[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 207 (Wednesday, October 27, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57865-57866]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-28071]


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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 
Federative Republic of Brazil

October 21, 1999.
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, 2000.

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 Brazil 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 2000 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 63 FR 71096, published on December 23, 1998). 
Information regarding the 2000 CORRELATION will be published in the 
Federal Register at a later date.
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
October 21, 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 Brazil 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                   Twelve-month restraint limit
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Aggregate Limit
200-227, 237, 239pt. \1\, 300-326, 331-     591,553,474 square meters
 348, 350-352, 359pt. \2\, 360-363, 369-D    equivalent.
 \3\, 369pt. \4\, 400-431, 433-438, 440-
 448, 459pt. \5\, 464, 469pt. \6\, 600-
 629, 631, 633-652, 659pt. \7\, 666, 669-P
 \8\, 669pt. \9\ and 670, as a group.
Sublevels within the aggregate
218.......................................  7,350,735 square meters.
219.......................................  26,836,716 square meters.
225.......................................  12,863,788 square meters.
300/301...................................  9,969,289 kilograms.
313.......................................  61,733,128 square meters.
314.......................................  10,107,264 square meters.
315.......................................  30,321,791 square meters.
317/326...................................  27,565,262 square meters.
334/335...................................  197,806 dozen.
336.......................................  109,894 dozen.
338/339/638/639...........................  1,978,068 dozen.
342/642...................................  582,430 dozen.
347/348...................................  1,428,604 dozen.
350.......................................  221,635 dozen.
361.......................................  1,494,539 numbers.
363.......................................  31,897,074 numbers.
369-D.....................................  712,414 kilograms.
410/624...................................  14,701,474 square meters of
                                             which not more than
                                             2,775,267 square meters
                                             shall be in Category 410.
433.......................................  19,265 dozen.
445/446...................................  75,470 dozen.
604.......................................  697,850 kilograms of which
                                             not more than 533,358
                                             kilograms shall be in
                                             Category 604-A \10\.
607.......................................  6,480,040 kilograms.
647/648...................................  659,357 dozen.
669-P.....................................  2,374,718 kilograms.
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\1\ Category 239pt.: only HTS number 6209.20.5040 (diapers).
\2\ Category 359pt.: all HTS numbers except 6406.99.1550.
\3\ Category 369-D: only HTS numbers 6302.60.0010, 6302.91.0005 and
  6302.91.0045.
\4\ Category 369pt.: all HTS numbers except 6302.60.0010, 6302.91.0005,
  6302.91.0045 (Category 369-D); 5601.10.1000, 5601.21.0090,
  5701.90.1020, 5701.90.2020, 5702.10.9020, 5702.39.2010, 5702.49.1020,
  5702.49.1080, 5702.59.1000, 5702.99.1010, 5702.99.1090, 5705.00.2020
  and 6406.10.7700.
\5\ Category 459pt.: all HTS numbers except 6405.20.6030, 6405.20.6060,
  6405.20.6090, 6406.99.1505 and 6406.99.1560.
\6\ Category 469pt.: all HTS numbers except 5601.29.0020, 5603.94.1010
  and 6406.10.9020.
\7\ Category 659pt.: all HTS numbers except 6406.99.1510 and
  6406.99.1540.
\8\ Category 669-P: only HTS numbers 6305.32.0010, 6305.32.0020,
  6305.33.0010, 6305.33.0020 and 6305.39.0000.
\9\ Category 669pt.: all HTS numbers except 6305.32.0010, 6305.32.0020,
  6305.33.0010, 6305.33.0020, 6305.39.0000 (Category 669-P);
  5601.10.2000, 5601.22.0090, 5607.49.3000, 5607.50.4000 and
  6406.10.9040.
\10\ Category 604-A: only HTS number 5509.32.0000.

    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 12, 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.
    The conversion factor for merged Categories 338/339/638/639 is 
10 (square meters equivalent/category unit).
    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,
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
[FR Doc. 99-28071 Filed 10-26-99; 8:45 am]
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