[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 240 (Tuesday, December 15, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69056-69057]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-33126]
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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
Singapore
December 8, 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: Janet Heinzen, 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 Singapore 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).
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.''
In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the
Commissioner of Customs to establish the 1999 limits.
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
December 8, 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 textile products in the following categories,
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produced or manufactured in Singapore 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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222....................................... 547,607 kilograms.
237....................................... 296,473 dozen.
239pt. \1\................................ 194,227 kilograms.
331....................................... 526,564 dozen pairs.
334....................................... 78,176 dozen.
335....................................... 235,157 dozen.
338/339................................... 1,486,795 dozen of which not
more than 868,897 dozen
shall be in Category 338
and not more than 966,105
dozen shall be in Category
339.
340....................................... 1,040,536 dozen.
341....................................... 261,644 dozen.
342....................................... 161,010 dozen.
347/348................................... 1,100,486 dozen of which not
more than 687,803 dozen
shall be in Category 347
and not more than 534,959
dozen shall be in Category
348.
435....................................... 7,012 dozen.
604....................................... 984,478 kilograms.
631....................................... 603,793 dozen pairs.
634....................................... 298,465 dozen.
635....................................... 305,431 dozen
638....................................... 1,096,213 dozen.
639....................................... 3,657,363 dozen.
640....................................... 221,833 dozen.
641....................................... 361,833 dozen.
642....................................... 360,087 dozen.
645/646................................... 168,131 dozen.
647....................................... 665,347 dozen.
648....................................... 1,574,480 dozen.
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\1\ Category 239pt.: only HTS number 6209.20.5040 (diapers).
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 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 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. 98-33126 Filed 12-14-98; 8:45 am]
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