[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 215 (Friday, November 6, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59948-59949]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-29834]


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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 
Republic of Turkey

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: 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, 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 Turkey 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), and Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) dated July 19, 
1995 and April 24, 1998, between the Governments of the United States 
and the Republic of Turkey.
    In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the 
Commissioner of Customs to establish the 1999 limits. The limits for 
certain categories have been reduced for carryforward applied in 1998.
    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 Uruguay Round Agreement on 
Textiles and Clothing (ATC); and Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) 
dated July 19, 1995 and April 24, 1998 between the Governments of 
the United States and the Republic of Turkey, 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, produced or manufactured in Turkey and exported during 
the period January 1, 1999 through December 31, 1999, in excess of 
the following levels of restraint:

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                 Category                          Restraint limit
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Fabric Group
219, 313-O \1\, 314-O \2\, 315-O \3\, 317-  191,145,399 square meters of
 O \4\, 326-O \5\, 617, 625/626/627/628/     which not more than
 629, as a group.                            43,680,621 square meters
                                             shall be in Category 219;
                                             not more than 53,387,425
                                             square meters shall be in
                                             Category 313-O; not more
                                             than 31,061,775 square
                                             meters shall be in Category
                                             314-O; not more than
                                             41,739,262 square meters
                                             shall be in Category 315-O;
                                             not more than 43,680,621
                                             square meters shall be in
                                             Category 317-O; not more
                                             than 4,853,401 square
                                             meters shall be in Category
                                             326-O, and not more than
                                             29,120,416 square meters
                                             shall be in Category 617.

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Sublevel in Fabric Group
625/626/627/628/629.......................  19,663,562 square meters of
                                             which not more than
                                             7,865,424 square meters
                                             shall be in Category 625;
                                             not more than 7,865,424
                                             square meters shall be in
                                             Category 626; not more than
                                             7,865,424 square meters
                                             shall be in Category 627;
                                             not more than 7,865,424
                                             square meters shall be in
                                             Category 628; and not more
                                             than 7,865,424 square
                                             meters shall be in Category
                                             629.
Limits not in a group
200.......................................  1,843,054 kilograms.
300/301...................................  8,973,700 kilograms.
335.......................................  387,457 dozen.
336/636...................................  912,676 dozen.
338/339/638/639...........................  5,369,028 dozen of which not
                                             more than 4,832,126 dozen
                                             shall be in Categories 338-
                                             S/339-S/638-S/639-S \6\.
340/640...................................  1,659,062 dozen of which not
                                             more than 471,858 dozen
                                             shall be in Categories 340-
                                             Y/640-Y \7\.
341/641...................................  1,638,402 dozen of which not
                                             more than 573,440 dozen
                                             shall be in Categories 341-
                                             Y/641-Y \8\.
342/642...................................  1,015,998 dozen.
347/348...................................  5,527,718 dozen of which not
                                             more than 1,922,780 dozen
                                             shall be in Categories 347-
                                             T/348-T \9\.
350.......................................  544,420 dozen.
351/651...................................  870,434 dozen.
352/652...................................  3,152,300 dozen.
361.......................................  1,830,351 numbers.
369-S \10\................................  2,002,784 kilograms.
410/624...................................  1,119,683 square meters of
                                             which not more than 737,423
                                             square meters shall be in
                                             Category 410.
448.......................................  38,420 dozen.
604.......................................  2,311,800 kilograms.
611.......................................  57,834,003 square meters.
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\1\ Category 313-O: all HTS numbers except 5208.52.3035, 5208.52.4035
  and 5209.51.6032.
\2\ Category 314-O: all HTS numbers except 5209.51.6015.
\3\ Category 315-O: all HTS numbers except 5208.52.4055.
\4\ Category 317-O: all HTS numbers except 5208.59.2085.
\5\ Category 326-O: all HTS numbers except 5208.59.2015, 5209.59.0015
  and 5211.59.0015.
\6\ Category 338-S: only HTS numbers 6103.22.0050, 6105.10.0010,
  6105.10.0030, 6105.90.8010, 6109.10.0027, 6110.20.1025, 6110.20.2040,
  6110.20.2065, 6110.90.9068, 6112.11.0030 and 6114.20.0005; Category
  339-S: only HTS numbers 6104.22.0060, 6104.29.2049, 6106.10.0010,
  6106.10.0030, 6106.90.2510, 6106.90.3010, 6109.10.0070, 6110.20.1030,
  6110.20.2045, 6110.20.2075, 6110.90.9070, 6112.11.0040, 6114.20.0010
  and 6117.90.9020; Category 638-S: all HTS numbers except 6109.90.1007,
  6109.90.1009, 6109.90.1013 and 6109.90.1025; Category 639-S: all HTS
  numbers except 6109.90.1050, 6109.90.1060, 6109.90.1065 and
  6109.90.1070.
\7\ Category 340-Y: only HTS numbers 6205.20.2015, 6205.20.2020,
  6205.20.2046, 6205.20.2050 and 6205.20.2060; Category 640-Y: only HTS
  numbers 6205.30.2010, 6205.30.2020, 6205.30.2050 and 6205.30.2060.
\8\ Category 341-Y: only HTS numbers 6204.22.3060, 6206.30.3010,
  6206.30.3030 and 6211.42.0054; Category 641-Y: only HTS numbers
  6204.23.0050, 6204.29.2030, 6206.40.3010 and 6206.40.3025.
\9\ Category 347-T: only HTS numbers 6103.19.2015, 6103.19.9020,
  6103.22.0030, 6103.42.1020, 6103.42.1040, 6103.49.8010, 6112.11.0050,
  6113.00.9038, 6203.19.1020, 6203.19.9020, 6203.22.3020, 6203.42.4005,
  6203.42.4010, 6203.42.4015, 6203.42.4025, 6203.42.4035, 6203.42.4045,
  6203.49.8020, 6210.40.9033, 6211.20.1520, 6211.20.3810 and
  6211.32.0040; Category 348-T: only HTS numbers 6104.12.0030,
  6104.19.8030, 6104.22.0040, 6104.29.2034, 6104.62.2006, 6104.62.2011,
  6104.62.2026, 6104.62.2028, 6104.69.8022, 6112.11.0060, 6113.00.9042,
  6117.90.9060, 6204.12.0030, 6204.19.8030, 6204.22.3040, 6204.29.4034,
  6204.62.3000, 6204.62.4005, 6204.62.4010, 6204.62.4020, 6204.62.4030,
  6204.62.4040, 6204.62.4050, 6204.69.6010, 6204.69.9010. 6210.50.9060,
  6211.20.1550, 6211.20.6810, 6211.42.0030 and 6217.90.9050.
\10\ Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.

    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 22, 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.
    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. 98-29834 Filed 11-5-98; 8:45 am]
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