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 Indonesia

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 Indonesia

December 8, 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: Janet Heinzen, 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 Indonesia 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 a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)

dated November 1, 1996 between the Governments of the United States and

Indonesia.

Effective on January 1, 1999, a visa will no longer be required for

products integrated in the second stage of the integration of textiles

and clothing into GATT 1994 from WTO member countries (see 63 FR 53881,

published on October 7, 1998). A visa will continue to be required for

non-integrated products. For quota purposes only, products remaining in

categories partially integrated will continue to be designated by the

designator ``pt.''

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

Commissioner of Customs to establish the 1999 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 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

December 8, 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; the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles

and Clothing (ATC); and a Memorandum of Understanding dated November

1, 1996 between the Governments of the United States and Indonesia,

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, man-made fiber, silk blend and

other vegetable fiber textiles and textile products in the following

categories, produced or manufactured in Indonesia and exported

during the twelve-month period beginning on January 1, 1999 and

extending through December 31, 1999, in excess of the following

levels of restraint:

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Category Twelve-month restraint limit

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Levels in Group I

200....................................... 913,205 kilograms.

219....................................... 10,144,251 square meters.

225....................................... 7,103,607 square meters.

300/301................................... 4,341,094 kilograms.

313-O \1\................................. 18,406,636 square meters.

314-O \2\................................. 64,271,369 square meters.

315-O \3\................................. 29,203,714 square meters.

317-O \4\/326-O \5\/617................... 28,206,577 square meters of

which not more than

4,167,829 square meters

shall be in Category 326-O.

331/631................................... 2,590,232 dozen pairs.

334/335................................... 237,361 dozen.

336/636................................... 663,006 dozen.

338/339................................... 1,281,807 dozen.

340/640................................... 1,578,578 dozen.

341....................................... 949,439 dozen.

342/642................................... 394,645 dozen.

345....................................... 459,044 dozen.

347/348................................... 1,736,437 dozen.

350/650................................... 182,328 dozen.

351/651................................... 513,038 dozen.

359-C/659-C \6\........................... 1,499,650 kilograms.

359-S/659-S \7\........................... 1,578,578 kilograms.

360....................................... 1,404,929 numbers.

361....................................... 1,404,929 numbers.

369-S \8\................................. 969,001 kilograms.

433....................................... 11,662 dozen.

443....................................... 86,519 numbers.

445/446................................... 57,976 dozen.

447....................................... 17,305 dozen.

448....................................... 21,309 dozen.

604-A \9\................................. 753,662 kilograms.

611-O \10\................................ 4,726,276 square meters.

613/614/615............................... 26,756,916 square meters.

618-O \11\................................ 6,314,317 square meters.

619/620................................... 9,787,191 square meters.

625/626/627/628/629-O \12\................ 29,862,956 square meters.

634/635................................... 315,716 dozen.

638/639................................... 1,641,724 dozen.

641....................................... 2,406,864 dozen.

643....................................... 351,234 numbers.

644....................................... 491,725 numbers.

645/646................................... 830,760 dozen.

647/648................................... 3,441,722 dozen.

847....................................... 434,853 dozen.

Group II

201, 218, 220, 222-224, 226, 227, 237, 103,520,194 square meters

239pt. \13\, 332, 333, 352, 359-O \14\, equivalent.

362, 363, 369-O \15\, 400, 410, 414, 431,

434, 435, 436, 438, 440, 442, 444, 459pt.

\16\, 464, 469pt. \17\, 603, 604-O \18\,

606, 607, 621, 622, 624, 633, 649, 652,

659-O \19\, 666, 669-O \20\, 670-O \21\,

831, 833-836, 838, 840, 842-846, 850-852,

858 and 859pt. \22\, as a group.

Subgroup in Group II

400, 410, 414, 431, 434, 435, 436, 438, 3,053,943 square meters

440, 442, 444, 459pt., 464 and 469pt., as equivalent.

a group.

In Group II subgroup

435....................................... 47,944 dozen.

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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.

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

and 5211.59.0015.

\6\ 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.

\7\ Category 359-S: only HTS numbers 6112.39.0010, 6112.49.0010,

6211.11.8010, 6211.11.8020, 6211.12.8010 and 6211.12.8020; Category

659-S: only HTS numbers 6112.31.0010, 6112.31.0020, 6112.41.0010,

6112.41.0020, 6112.41.0030, 6112.41.0040, 6211.11.1010, 6211.11.1020,

6211.12.1010 and 6211.12.1020.

\8\ Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.

\9\ Category 604-A: only HTS number 5509.32.0000.

\10\ Category 611-O: all HTS numbers except 5516.14.0005, 5516.14.0025

and 5516.14.0085.

\11\ Category 618-O: all HTS numbers except 5408.24.9010 and

5408.24.9040.

\12\ Category 625/626/627/628; Category 629-O: all HTS numbers except

5408.34.9085 and 5516.24.0085.

\13\ Category 239pt.: only HTS number 6209.20.5040 (diapers).

\14\ Category 359-O: all HTS numbers except 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 359-C); 6112.39.0010, 6112.49.0010,

6211.11.8010, 6211.11.8020, 6211.12.8010 and 6211.12.8020 (Category

359-S) and 6406.99.1550 (Category 359pt.).

\15\ 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.).

\16\ Category 459pt.: all HTS numbers except 6405.20.6030, 6405.20.6060,

6405.20.6090, 6406.99.1505 and 6406.99.1560.

\17\ Category 469pt.: all HTS numbers except 5601.29.0020, 5603.94.1010

and 6406.10.9020.

\18\ Category 604-O: all HTS numbers except 5509.32.0000 (Category 604-

A).

\19\ Category 659-O: all HTS numbers except 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, 6211.43.0010 (Category 659-

C); 6112.31.0010, 6112.31.0020, 6112.41.0010, 6112.41.0020,

6112.41.0030, 6112.41.0040, 6211.11.1010, 6211.11.1020, 6211.12.1010,

6211.12.1020 (Category 659-S); 6406.99.1510 and 6406.99.1540 (Category

659pt.).

\20\ Category 669-O: all HTS numbers except 6305.32.0010, 6305.32.0020,

6305.33.0010, 6305.33.0020, 6305.39.0000 (Category 669-P);

5601.10.2000, 5601.22.0090, 5607.49.3000, 5607.50.4000 and

6406.10.9040 (Category 669pt.).

\21\ Category 670-O: all HTS numbers except 4202.12.8030, 4202.12.8070,

4202.92.3020, 4202.92.3031, 4202.92.9026 and 6307.90.9907 (Category

670-L).

\22\ 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.

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 19, 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.

Effective on January 1, 1999, a visa will no longer be required

for products integrated in the second stage of the integration of

textiles and clothing into GATT 1994 from WTO member countries (see

directive dated September 30, 1998). A visa will continue to be

required for non-integrated products. For quota purposes only,

products remaining in categories partially integrated will continue

to be designated by the designator ``pt.''

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. 98-33127 Filed 12-14-98; 8:45 am]

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