20.2075, 6110.90.9070, 6112.11.0040, 6114.20.0010
and 6117.90.9020; Category 638-S: all HTS numbers except 6109.90.1007,
6109.90.1009, 6109.90.1013 and 6109.90.1025; Category 639-S: all HTS
numbers except 6109.90.1050, 6109.90.1060, 6109.90.1065 and
6109.90.1070.
\7\ 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.
\8\ Category 341-Y: only HTS numbers 6204.22.3060, 6206.30.3010,
6206.30.3030 and 6211.42.0054; Category 641-Y: only HTS numbers
6204.23.0050, 6204.29.2030, 6206.40.3010 and 6206.40.3025.
\9\ Category 347-T: only HTS numbers 6103.19.2015, 6103.19.9020,
6103.22.0030, 6103.42.1020, 6103.42.1040, 6103.49.8010, 6112.11.0050,
6113.00.9038, 6203.19.1020, 6203.19.9020, 6203.22.3020, 6203.42.4005,
6203.42.4010, 6203.42.4015, 6203.42.4025, 6203.42.4035, 6203.42.4045,
6203.49.8020, 6210.40.9033, 6211.20.1520, 6211.20.3810 and
6211.32.0040; Category 348-T: only HTS numbers 6104.12.0030,
6104.19.8030, 6104.22.0040, 6104.29.2034, 6104.62.2006, 6104.62.2011,
6104.62.2026, 6104.62.2028, 6104.69.8022, 6112.11.0060, 6113.00.9042,
6117.90.9060, 6204.12.0030, 6204.19.8030, 6204.22.3040, 6204.29.4034,
6204.62.3000, 6204.62.4005, 6204.62.4010, 6204.62.4020, 6204.62.4030,
6204.62.4040, 6204.62.4050, 6204.69.6010, 6204.69.9010. 6210.50.9060,
6211.20.1550, 6211.20.6810, 6211.42.0030 and 6217.90.9050.
\10\ 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 December 22, 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.
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. 98-29834 Filed 11-5-98; 8:45 am]
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