[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 241 (Thursday, December 16, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70215-70216]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-32622]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


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

December 10, 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 Bahrain 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 limits for the 2000 period.
    A description of the textile and apparel categories in terms of HTS 
numbers is available in the CORRELATION: Textile and Apparel

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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 10, 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, man-made 
fiber, silk blend and other vegetable fiber textile products in the 
following categories, produced or manufactured in Bahrain 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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Group I
237, 239pt. \1\, 331-336, 338, 339, 340- 51,902,949 square meters
 342, 345, 347, 348, 350-352, 359pt.      equivalent.
 \2\, 431, 433-436, 438, 440, 442-448,
 459pt. \3\, 631, 633-636, 638, 639,
 640-647, 648, 649, 650-652, 659pt.
 \4\, 831, 833-836, 838, 840, 842-847,
 850-852, 858 and 859pt. \5\, as a
 group.
Sublevels in Group I
338/339................................  721,202 dozen.
340/640................................  346,020 dozen of which not more
                                          than 259,514 dozen shall be in
                                          Categories 340-Y/640-Y \6\.
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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 459pt.: all HTS numbers except 6405.20.6030, 6405.20.6060,
  6405.20.6090, 6406.99.1505 and 6406.99.1560.
\4\ Category 659pt.: all HTS numbers except 6406.99.1510 and
  6406.99.1540.
\5\ 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.
\6\ Category 340-Y: only HTS numbers 6205.20.2015, 6205.20.2020,
  6205.20.2046, 6205.20.2050 and 6205.20.2060; Category 640-Y: only HTS
  numbers 6205.30.2010, 6205.30.2020, 6205.30.2050 and 6205.30.2060.

    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 4, 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.
    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 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. 99-32622 Filed 12-15-99; 8:45 am]
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