[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 241 (Thursday, December 16, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70225-70226]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-32633]


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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 Textile Products 
Produced or Manufactured in the United Arab Emirates

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 the United Arab Emirates 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). Some limits have been reduced for 
carryforward used.
    In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the 
Commissioner of Customs to establish limits for the 2000 period. The 
2000 levels for Categories 315 and 361 are zero.
    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 notices 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, man-made fiber, 
silk blend and other vegetable fiber textiles and textile products 
in the following categories, produced or manufactured in the United 
Arab Emirates 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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219.......................................  1,495,474 square meters.
226/313...................................  2,557,297 square meters.
315.......................................  -0-.
317.......................................  41,254,401 square meters.
326.......................................  2,414,093 square meters.
334/634...................................  304,773 dozen.
335/635/835...............................  200,606 dozen.
336/636...................................  249,666 dozen.
338/339...................................  753,807 dozen of which not
                                             more than 502,537 dozen
                                             shall be in Categories 338-
                                             S/339-S \1\.
340/640...................................  467,320 dozen.
341/641...................................  409,211 dozen.
342/642...................................  325,094 dozen.
347/348...................................  529,296 dozen of which not
                                             more than 264,647 dozen
                                             shall be in Categories 347-
                                             T/348-T \2\.
351/651...................................  220,860 dozen.
352.......................................  430,748 dozen.
361.......................................  -0-.
363.......................................  8,046,974 numbers.
369-O \3\.................................  780,114 kilograms.
369-S \4\.................................  112,015 kilograms.
638/639...................................  304,773 dozen.
647/648...................................  436,843 dozen.
847.......................................  274,297 dozen.
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\1\ Category 338-S: only HTS numbers 6103.22.0050, 6105.10.0010,
  6105.10.0030, 6105.90.8010, 6109.10.0027, 6110.20.1025, 6110.20.2040,
  6110.20.2065, 6110.90.9068, 6112.11.0030 and 6114.20.0005; Category
  339-S: only HTS numbers 6104.22.0060, 6104.29.2049, 6106.10.0010,
  6106.10.0030, 6106.90.2510, 6106.90.3010, 6109.10.0070, 6110.20.1030,
  6110.20.2045, 6110.20.2075, 6110.90.9070, 6112.11.0040, 6114.20.0010
  and 6117.90.9020.
\2\ Category 347-T: only HTS numbers 6103.19.2015, 6103.19.9020,
  6103.22.0030, 6103.42.1020, 6103.42.1040, 6103.49.8010, 6112.11.0050,
  6113.00.9038, 6203.19.1020, 6203.19.9020, 6203.22.3020, 6203.42.4005,
  6203.42.4010, 6203.42.4015, 6203.42.4025, 6203.42.4035, 6203.42.4045,
  6203.49.8020, 6210.40.9033, 6211.20.1520, 6211.20.3810 and
  6211.32.0040; Category 348-T: only HTS numbers 6104.12.0030,
  6104.19.8030, 6104.22.0040, 6104.29.2034, 6104.62.2006, 6104.62.2011,
  6104.62.2026, 6104.62.2028, 6104.69.8022, 6112.11.0060, 6113.00.9042,
  6117.90.9060, 6204.12.0030, 6204.19.8030, 6204.22.3040, 6204.29.4034,
  6204.62.3000, 6204.62.4005, 6204.62.4010, 6204.62.4020, 6204.62.4030,
  6204.62.4040, 6204.62.4050, 6204.69.6010, 6204.69.9010. 6210.50.9060,
  6211.20.1550, 6211.20.6810, 6211.42.0030 and 6217.90.9050.
\3\ Category 369-O: all HTS numbers except 6307.10.2005 (Category 369-
  S); 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 (Category
  369pt.).

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\4\ 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.
    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. 99-32633 Filed 12-15-99; 8:45 am]
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