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

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

Federative Republic of Brazil

October 21, 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 Brazil 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.

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

October 21, 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 and man-

made fiber textile products in the following categories, produced or

manufactured in Brazil 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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Aggregate Limit

200-227, 237, 239pt. \1\, 300-326, 331- 591,553,474 square meters

348, 350-352, 359pt. \2\, 360-363, 369-D equivalent.

\3\, 369pt. \4\, 400-431, 433-438, 440-

448, 459pt. \5\, 464, 469pt. \6\, 600-

629, 631, 633-652, 659pt. \7\, 666, 669-P

\8\, 669pt. \9\ and 670, as a group.

Sublevels within the aggregate

218....................................... 7,350,735 square meters.

219....................................... 26,836,716 square meters.

225....................................... 12,863,788 square meters.

300/301................................... 9,969,289 kilograms.

313....................................... 61,733,128 square meters.

314....................................... 10,107,264 square meters.

315....................................... 30,321,791 square meters.

317/326................................... 27,565,262 square meters.

334/335................................... 197,806 dozen.

336....................................... 109,894 dozen.

338/339/638/639........................... 1,978,068 dozen.

342/642................................... 582,430 dozen.

347/348................................... 1,428,604 dozen.

350....................................... 221,635 dozen.

361....................................... 1,494,539 numbers.

363....................................... 31,897,074 numbers.

369-D..................................... 712,414 kilograms.

410/624................................... 14,701,474 square meters of

which not more than

2,775,267 square meters

shall be in Category 410.

433....................................... 19,265 dozen.

445/446................................... 75,470 dozen.

604....................................... 697,850 kilograms of which

not more than 533,358

kilograms shall be in

Category 604-A \10\.

607....................................... 6,480,040 kilograms.

647/648................................... 659,357 dozen.

669-P..................................... 2,374,718 kilograms.

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\1\ Category 239pt.: only HTS number 6209.20.5040 (diapers).

\2\ Category 359pt.: all HTS numbers except 6406.99.1550.

\3\ Category 369-D: only HTS numbers 6302.60.0010, 6302.91.0005 and

6302.91.0045.

\4\ Category 369pt.: all HTS numbers except 6302.60.0010, 6302.91.0005,

6302.91.0045 (Category 369-D); 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.

\5\ Category 459pt.: all HTS numbers except 6405.20.6030, 6405.20.6060,

6405.20.6090, 6406.99.1505 and 6406.99.1560.

\6\ Category 469pt.: all HTS numbers except 5601.29.0020, 5603.94.1010

and 6406.10.9020.

\7\ Category 659pt.: all HTS numbers except 6406.99.1510 and

6406.99.1540.

\8\ Category 669-P: only HTS numbers 6305.32.0010, 6305.32.0020,

6305.33.0010, 6305.33.0020 and 6305.39.0000.

\9\ Category 669pt.: 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.

\10\ Category 604-A: only HTS number 5509.32.0000.

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 12, 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.

The conversion factor for merged Categories 338/339/638/639 is

10 (square meters equivalent/category unit).

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. 99-28071 Filed 10-26-99; 8:45 am]

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