98-29975. Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Wool Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Ukraine

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 216 (Monday, November 9, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60307-60308]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-29975]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Wool Textile 
Products Produced or Manufactured in Ukraine

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: Naomi Freeman, International Trade 
Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, [phone]. 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 [phone], or refer to the U.S. Customs 
website at http://www.customs.ustreas.gov. For information on embargoes 
and quota re-openings, call [phone].

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 Bilateral Textile Agreement of July 22, 1998, between the 
Governments of the United States and Ukraine establishes limits for 
certain wool textile products for the period January 1, 1999 through 
December 31, 1999.
    In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the 
Commissioner of Customs to establish the 1999 limits.
    These limits may be revised if Ukraine becomes a member of the 
World Trade Organization (WTO) and the United States applies the WTO 
agreement to Ukraine.
    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 Bilateral Textile Agreement of 
July 22, 1998, between the Governments of the United States and 
Ukraine, you are directed to prohibit, effective on January 1, 1999, 
entry into the United States for consumption and withdrawal from 
warehouse for consumption of wool textile products in the following 
categories, produced or manufactured in Ukraine 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 limit
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435.......................................  91,902 dozen.
442.......................................  15,300 dozen.
444.......................................  66,300 numbers.
448.......................................  66,300 dozen.
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    The limits set forth above are subject to adjustment pursuant to 
the current bilateral agreement between the Governments of the 
United States and Ukraine.
    These limits may be revised if Ukraine becomes a member of the 
World Trade Organization (WTO) and the United States applies the WTO 
agreement to Ukraine.
    Products in the above categories exported during 1998 shall be 
charged to the applicable category limits for that year (see 
directive dated November 24, 1997) to the extent of any unfilled 
balances. In the event the limits established for that period have 
been exhausted by previous entries, such

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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. 98-29975 Filed 11-6-98; 8:45 am]
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