98-29835. Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Qatar  

  • [Federal Register Volume 63, Number 215 (Friday, November 6, 1998)]
    [Notices]
    [Pages 59947-59948]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 98-29835]
    
    
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    COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
    
    
    Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton and 
    Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Qatar
    
    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 Qatar 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).
        In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the 
    Commissioner of Customs to establish the limits for the 1999 period. 
    The 1999 limit for Categories 347/348 has been reduced for carryforward 
    applied to the 1998 limit.
        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 and man-made 
    fiber textile products in the following categories, produced or 
    manufactured in Qatar 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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    340/640...................................  477,565 dozen.
    341/641...................................  220,415 dozen.
    347/348...................................  513,906 dozen.
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        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 6, 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 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. 98-29835 Filed 11-5-98; 8:45 am]
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Document Information

Effective Date:
1/1/1999
Published:
11/06/1998
Department:
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
Entry Type:
Notice
Action:
Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs establishing limits.
Document Number:
98-29835
Dates:
January 1, 1999.
Pages:
59947-59948 (2 pages)
PDF File:
98-29835.pdf