99-6098. Establishment of an Import Limit for Certain Cotton Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Pakistan

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 48 (Friday, March 12, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 12290]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-6098]



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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Establishment of an Import Limit for Certain Cotton Textile 
Products Produced or Manufactured in Pakistan

March 5, 1999.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs establishing 
a limit.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: March 17, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ross Arnold, International Trade 
Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, [phone]. For information on the quota status of this 
limit, 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]. For information on 
categories on which consultations have been requested, call (202) 482-
3740.

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.

    A notice published in the Federal Register on December 31, 1998 (63 
FR 72288) announced that the Government of the United States had 
requested consultations with the Government of Pakistan on December 24, 
1998 with respect to combed cotton yarn in Category 301, produced or 
manufactured in Pakistan and that, if no solution was agreed upon in 
consultations with the Government of Pakistan, the Government of the 
United States reserved its right to establish a twelve-month limit of 
not less than 5,262,665 kilograms for the entry for consumption and 
withdrawal from warehouse for consumption of combed cotton yarn in 
Category 301, produced or manufactured in Pakistan.
    As no solution was agreed upon in consultations, the Government of 
the United States has decided to limit imports in this category for the 
twelve-month period beginning on March 17, 1999 and extending through 
March 16, 2000 at a level of 5,262,665 kilograms.
    The United States remains committed to finding a mutual solution 
concerning Category 301. Should such a solution be reached in 
consultations with the Government of Pakistan, further notice will be 
published in the Federal Register.
    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 63 FR 71096, published on December 23, 1999).
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
March 5, 1999.

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); and Executive Order 11651 
of March 30, 1972, as amended, you are directed to prohibit, 
effective on March 17, 1999, entry into the United States for 
consumption and withdrawal from warehouse for consumption of combed 
cotton yarn Category 301, produced or manufactured in Pakistan and 
exported during the twelve-month period beginning on March 17, 1999 
and extending through March 16, 2000 in excess of 5,262,665 
kilograms \1\.
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    \1\ The limit has not been adjusted to account for imports 
exported after March 16, 1999.
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    Textile products in Category 301 which have been exported to the 
United States prior to March 17, 1999 shall not be subject to the 
limit established in this directive.
    Textile products in Category 301 which have been released from 
the custody of the U.S. Customs Service under the provisions of 19 
U.S.C. 1448(b) or 1484(a)(1) prior to the effective date of this 
directive shall not be denied entry under 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 this action falls within the foreign affairs 
exception of the rulemaking provisions of 5 U.S.C. 553(a)(1).
    Sincerely,
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
[FR Doc. 99-6098 Filed 3-11-99; 8:45 am]
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