[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 234 (Tuesday, December 7, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 68333]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-31628]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


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

December 1, 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 Bangladesh and exported during the period January 1, 
2000 through December 31, 2000 are based on the 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 limits for the 2000 period. 
The 2000 limits for certain categories have been reduced for 
carryforward applied to the 1999 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
December 1, 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, man-made fiber, 
silk blend and other vegetable fiber textile products in the 
following categories, produced or manufactured in Bangladesh 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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237.......................................  556,803 dozen.
331.......................................  1,491,902 dozen pairs.
334.......................................  179,654 dozen.
335.......................................  322,569 dozen.
336/636...................................  545,802 dozen.
338/339...................................  1,581,129 dozen.
340/640...................................  3,780,151 dozen.
341.......................................  2,960,936 dozen.
342/642...................................  541,800 dozen.
347/348...................................  2,664,841 dozen.
351/651...................................  860,491 dozen.
352/652...................................  12,837,641 dozen.
363.......................................  30,326,998 numbers.
369-S \1\.................................  2,032,841 kilograms.
634.......................................  628,526 dozen.
635.......................................  407,211 dozen.
638/639...................................  2,120,677 dozen.
641.......................................  1,239,827 dozen.
645/646...................................  498,017 dozen.
647/648...................................  1,676,002 dozen.
847.......................................  941,161 dozen.
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\1\ Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.

    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 3, 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 Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has 
determined that these actions fall within the foreign affairs 
exception to 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. 99-31628 Filed 12-6-99; 8:45 am]
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