[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 78 (Wednesday, April 23, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19738-19739]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-10420]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Import Charges for Certain Cotton, Wool and Man-Made Fiber 
Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Korea

April 16, 1997.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs charging 
imports to Group II.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: April 23, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ross Arnold, International Trade 
Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, (202) 482-4212.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

    Authority: Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as amended; 
section 204 of the Agricultural Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C. 
1854); Uruguay Round Agreements Act.

    A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Governments of the 
United States and the Republic of Korea was signed on March 21, 1997. 
As part of that MOU, the two governments agreed that charges in the 
amount of 58,558,418 square meters equivalent would be made to the 
Group II limit for textile products, produced or manufactured in Korea 
and exported during the period January 1, 1997 through December 31, 
1997.
    In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the 
Commissioner of Customs to charge the aforementioned amount to the 1997 
Group II limit.
    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 61 FR 66263, published on December 17, 1996). Also see 
610 FR 59087, published on November 20, 1996.
    The letter to the Commissioner of Customs and the actions taken 
pursuant to it are not designed to implement all of the provisions of 
the Uruguay Round Agreements Act, the Uruguay Round Agreement on 
Textiles and Clothing and the March 21, 1997 MOU, but are designed to 
assist only in the

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implementation of certain of their provisions.
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
April 16, 1997.

Commissioner of Customs,
Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.

    Dear Commissioner: To facilitate implementation of the Uruguay 
Round Agreements Act, the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and 
Clothing and the Memorandum of Understanding dated March 21, 1997, 
between the Governments of the United States and the Republic of 
Korea, I request that, effective on April 23, 1997, you charge 
58,558,418 square meters equivalent to the limit established in the 
directive dated November 14, 1996 for textile products in Group II, 
produced or manufactured in Korea and exported during the period 
which began on January 1, 1997 and extends through December 31, 
1997.
    This letter will be published in the Federal Register.
    Sincerely,
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
[FR Doc. 97-10420 Filed 4-22-97; 8:45 am]
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