[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 215 (Friday, November 6, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59946-59947]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-29836]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton and 
Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Pakistan

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: 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, 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 Pakistan 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).
    In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the 
Commissioner of Customs to establish the 1999 limits.
    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.''
    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.


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    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 and man-made 
fiber textile products in the following categories, produced or 
manufactured in Pakistan and exported during the twelve-month period 
beginning on January 1, 1999 and extending through December 31, 
1999, in excess of the following limits:

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                 Category                   Twelve-month restraint limit
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Specific limits
219.......................................  9,024,717 square meters.
226/313...................................  129,440,629 square meters.
237.......................................  438,929 dozen.
239pt. \1\................................  1,895,617 kilograms.
314.......................................  6,563,430 square meters.
315.......................................  85,003,997 square meters.
317/617...................................  35,270,770 square meters.
331/631...................................  2,688,116 dozen pairs.
334/634...................................  259,256 dozen.
335/635...................................  400,369 dozen.
336/636...................................  526,715 dozen.
338.......................................  5,254,913 dozen.
339.......................................  1,492,003 dozen.
340/640...................................  702,288 dozen of which not
                                             more than 263,357 dozen
                                             shall be in Categories 340-
                                             D/640-D \2\.
341/641...................................  790,073 dozen.
342/642...................................  391,045 dozen.
347/348...................................  873,067 dozen.
351/651...................................  351,143 dozen.
352/652...................................  877,858 dozen.
359-C/659-C \3\...........................  1,580,146 kilograms.
360.......................................  5,640,837 numbers.
361.......................................  6,559,112 numbers.
363.......................................  48,878,391 numbers.
369-F/369-P \4\...........................  2,633,576 kilograms.
369-R \5\.................................  12,290,024 kilograms.
369-S \6\.................................  804,050 kilograms.
613/614...................................  25,630,432 square meters
615.......................................  27,266,412 square meters.
625/626/627/628/629.......................  83,859,305 square meters of
                                             which not more than
                                             41,929,654 square meters
                                             shall be in Category 625;
                                             not more than 41,929,654
                                             square meters shall be in
                                             Category 626; not more than
                                             41,929,654 square meters
                                             shall be in Category 627;
                                             not more than 8,675,101
                                             square meters shall be in
                                             Category 628; and not more
                                             than 41,929,654 square
                                             meters shall be in Category
                                             629.
638/639...................................  487,367 dozen.
647/648...................................  924,029 dozen.
666-P \7\.................................  809,891 kilograms.
666-S \8\.................................  4,287,658 kilograms.
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\1\ Category 239pt.: only HTS number 6209.20.5040 (diapers).
\2\ Category 340-D: only HTS numbers 6205.20.2015, 6205.20.2020,
  6205.20.2025 and 6205.20.2030; Category 640-D: only HTS numbers
  6205.30.2010, 6205.30.2020, 6205.30.2030, 6205.30.2040, 6205.90.3030
  and 6205.90.4030.
\3\ Category 359-C: only HTS numbers 6103.42.2025, 6103.49.8034,
  6104.62.1020, 6104.69.8010, 6114.20.0048, 6114.20.0052, 6203.42.2010,
  6203.42.2090, 6204.62.2010, 6211.32.0010, 6211.32.0025 and
  6211.42.0010; Category 659-C: only HTS numbers 6103.23.0055,
  6103.43.2020, 6103.43.2025, 6103.49.2000, 6103.49.8038, 6104.63.1020,
  6104.63.1030, 6104.69.1000, 6104.69.8014, 6114.30.3044, 6114.30.3054,
  6203.43.2010, 6203.43.2090, 6203.49.1010, 6203.49.1090, 6204.63.1510,
  6204.69.1010, 6210.10.9010, 6211.33.0010, 6211.33.0017 and
  6211.43.0010.
\4\ Category 369-F: only HTS number 6302.91.0045; Category 369-P: only
  HTS numbers 6302.60.0010 and 6302.91.0005.
\5\ Category 369-R: only HTS number 6307.10.2020.
\6\ Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.
\7\ Category 666-P: only HTS numbers 6302.22.1010, 6302.22.1020,
  6302.22.2010, 6302.32.1010, 6302.32.1020, 6302.32.2010 and
  6302.32.2020.
\8\ Category 666-S: only HTS numbers 6302.22.1030, 6302.22.1040,
  6302.22.2020, 6302.32.1030, 6302.32.1040, 6302.32.2030 and
  6302.32.2040.

    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 November 25, 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. 98-29836 Filed 11-5-98; 8:45 am]
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