Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton, Man- Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textiles and Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Bangladesh

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton, Man-

Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textiles and Textile

Products Produced or Manufactured in Bangladesh

December 1, 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: Ross Arnold, 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 Bangladesh 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).

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

Commissioner of Customs to establish the limits for the 2000 period.

The 2000 limits for certain categories have been reduced for

carryforward applied to 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 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 1, 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 textile products in the

following categories, produced or manufactured in Bangladesh 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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237....................................... 556,803 dozen.

331....................................... 1,491,902 dozen pairs.

334....................................... 179,654 dozen.

335....................................... 322,569 dozen.

336/636................................... 545,802 dozen.

338/339................................... 1,581,129 dozen.

340/640................................... 3,780,151 dozen.

341....................................... 2,960,936 dozen.

342/642................................... 541,800 dozen.

347/348................................... 2,664,841 dozen.

351/651................................... 860,491 dozen.

352/652................................... 12,837,641 dozen.

363....................................... 30,326,998 numbers.

369-S \1\................................. 2,032,841 kilograms.

634....................................... 628,526 dozen.

635....................................... 407,211 dozen.

638/639................................... 2,120,677 dozen.

641....................................... 1,239,827 dozen.

645/646................................... 498,017 dozen.

647/648................................... 1,676,002 dozen.

847....................................... 941,161 dozen.

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\1\ 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.

The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has

determined that these actions fall within the foreign affairs

exception to 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. 99-31628 Filed 12-6-99; 8:45 am]

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