Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the Republic of Turkey

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool

and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the

Republic of Turkey

November 3, 1998.

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, 1999.

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 Turkey and exported during the period January 1, 1999

through December 31, 1999 are based on limits notified to the Textiles

Monitoring Body pursuant to the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and

Clothing (ATC), and Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) dated July 19,

1995 and April 24, 1998, between the Governments of the United States

and the Republic of Turkey.

In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the

Commissioner of Customs to establish the 1999 limits. The limits for

certain categories have been reduced for carryforward applied in 1998.

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 62 FR 66057, published on December 17, 1997).

Information regarding the 1999 CORRELATION will be published in the

Federal Register at a later date.

D. Michael Hutchinson,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

November 3, 1998.

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); and Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs)

dated July 19, 1995 and April 24, 1998 between the Governments of

the United States and the Republic of Turkey, you are directed to

prohibit, effective on January 1, 1999, entry into the United States

for consumption and withdrawal from warehouse for consumption of

cotton, wool and man-made fiber textile products in the following

categories, produced or manufactured in Turkey and exported during

the period January 1, 1999 through December 31, 1999, in excess of

the following levels of restraint:

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Category Restraint limit

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Fabric Group

219, 313-O \1\, 314-O \2\, 315-O \3\, 317- 191,145,399 square meters of

O \4\, 326-O \5\, 617, 625/626/627/628/ which not more than

629, as a group. 43,680,621 square meters

shall be in Category 219;

not more than 53,387,425

square meters shall be in

Category 313-O; not more

than 31,061,775 square

meters shall be in Category

314-O; not more than

41,739,262 square meters

shall be in Category 315-O;

not more than 43,680,621

square meters shall be in

Category 317-O; not more

than 4,853,401 square

meters shall be in Category

326-O, and not more than

29,120,416 square meters

shall be in Category 617.

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Sublevel in Fabric Group

625/626/627/628/629....................... 19,663,562 square meters of

which not more than

7,865,424 square meters

shall be in Category 625;

not more than 7,865,424

square meters shall be in

Category 626; not more than

7,865,424 square meters

shall be in Category 627;

not more than 7,865,424

square meters shall be in

Category 628; and not more

than 7,865,424 square

meters shall be in Category

629.

Limits not in a group

200....................................... 1,843,054 kilograms.

300/301................................... 8,973,700 kilograms.

335....................................... 387,457 dozen.

336/636................................... 912,676 dozen.

338/339/638/639........................... 5,369,028 dozen of which not

more than 4,832,126 dozen

shall be in Categories 338-

S/339-S/638-S/639-S \6\.

340/640................................... 1,659,062 dozen of which not

more than 471,858 dozen

shall be in Categories 340-

Y/640-Y \7\.

341/641................................... 1,638,402 dozen of which not

more than 573,440 dozen

shall be in Categories 341-

Y/641-Y \8\.

342/642................................... 1,015,998 dozen.

347/348................................... 5,527,718 dozen of which not

more than 1,922,780 dozen

shall be in Categories 347-

T/348-T \9\.

350....................................... 544,420 dozen.

351/651................................... 870,434 dozen.

352/652................................... 3,152,300 dozen.

361....................................... 1,830,351 numbers.

369-S \10\................................ 2,002,784 kilograms.

410/624................................... 1,119,683 square meters of

which not more than 737,423

square meters shall be in

Category 410.

448....................................... 38,420 dozen.

604....................................... 2,311,800 kilograms.

611....................................... 57,834,003 square meters.

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\1\ Category 313-O: all HTS numbers except 5208.52.3035, 5208.52.4035

and 5209.51.6032.

\2\ Category 314-O: all HTS numbers except 5209.51.6015.

\3\ Category 315-O: all HTS numbers except 5208.52.4055.

\4\ Category 317-O: all HTS numbers except 5208.59.2085.

\5\ Category 326-O: all HTS numbers except 5208.59.2015, 5209.59.0015

and 5211.59.0015.

\6\ 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; Category 638-S: all HTS numbers except 6109.90.1007,

6109.90.1009, 6109.90.1013 and 6109.90.1025; Category 639-S: all HTS

numbers except 6109.90.1050, 6109.90.1060, 6109.90.1065 and

6109.90.1070.

\7\ 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.

\8\ Category 341-Y: only HTS numbers 6204.22.3060, 6206.30.3010,

6206.30.3030 and 6211.42.0054; Category 641-Y: only HTS numbers

6204.23.0050, 6204.29.2030, 6206.40.3010 and 6206.40.3025.

\9\ 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.

\10\ 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 1998 shall be

charged to the applicable category limits for that year (see

directive dated December 22, 1997) 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,

D. Michael Hutchinson,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements.

[FR Doc. 98-29834 Filed 11-5-98; 8:45 am]

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