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 the Republic of Korea

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 Korea 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

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, wool, man-made

fiber, silk blend and other vegetable fiber textiles and textile

products in the following categories, produced or manufactured in

the Republic of Korea 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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Group I

200-223, 224-V \1\, 224-O \2\, 225-227, 400,451,237 square meters

300-326, 360-363, 369pt. \3\, 400-414, equivalent.

464, 469pt. \4\, 600-629, 666, 669-P

\5\, 669pt. \6\ and 670-O \7\, as a

group.

Sublevels within Group I

200..................................... 495,149 kilograms.

201..................................... 2,579,405 kilograms.

218..................................... 10,036,828 square meters.

219..................................... 9,139,226 square meters.

224-V................................... 11,521,392 square meters.

300/301................................. 3,366,835 kilograms.

313..................................... 54,867,993 square meters.

314..................................... 30,591,987 square meters.

315..................................... 19,076,263 square meters.

317/326................................. 20,390,373 square meters.

363..................................... 1,175,044 numbers.

410..................................... 3,655,540 square meters.

604..................................... 423,311 kilograms.

607..................................... 1,204,421 kilograms.

611..................................... 4,014,732 square meters.

613/614................................. 6,691,218 square meters.

617..................................... 5,548,816 square meters.

619/620................................. 97,293,588 square meters.

624..................................... 9,792,028 square meters.

625/626/627/628/629..................... 17,129,520 square meters.

669-P................................... 2,463,840 kilograms.

Group II

237, 239pt. \8\, 331-348, 350-352, 359-H 601,631,374 square meters

\9\, 359pt. \10\, 431, 433-438, 440- equivalent.

448, 459-W \11\, 459pt. \12\, 631, 633-

652, 659-H \13\, 659-S \14\ and 659pt.

\15\, as a group.

Sublevels within Group II

237..................................... 66,584 dozen.

239pt................................... 269,232 kilograms.

333/334/335............................. 301,105 dozen of which not

more than 153,899 dozen

shall be in Category 335.

336..................................... 63,632 dozen.

338/339................................. 1,338,244 dozen.

340..................................... 695,887 dozen of which not

more than 361,327 dozen

shall be in Category 340-D

\16\.

341..................................... 190,764 dozen.

342/642................................. 242,015 dozen.

345..................................... 130,008 dozen.

347/348................................. 495,149 dozen.

350..................................... 18,507 dozen.

351/651................................. 254,243 dozen.

352..................................... 197,845 dozen.

359-H................................... 2,850,154 kilograms.

433..................................... 14,138 dozen.

434..................................... 7,251 dozen.

435..................................... 36,259 dozen.

436..................................... 15,349 dozen.

438..................................... 61,540 dozen.

440..................................... 201,542 dozen.

442..................................... 51,871 dozen.

443..................................... 322,056 numbers.

444..................................... 56,524 numbers.

445/446................................. 53,038 dozen.

447..................................... 90,488 dozen.

448..................................... 36,492 dozen.

459-W................................... 98,712 kilograms.

631..................................... 334,059 dozen pairs.

633/634/635............................. 1,370,468 dozen of which not

more than 155,408 dozen

shall be in Category 633

and not more than 579,158

dozen shall be in Category

635.

636..................................... 283,446 dozen.

638/639................................. 5,335,711 dozen.

640-D \17\.............................. 3,182,235 dozen.

640-O \18\.............................. 2,651,862 dozen.

641..................................... 1,072,055 dozen of which not

more than 40,494 dozen

shall be in Category 641-Y

\19\.

643..................................... 794,230 numbers.

644..................................... 1,194,885 numbers.

645/646................................. 3,645,214 dozen.

647/648................................. 1,366,796 dozen.

650..................................... 27,082 dozen.

659-H................................... 1,399,362 kilograms.

659-S................................... 199,167 kilograms.

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Group III

831, 833-838, 840-844, 847-858 and 17,469,178 square meters

859pt. \20\, as a group. equivalent.

Sublevel within Group III

835..................................... 29,217 dozen.

Group IV

845..................................... 2,315,056 dozen.

846..................................... 821,163 dozen.

Group VI

369-L/670-L/870 \21\, as a group........ 78,515,124 square meters

equivalent.

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\1\ Category 224-V: only HTS numbers 5801.21.0000, 5801.23.0000,

5801.24.0000, 5801.25.0010, 5801.25.0020, 5801.26.0010, 5801.26.0020,

5801.31.0000, 5801.33.0000, 5801.34.0000, 5801.35.0010, 5801.35.0020,

5801.36.0010 and 5801.36,0020.

\2\ Category 224-O: all remaining HTS numbers in Category 224.

\3\ Category 369pt.: all HTS numbers except 4202.12.4000, 4202.12.8020,

4202.12.8060, 4202.92.1500, 4202.92.3016, 4202.92.6091, 6307.90.9905,

(Category 369-L); 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.

\4\ Category 469pt.: all HTS numbers except 5601.29.0020, 5603.94.1010

and 6406.10.9020.

\5\ Category 669-P: only HTS numbers 6305.32.0010, 6305.32.0020,

6305.33.0010, 6305.33.0020 and 6305.39.0000.

\6\ 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.

\7\ Category 670-O: All HTS numbers except only HTS numbers

4202.12.8030, 4202.12.8070, 4202.92.3020, 4202.92.3031, 4202.92.9026

and 6307.90.9907 (Category 670-L).

\8\ Category 239pt.: only HTS number 6209.20.5040 (diapers).

\9\ Category 359-H: only HTS numbers 6505.90.1540 and 6505.90.2060.

\10\ Category 359pt.: all HTS numbers except 6505.90.1540, 6505.20.2060

(Category 359-H); and 6406.99.1550.

\11\ Category 459-W: only HTS number 6505.90.4090.

\12\ Category 459pt.: all HTS numbers except 6505.90.4090 (Category 459-

W); 6405.20.6030, 6405.20.6060, 6405.20.6090, 6406.99.1505 and

6406.99.1560.

\13\ Category 659-H: only HTS numbers 6502.00.9030, 6504.00.9015,

6504.00.9060, 6505.90.5090, 6505.90.6090, 6505.90.7090 and

6505.90.8090.

\14\ 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.

\15\ Category 659pt.: all HTS numbers except 6502.00.9030, 6504.00.9015,

6504.00.9060, 6505.90.5090, 6505.90.6090, 6505.90.7090, 6505.90.8090

(Category 659-H); 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.

\16\ Category 340-D: only HTS numbers 6205.20.2015, 6205.20.2020,

6205.20.2025 and 6205.20.2030.

\17\ Category 640-D: only HTS numbers 6205.30.2010, 6205.30.2020,

6205.30.2030, 6205.30.2040, 6205.90.3030 and 6205.90.4030.

\18\ Category 640-O: only HTS numbers 6203.23.0080, 6203.29.2050,

6205.30.1000, 6205.30.2050, 6205.30.2060, 6205.30.2070, 6205.30.2080

and 6211.33.0040.

\19\ Category 641-Y: only HTS numbers 6204.23.0050, 6204.29.2030,

6206.40.3010 and 6206.40.3025.

\20\ 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.

\21\ Category 870; Category 369-L: only HTS numbers 4202.12.4000,

4202.12.8020, 4202.12.8060, 4202.92.1500, 4202.92.3016, 4202.92.6091

and 6307.90.9905; Category 670-L: only HTS numbers 4202.12.8030,

4202.12.8070, 4202.92.3020, 4202.92.3031, 4202.92.9026 and

6307.90.9907.

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 October 14, 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 factors for the following merged categories are

listed below:

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Conversion factor (Square

Category meters equivalent/category

unit)

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333/334/335............................... 33.75

369-L/670-L/870........................... 3.8

633/634/635............................... 34.1

638/639................................... 12.96

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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. 99-31629 Filed 12-6-99; 8:45 am]

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