[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 243 (Monday, December 20, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71116-71117]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-32795]
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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 Romania
December 14, 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: Naomi Freeman, 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 Romania 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).
These limits do not apply to goods entered under the Outward
Processing Program, as defined in the notice and letter to the
Commissioner of Customs published in the Federal Register on December
14, 1999 (see 64 FR 69746).
Any shipment for entry under the Outward Processing Program which
is not accompanied by valid certification in accordance with the
provisions established in the notice and letter to the Commissioner of
Customs, published in the Federal Register on December 14, 1999 (see 64
FR 69744), shall be denied entry. However, the Government of Romania
may authorize the entry and charges to the appropriate specific limits
by the issuance of a valid visa. Also see 49 FR 493, as amended,
published on January 4, 1984.
In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the
Commissioner of Customs to establish the 2000 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 14, 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
Romania 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 limit
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313....................................... 2,361,841 square meters.
314....................................... 1,771,380 square meters.
315....................................... 4,262,830 square meters.
333/833................................... 168,831 dozen.
334....................................... 408,085 dozen.
335/835................................... 213,855 dozen.
338/339................................... 922,951 dozen.
340....................................... 402,862 dozen.
341/840................................... 168,831 dozen.
347/348................................... 720,353 dozen.
350....................................... 38,134 dozen.
352....................................... 256,794 dozen.
359pt. \1\................................ 921,111 kilograms.
360....................................... 2,380,407 numbers.
361....................................... 1,586,939 numbers.
369pt. \2\................................ 417,754 kilograms.
410....................................... 177,507 square meters.
433/434................................... 9,832 dozen.
435....................................... 10,284 dozen.
442....................................... 11,910 dozen.
443....................................... 91,879 numbers.
444....................................... 43,313 numbers.
447/448................................... 23,887 dozen.
604....................................... 1,694,478 kilograms.
638/639................................... 870,198 dozen.
640....................................... 119,682 dozen.
647/648................................... 206,593 dozen.
666....................................... 173,508 kilograms.
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\1\ Category 359pt.: all HTS numbers except 6406.99.1550.
\2\ 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.
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. These limits do not apply to
products exported under the Outward Processing Program.
Products in the above categories exported during 1999 shall be
charged to the applicable category limits for that year (see
directive dated November 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.
These limits do not apply to goods entered under the Outward
Processing Program, as defined in the letter to the Commissioner of
Customs, dated December 8, 1999 (see 64 FR 69746).
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Any shipment for entry under the Outward Processing Program
which is not accompanied by a valid certification in accordance with
the provisions established in the letter to the Commissioner of
Customs, dated December 9, 1999 (see 64 FR 69744), shall be denied
entry. However, the Government of Romania may authorize the entry
and charges to the appropriate specific limits by the issuance of a
valid visa. Also see directive dated December 29, 1983, as amended,
(49 FR 493).
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. 99-32795 Filed 12-17-99; 8:45 am]
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