[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 249 (Tuesday, December 30, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67834-67836]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-33913]
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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool
and Man-Made Fiber Textiles and Textile Products and Silk Blend and
Other Vegetable Fiber Apparel Produced or Manufactured in Malaysia
December 22, 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: Ross Arnold, 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 Malaysia and exported during the period January 1, 1998
through
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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 Malaysia 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. The limits for
Categories 336/636, 338/339, 347/348, 619, 620 and 638/639 are being
reduced for carryforward applied to the 1997 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). Also see
62 FR 51832, published on October 3, 1997.
J. Hayden Boyd,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile
Agreements.
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
December 22, 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 textiles and textile products and silk blend and other
vegetable fiber apparel in the following categories, produced or
manufactured in Malaysia and exported during the twelve-month period
beginning on January 1, 1998 and extending through December 31,
1998, in excess of the following limits:
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Category Twelve-month restraint limit
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Fabric Group
218, 219, 220, 225-227, 313-315, 317, 326, 123,734,420 square meters.
611, 613/614/615/617, 619 and 620, as a
group.
Sublevels within the group
218....................................... 7,099,273 square meters.
219....................................... 34,392,033 square meters.
220....................................... 34,392,033 square meters.
225....................................... 34,392,033 square meters.
226....................................... 34,392,033 square meters.
227....................................... 34,392,033 square meters.
313....................................... 41,018,021 square meters.
314....................................... 49,347,781 square meters.
315....................................... 34,392,033 square meters.
317....................................... 34,392,033 square meters.
326....................................... 6,650,644 square meters.
611....................................... 3,990,386 square meters.
613/614/615/617........................... 39,478,226 square meters.
619....................................... 5,026,835 square meters.
620....................................... 6,283,543 square meters.
Other specific limits
200....................................... 299,373 kilograms.
237....................................... 402,804 dozen.
300/301................................... 3,175,182 kilograms.
331/631................................... 2,180,033 dozen pairs.
333/334/335/835........................... 250,005 dozen of which not
more than 150,003 dozen
shall be in Category 333
and not more than 150,003
dozen shall be in Category
835.
336/636................................... 458,595 dozen.
338/339................................... 1,136,966 dozen.
340/640................................... 1,401,716 dozen.
341/641................................... 1,816,676 dozen of which not
more than 648,100 dozen
shall be in Category 341.
342/642/842............................... 435,133 dozen.
345....................................... 166,859 dozen.
347/348................................... 481,848 dozen.
350/650................................... 156,926 dozen.
351/651................................... 270,002 dozen.
363....................................... 4,229,809 numbers.
435....................................... 15,440 dozen.
438-W \1\................................. 12,635 dozen.
442....................................... 18,815 dozen.
445/446................................... 29,866 dozen.
604....................................... 1,392,247 kilograms.
634/635................................... 847,896 dozen.
638/639................................... 471,904 dozen.
645/646................................... 382,028 dozen.
647/648................................... 1,797,782 dozen of which not
more than 1,258,445 dozen
shall be in Category 647-K
\2\ and not more than
1,258,445 dozen shall be in
Category 648-K \3\.
Group II
201, 222-224, 239pt. \4\, 332, 352, 359pt. 40,586,900 square meters
\5\, 360-362, 369pt. \6\, 400-431, 433, equivalent.
434, 436, 438-O \7\, 440, 443, 444, 447,
448, 459pt. \8\, 464, 469pt. \9\, 600-
603, 606, 607, 618, 621, 622, 624-629,
633, 643, 644, 649, 652, 659pt. \10\,
666, 669pt. \11\, 670, 831, 833, 834,
836, 838, 840, 843-858 and 859pt. \12\,
as a group.
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\1\ Category 438-W: only HTS numbers 6104.21.0060, 6104.23.0020,
6104.29.2051, 6106.20.1010, 6106.20.1020, 6106.90.1010, 6106.90.1020,
6106.90.2520, 6106.90.3020, 6109.90.1540, 6109.90.8020, 6110.10.2080,
6110.30.1560, 6110.90.9074 and 6114.10.0040.
\2\ Category 647-K: only HTS numbers 6103.23.0040, 6103.23.0045,
6103.29.1020, 6103.29.1030, 6103.43.1520, 6103.43.1540, 6103.43.1550,
6103.43.1570, 6103.49.1020, 6103.49.1060, 6103.49.8014, 6112.12.0050,
6112.19.1050, 6112.20,.1060 and 6113.00.9044.
\3\ Category 648-K: only HTS numbers 6104.23.0032, 6104.23.0034,
6104.29.1030, 6104.29.1040, 6104.29.2038, 6104.63.2006, 6104.63.2011,
6104.63.2026, 6104.63.2028, 6104.63.2030, 6104.63.2060, 6104.69.2030,
6104.69.2060, 6104.69.8026, 6112.12.0060, 6112.19.1060, 6112.20.1070,
6113.00.9052 and 6117.90.9070.
\4\ Category 239pt.: only HTS number 6209.20.5040 (diapers).
\5\ Category 359pt.: all HTS numbers except 6406.99.1550.
\6\ Category 369pt.: all HTS numbers except 5601.10.1000, 5601.21.0090,
5701.90.1020, 5701.90.2020, 5701.10.9020, 5702.39.2010, 5702.49.1020,
5702.49.1080, 5702.59.1000, 5702.99.1010, 5602.99.1090, 5705.00.2020
and 6406.10.7700.
\7\ Category 438-O: only HTS numbers 6103.21.0050, 6103.23.0025,
6105.20.1000, 6105.90.1000, 6105.90.8020, 6109.90.1520, 6110.10.2070,
6110.30.1550, 6110.90.9072, 6114.10.0020 and 6117.90.9025.
\8\ Category 459pt.: all HTS numbers except 6405.20.6030, 6405.20.6060,
6405.20.6090, 6405.99.1505 and 6406.99.1560.
\9\ Category 469pt.: all HTS numbers except 5601.29.0020, 5603.94.1010
and 6406.10.9020.
\10\ Category 659pt.: all HTS numbers except 6406.99.1510 and
6406.99.1540.
\11\ Category 669pt.: all HTS numbers except 5601.10.2000, 5601.22.0090,
5607.49.3000, 5607.50.4000 and 6406.10.9040.
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\12\ Category 859pt.: only HTS numbers 6115.19.8040, 6117.10.6020,
6212.10.5030, 6212.10.9040, 6212.20.0030, 6212.30.0030, 6212.90.0090,
6214.10.2000 and 6214.90.0090.
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 the
November 4, 1996 directive) 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 Malaysia 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,
J. Hayden Boyd,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile
Agreements.
[FR Doc. 97-33913 Filed 12-29-97; 8:45 am]
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