[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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