[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 122 (Wednesday, June 25, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34229-34230]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-16679]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool, Man-Made 
Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textiles and Textile 
Products Produced or Manufactured in Indonesia

June 20, 1997.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs adjusting 
limits.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: June 26, 1997.

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 or call (202) 927-5850. For information on 
embargoes and quota re-openings, call (202) 482-3715.

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.

    The current limits for certain categories are being adjusted, 
variously, for carryover, carryforward used and swing.
    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 
61 FR 64505, published on December 5, 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 and the Uruguay Round Agreement on 
Textiles and Clothing, but are designed to assist only in the 
implementation of certain of their provisions.
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
June 20, 1997.

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

    Dear Commissioner: This directive amends, but does not cancel, 
the directive issued to you on November 29, 1996, by the Chairman, 
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That 
directive concerns imports of certain cotton, wool, man-made fiber, 
silk blend and other vegetable fiber textiles and textile products, 
produced or manufactured in Indonesia and exported during the 
twelve-month period which began on January 1, 1997 and extends 
through December 31, 1997.
    Effective on June 26, 1997, you are directed to adjust the 
limits for the following categories, as provided for under the 
Uruguay Round Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round Agreement on 
Textiles and Clothing:

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                                             Adjusted twelve-month limit
                 Category                                \1\            
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Levels in Group I                                                       
200.......................................  740,281 kilograms.          
219.......................................  9,392,845 square meters.    
225.......................................  6,673,333 square meters.    
300/301...................................  3,674,008 kilograms.        
313.......................................  16,230,347 square meters.   
314.......................................  56,082,443 square meters.   
315.......................................  26,446,169 square meters.   
317/617/326...............................  24,191,961 square meters of 
                                             which not more than        
                                             3,915,378 square meters    
                                             shall be in Category 326.  
331/631...................................  1,997,346 dozen pairs.      
334/335...................................  233,027 dozen.              
336/636...................................  596,981 dozen.              
338/339...................................  1,099,917 dozen.            
340/640...................................  1,536,522 dozen.            
341.......................................  937,513 dozen.              
342/642...................................  366,881 dozen.              
345.......................................  431,239 dozen.              
347/348...................................  1,563,517 dozen.            
350/650...................................  160,802 dozen.              
351/651...................................  461,948 dozen.              
359-C/659-C \2\...........................  1,286,849 kilograms.        
359-S/659-S \3\...........................  1,482,962 kilograms.        
360.......................................  1,319,831 numbers.          
361.......................................  1,294,117 numbers.          
369-S \4\.................................  881,118 kilograms.          
433.......................................  13,144 dozen.               
443.......................................  93,310 numbers.             
445/446...................................  58,572 dozen.               
447.......................................  18,383 dozen.               
448.......................................  22,981 dozen.               
604-A \5\.................................  675,116 kilograms.          
611-O \6\.................................  4,280,000 square meters.    
613/614/615...............................  23,136,219 square meters.   
618-O \7\.................................  5,181,851 square meters.    
619/620...................................  8,582,940 square meters.    
625/626/627/628/629-O \8\.................  23,780,224 square meters.   
634/635...................................  284,276 dozen.              
638/639...................................  1,486,705 dozen.            
641.......................................  2,321,574 dozen.            
643.......................................  329,959 numbers.            
644.......................................  461,941 numbers.            
645/646...................................  780,440 dozen.              
647/648...................................  3,378,896 dozen.            
847.......................................  408,513 dozen.              

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Group II                                                                
201, 218, 220, 222-224, 226, 227, 229,      96,962,994 square meters    
 237, 239, 330, 332, 333, 349, 352-354,      equivalent.                
 359-O \9\, 362, 363, 369-O \10\, 400,                                  
 410, 414, 431, 432, 434, 435, 436, 438,                                
 439, 440, 442, 444, 459, 464, 465, 469,                                
 603, 604-O \11\, 606, 607, 621, 622, 624,                              
 630, 632, 633, 649, 652-654, 659-O \12\,                               
 665, 666, 669-O \13\, 670-O \14\, 831-                                 
 836, 838, 839, 840, 842-846, 850-852, 858                              
 and 859, as a group.                                                   
Subgroup in Group II                                                    
400, 410, 414, 431, 432, 434, 435, 436,     3,294,114 square meters     
 438, 439, 440, 442, 444, 459, 464, 465      equivalent.                
 and 469, as a group.                                                   
In Group II subgroup                                                    
435.......................................  51,708 dozen.               
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports        
  exported after December 31, 1996.                                     
\2\ 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.                                                         
\3\ 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.                                        
\4\ Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.                       
\5\ Category 604-A: only HTS number 5509.32.0000.                       
\6\ Category 611-O: all HTS numbers except 5516.14.0005, 5516.14.0025   
  and 5516.14.0085.                                                     
\7\ Category 618-O: all HTS numbers except 5408.24.9010 and             
  5408.24.9040.                                                         
\8\ Category 625/626/627/628; Category 629-O: all HTS numbers except    
  5408.34.9085 and 5516.24.0085.                                        
\9\ 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).                                                               
\10\ Category 369-O: all HTS numbers except 6307.10.2005 (Category 369- 
  S).                                                                   
\11\ Category 604-O: all HTS numbers except 5509.32.0000 (Category 604- 
  A).                                                                   
\12\ 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  
  and 6211.12.1020 (Category 659-S).                                    
\13\ Category 669-O: all HTS numbers except 6305.32.0010, 6305.32.0020, 
  6305.33.0010, 6305.33.0020 and 6305.39.0000 (Category 669-P).         
\14\ Category 670-O: all HTS numbers except 4202.12.8030, 4202.12.8070, 
  4202.92.3020, 4202.92.3030 and 4202.92.9025 (Category 670-L).         

    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. 97-16679 Filed 6-24-97; 8:45 am]
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