[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 221 (Wednesday, November 17, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62657-62658]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-29946]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool 
and Man-Made Fiber Textiles and Textile Products and Silk Blend and 
Other Vegetable Fiber Apparel Produced or Manufactured in Malaysia

November 8, 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: 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 Malaysia 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. Some 
limits are being reduced for carryforward applied to 1999.
    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
November 8, 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 textiles and textile products and silk blend and other 
vegetable fiber apparel in the following categories, produced or 
manufactured in Malaysia and exported during the twelve-month period 
beginning on January 1, 2000 and extending through December 31, 
2000, in excess of the following limits:

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                 Category                   Twelve-month restraint limit
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Fabric Group
218-220, 225-227, 313-326, 611-O \1\, 613/  146,200,755 square meters
 614/615/617, 619 and 620, as a group.       equivalent.
Sublevels within the group
218.......................................  8,388,281 square meters.
219.......................................  40,636,560 square meters.
220.......................................  40,636,560 square meters.
225.......................................  40,636,560 square meters.
226.......................................  40,636,560 square meters.
227.......................................  40,636,560 square meters.
313.......................................  48,465,622 square meters.
314.......................................  58,307,808 square meters.
315.......................................  40,636,560 square meters.
317.......................................  40,636,560 square meters.
326.......................................  7,858,195 square meters.
611-O.....................................  4,714,917 square meters.
613/614/615/617...........................  46,646,248 square meters.
619.......................................  6,286,557 square meters.
620.......................................  7,858,195 square meters.
Other specific limits
200.......................................  353,729 kilograms.
237.......................................  475,941 dozen.
300/301...................................  3,751,697 kilograms.
331/631...................................  2,575,860 dozen pairs.
333/334/335/835...........................  295,398 dozen of which not
                                             more than 177,239 dozen
                                             shall be in Category 333
                                             and not more than 177,239
                                             dozen shall be in Category
                                             835.
336/636...................................  573,519 dozen.
338/339...................................  1,343,404 dozen.
340/640...................................  1,656,224 dozen.
341/641...................................  2,146,528 dozen of which not
                                             more than 765,775 dozen
                                             shall be in Category 341.
342/642/842...............................  514,140 dozen.
345.......................................  197,156 dozen.
347/348...................................  569,337 dozen.
350/650...................................  185,419 dozen.
351/651...................................  319,026 dozen.
363.......................................  4,997,811 numbers.
435.......................................  15,891 dozen.
438-W \2\.................................  13,004 dozen.
442.......................................  19,365 dozen.
445/446...................................  30,738 dozen.
604.......................................  1,645,035 kilograms.
634/635...................................  1,001,848 dozen.
638/639...................................  590,163 dozen.
645/646...................................  451,392 dozen.
647/648...................................  2,124,203 dozen of which not
                                             more than 1,486,940 dozen
                                             shall be in Category 647-K
                                             \3\ and not more than
                                             1,486,940 dozen shall be in
                                             Category 648-K \4\.

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Group II
201, 222-224, 239pt. \5\, 332, 352, 359pt.  45,309,145 square meters
 \6\, 360-362, 369pt. \7\, 400-431, 433,     equivalent.
 434, 436, 438-O \8\, 440, 443, 444, 447,
 448, 459pt. \9\, 464, 469pt. \10\, 600-
 603, 606, 607, 618, 621, 622, 624-629,
 633, 643, 644, 649, 652, 659pt. \11\,
 666, 669pt. \12\, 670, 831, 833, 834,
 836, 838, 840, 843-858 and 859pt. \13\,
 as a group.
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\1\Category 611-O: all HTS numbers except 5516.14.0005, 5516.14.0025 and
  5516.14.0085
\2\ Category 438-W: only HTS numbers 6104.21.0060, 6104.23.0020,
  6104.29.2051, 6106.20.1010, 6106.20.1020, 6106.90.1010, 6106.90.1020,
  6106.90.2520, 6106.90.3020, 6109.90.1540, 6109.90.8020, 6110.10.2080,
  6110.30.1560, 6110.90.9074 and 6114.10.0040.
\3\ Category 647-K: only HTS numbers 6103.23.0040, 6103.23.0045,
  6103.29.1020, 6103.29.1030, 6103.43.1520, 6103.43.1540, 6103.43.1550,
  6103.43.1570, 6103.49.1020, 6103.49.1060, 6103.49.8014, 6112.12.0050,
  6112.19.1050, 6112.20,.1060 and 6113.00.9044.
\4\ Category 648-K: only HTS numbers 6104.23.0032, 6104.23.0034,
  6104.29.1030, 6104.29.1040, 6104.29.2038, 6104.63.2006, 6104.63.2011,
  6104.63.2026, 6104.63.2028, 6104.63.2030, 6104.63.2060, 6104.69.2030,
  6104.69.2060, 6104.69.8026, 6112.12.0060, 6112.19.1060, 6112.20.1070,
  6113.00.9052 and 6117.90.9070.
\5\ Category 239pt.: only HTS number 6209.20.5040 (diapers).
\6\ Category 359pt.: all HTS numbers except 6406.99.1550.
\7\ Category 369pt.: all HTS numbers except 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.
\8\ Category 438-O: only HTS numbers 6103.21.0050, 6103.23.0025,
  6105.20.1000, 6105.90.1000, 6105.90.8020, 6109.90.1520, 6110.10.2070,
  6110.30.1550, 6110.90.9072, 6114.10.0020 and 6117.90.9025.
\9\ Category 459pt.: all HTS numbers except 6405.20.6030, 6405.20.6060,
  6405.20.6090, 6405.99.1505 and 6406.99.1560.
\10\ Category 469pt.: all HTS numbers except 5601.29.0020, 5603.94.1010
  and 6406.10.9020.
\11\ Category 659pt.: all HTS numbers except 6406.99.1510 and
  6406.99.1540.
\12\ Category 669pt.: all HTS numbers except 5601.10.2000, 5601.22.0090,
  5607.49.3000, 5607.50.4000 and 6406.10.9040.
\13\ Category 859pt.: only HTS numbers 6115.19.8040, 6117.10.6020,
  6212.10.5030, 6212.10.9040, 6212.20.0030, 6212.30.0030, 6212.90.0090,
  6214.10.2000 and 6214.90.0090.

    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 the 
November 3, 1998 directive) 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,
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
[FR Doc. 99-29946 Filed 11-16-99; 8:45 am]
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