[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 241 (Thursday, December 16, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70224-70225]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-32632]


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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 Textiles and 
Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Sri Lanka

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 Sri Lanka 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. The limits for 
certain categories have been reduced for carryforward applied to the 
1998 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 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 textiles and textile 
products in the following categories, produced or manufactured in 
Sri Lanka 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.......................................  378,998 dozen.
314.......................................  5,657,900 square meters.
331/631...................................  3,793,314 dozen pairs.
333/633...................................  71,342 dozen.
334/634...................................  789,878 dozen.
335/835...................................  347,546 dozen.
336/636/836...............................  520,269 dozen.
338/339...................................  1,579,758 dozen.
340/640...................................  1,385,708 dozen.
341/641...................................  2,416,123 dozen of which not
                                             more than 1,610,749 dozen
                                             shall be in Category 341
                                             and not more than 1,610,749
                                             dozen shall be in Category
                                             641.
342/642/842...............................  821,473 dozen.
345/845...................................  225,173 dozen.
347/348/847...............................  1,323,965 dozen.
350/650...................................  147,443 dozen.
351/651...................................  408,385 dozen.
352/652...................................  1,783,520 dozen.
359-C/659-C \1\...........................  1,717,200 kilograms.
360.......................................  1,885,967 numbers.
363.......................................  15,270,980 numbers.
369-D \2\.................................  1,146,506 kilograms.
369-S \3\.................................  955,418 kilograms.
434.......................................  7,566 dozen.
435.......................................  16,213 dozen.
440.......................................  10,808 dozen.
611.......................................  7,386,705 square meters.
635.......................................  463,397 dozen.
638/639/838...............................  1,191,469 dozen.
644.......................................  631,903 numbers.
645/646...................................  267,527 dozen.
647/648...................................  1,355,213 dozen.

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840.......................................  366,376 dozen.
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\1\ Category 359-C: only HTS numbers 6103.42.2025, 6103.49.8034,
  6104.62.1020, 6104.69.8010, 6114.20.0048, 6114.20.0052, 6203.42.2010,
  6203.42.2090, 6204.62.2010, 6211.32.0010, 6211.32.0025 and
  6211.42.0010; Category 659-C: only HTS numbers 6103.23.0055,
  6103.43.2020, 6103.43.2025, 6103.49.2000, 6103.49.8038, 6104.63.1020,
  6104.63.1030, 6104.69.1000, 6104.69.8014, 6114.30.3044, 6114.30.3054,
  6203.43.2010, 6203.43.2090, 6203.49.1010, 6203.49.1090, 6204.63.1510,
  6204.69.1010, 6210.10.9010, 6211.33.0010, 6211.33.0017 and
  6211.43.0010.
\2\ Category 369-D: only HTS numbers 6302.60.0010, 6302.91.0005 and
  6302.91.0045.
\3\ 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 September 30, 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 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. 99-32632 Filed 12-15-99; 8:45 am]
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