[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 248 (Monday, December 29, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67621-67622]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-33704]
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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
Federative Republic of Brazil
December 19, 1997.
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, 1998.
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 or call (202) 927-5850. 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 Brazil and exported during the period January 1, 1998
through December 31, 1998 are based on limits notified to the Textiles
Monitoring Body pursuant to the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and
Clothing (ATC).
Pursuant to the provisions of the ATC, the second stage of the
integration commences on January 1, 1998 (see 60 FR 21075, published on
May 1, 1995). Accordingly, certain previously restrained categories may
have been modified or eliminated and certain limits may have been
revised. Integrated products will no longer be subject to quota. CITA
has informed of its intent to continue the bilateral visa arrangement
for those products.
In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the
Commissioner of Customs to establish the 1998 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 60 FR 66263, published on December 17, 1996). Also see
62 FR 51832, published on October 3, 1997. Information regarding the
1998 CORRELATION will be published in the Federal Register at a later
date.
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
December 19, 1997.
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, 1998, 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 Brazil and exported during the twelve-month period
beginning on January 1, 1998 and extending through December 31,
1998, in excess of the following levels of restraint:
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Category Twelve-month restraint limit
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Aggregate Limit
200-227, 237, 239pt. \1\, 300-326, 331- 500,650,808 square meters
348, 350-352, 359pt. \2\, 360-363, 369-D equivalent.
\3\, 369pt. \4\, 400-431, 433-438, 440-
448, 459pt. \5\, 464, 469pt. \6\, 600-
629, 631, 633-652, 659pt. \7\, 666, 669-P
\8\, 669pt. \9\ and 670, as a group.
Sublevels within the aggregate
218....................................... 6,221,165 square meters.
219....................................... 22,712,779 square meters.
225....................................... 10,887,040 square meters.
300/301................................... 8,437,331 kilograms.
313....................................... 52,246,740 square meters.
314....................................... 8,554,104 square meters.
315....................................... 25,662,311 square meters.
317/326................................... 23,329,372 square meters.
334/335................................... 167,409 dozen.
336....................................... 93,006 dozen.
338/339/638/639........................... 1,674,103 dozen.
342/642................................... 492,929 dozen.
347/348................................... 1,209,074 dozen.
350....................................... 187,577 dozen.
361....................................... 1,264,877 numbers.
363....................................... 26,995,523 numbers.
369-D..................................... 602,939 kilograms.
410/624................................... 12,442,332 square meters of
which not more than
2,696,502 square meters
shall be in Category 410.
433....................................... 18,719 dozen.
445/446................................... 73,328 dozen.
604....................................... 590,613 kilograms of which
not more than 451,398
kilograms shall be in
Category 604-A \10\.
607....................................... 5,484,267 kilograms.
647/648................................... 558,035 dozen.
669-P..................................... 2,009,800 kilograms.
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\1\ Category 239pt.: only HTS number 6209.20.5040 (diapers).
\2\ Category 359pt.: all HTS numbers except 6406.99.1550.
\3\ Category 369-D: only HTS numbers 6302.60.0010, 6302.91.0005 and
6302.91.0045.
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\4\ Category 369pt.: all HTS numbers except 6302.60.0010, 6302.91.0005,
6302.91.0045 (Category 369-D); 5601.10.1000, 5601.21.0090,
5701.90.1020, 5701.90.2020, 5702.10.9020, 5702.39.2010, 5702.49.1020,
5702.49.1080, 5702.59.1000, 5702.99.1010, 5702.99.1090, 5705.00.2020
and 6406.10.7700.
\5\ Category 459pt.: all HTS numbers except 6405.20.6030, 6405.20.6060,
6405.20.6090, 6406.99.1505 and 6406.99.1560.
\6\ Category 469pt.: all HTS numbers except 5601.29.0020, 5603.94.1010
and 6406.10.9020.
\7\ Category 659pt.: all HTS numbers except 6406.99.1510 and
6406.99.1540.
\8\ Category 669-P: only HTS numbers 6305.32.0010, 6305.32.0020,
6305.33.0010, 6305.33.0020 and 6305.39.0000.
\9\ Category 669pt.: all HTS numbers except 6305.32.0010, 6305.32.0020,
6305.33.0010, 6305.33.0020, 6305.39.0000 (Category 669-P);
5601.10.2000, 5601.22.0090, 5607.49.3000, 5607.50.4000 and
6406.10.9040.
\10\ Category 604-A: only HTS number 5509.32.0000.
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 1997 shall be
charged to the applicable category limits for that year (see
directive dated November 18, 1996) 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.
Products for integration in 1998 listed in the Federal Register
notice published on May 1, 1995 (60 FR 21075) which are exported
during 1997 shall be charged to the applicable limits to the extent
of any unfilled balances. After January 1, 1998, should those
unfilled balances be exhausted, such products shall no longer be
charged to any limit, due to integration of these products into GATT
1994.
CITA has informed Brazil of its intent to continue the bilateral
visa arrangement for those products. An export visa will continue to
be required, if applicable, for products integrated on and after
January 1, 1998, before entry is permitted into the United States.
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,
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
[FR Doc. 97-33704 Filed 12-24-97; 8:45 am]
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