[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 201 (Tuesday, October 19, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56332-56333]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-27267]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Announcement of an Import Restraint Limit and Guaranteed Access 
Level for Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced 
or Manufactured in El Salvador

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

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs establishing 
an import limit and guaranteed access level.

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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 limit and Guaranteed Access Level for textile 
products in Categories 340/640, produced or manufactured in El Salvador 
and exported 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 limit and guaranteed access 
level for 2000.
    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
October 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 and man-made 
fiber textile products in Categories 340/640, produced or 
manufactured in El Salvador and exported during the twelve-month 
period beginning on January 1, 2000 and extending through December 
31, 2000, in excess of 1,346,540 dozen.
    The limit set forth above is subject to adjustment pursuant to 
the provisions of the ATC and administrative arrangements notified 
to the Textiles Monitoring Body.
    Products in Categories 340/640 exported during 1999 shall be 
charged to the applicable category limit for that year (see 
directive dated December 14, 1998) to the extent of any unfilled 
balance. In the event the limit established for that period has been 
exhausted by previous entries, such products shall be charged to the 
limit 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, a guaranteed access level of 1,000,000 
dozen is being established for properly certified textile products 
in Categories 340/640 assembled in El Salvador from fabric formed 
and cut in the United States which are re-exported to the United 
States from El Salvador during the period beginning on January 1, 
2000 and extending through December 31, 2000:
    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 January 6, 1995 (60 FR 2740), as amended, shall be 
denied entry unless the Government of El Salvador authorizes the 
entry and any charges to the appropriate specific limit. 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.
    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).

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    Sincerely,
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
[FR Doc. 99-27267 Filed 10-18-99; 8:45 am]
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