[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 180 (Friday, September 17, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50495-50496]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-24244]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Announcement of Import Restraint Limits and Guaranteed Access 
Levels for Certain Cotton, Wool and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products 
Produced or Manufactured in the Dominican Republic

September 13, 1999.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs establishing 
limits and guaranteed access levels.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Naomi Freeman, 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 and guaranteed access levels for 
textile products, produced or manufactured in the Dominican Republic 
and exported

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during the period January 1, 2000 through December 31, 2000 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 2000 limits and guaranteed 
access levels.
    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, 1998). 
Information regarding the 2000 CORRELATION will be published in the 
Federal Register at a later date.
    Requirements for participation in the Special Access Program are 
available in Federal Register notice 63 FR 16474, published on April 3, 
1998.
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
September 13, 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); 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, 2000, 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 the Dominican Republic and exported during the 
twelve-month period beginning on January 1, 2000 and extending 
through December 31, 2000, in excess of the following levels of 
restraint:

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                Category                         Restraint limit
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338/638................................  1,041,869 dozen.
339/639................................  1,239,822 dozen.
340/640................................  1,072,547 dozen.
342/642................................  754,776 dozen.
347/348/647/648........................  2,567,466 dozen of which not
                                          more than 1,356,395 dozen
                                          shall be in Categories 647/
                                          648.
351/651................................  1,285,800 dozen.
433....................................  22,436 dozen.
442....................................  76,173 dozen.
443....................................  139,360 numbers.
444....................................  76,173 numbers.
448....................................  39,241 dozen.
633....................................  157,374 dozen.
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    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 1999 shall be 
charged to the applicable category limits for that year (see 
directive dated November 5, 1998) 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.
    Also pursuant to the ATC, and under the terms of the Special 
Access Program, as set forth in 63 FR 16474 (April 3, 1998), 
effective on January 1, 2000, you are directed to establish 
guaranteed access levels for properly certified textile products in 
the following categories which are assembled in the Dominican 
Republic from fabric formed and cut in the United States and re-
exported to the United States from the Dominican Republic during the 
period January 1, 2000 through December 31, 2000:

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                Category                     Guaranteed access level
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338/638................................  1,150,000 dozen.
339/639................................  1,150,000 dozen.
340/640................................  1,000,000 dozen.
342/642................................  1,000,000 dozen.
347/348/647/648........................  8,050,000 dozen.
351/651................................  1,000,000 dozen.
433....................................  21,000 dozen.
442....................................  65,000 dozen.
443....................................  50,000 numbers.
444....................................  30,000 numbers.
448....................................  40,000 dozen.
633....................................  60,000 dozen.
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    Any shipment for entry under the Special Access Program which is 
not accompanied by a valid and correct certification in accordance 
with the provisions of the certification requirements established in 
the directive of February 25, 1987 (52 FR 6595), as amended, shall 
be denied entry unless the Government of the Dominican Republic 
authorizes the entry and any charges to the appropriate specific 
limits. Any shipment which is declared for entry under the Special 
Access Program but found not to qualify shall be denied entry 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 U.S.C.553(a)(1).
    Sincerely,
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
[FR Doc.99-24244 Filed 9-16-99; 8:45 am]
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