[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 147 (Thursday, July 31, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41025-41026]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-20143]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool, and Man-
Made Fiber Textiles and Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in 
Turkey

July 25, 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: July 31, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Naomi Freeman, 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, recrediting unused 
carryforward, swing and special shift.
    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 54988, published on October 23, 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
July 25, 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 October 16, 1996, by the Chairman, 
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That 
directive concerns imports of certain cotton, wool, and man-made 
fiber textiles and textile products, produced or manufactured in 
Turkey and exported during the twelve-month period which began on 
January 1, 1997 and extends through December 31, 1997.
    Effective on July 31, 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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Fabric Group                                                            
219, 313, 314, 315, 317, 326, 617,                                      
625/626/627/628/629, as a group...........  162,385,149 square meters,  
                                             of which not more than     
                                             41,034,835 square meters   
                                             shall be in category 219;  
                                             not more than 50,153,686   
                                             square meters shall be in  
                                             category 313; not more than
                                             29,180,327 square meters   
                                             shall be in category 314;  
                                             not more than 39,211,066   
                                             square meters shall be in  
                                             category 315; not more than
                                             41,034,835 square meters   
                                             shall be in category 317;  
                                             not more than 4,559,425    
                                             square meters shall be in  
                                             category 326; and not more 
                                             than 27,356,558 shall be in
                                             category 617.              
Sublevel in Fabric Group,                                               
625/626/627/628/629.......................  18,472,517 square meters, of
                                             which not more than        
                                             7,854,980 square meters    
                                             shall be in category 625;  
                                             not more than 7,389,007    
                                             square meters shall be in  
                                             category 626; not more than
                                             7,389,007 square meters    
                                             shall be in category 627;  
                                             not more than 7,389,007    
                                             square meters shall be in  
                                             category 628; and not more 
                                             than 7,389,007 square      
                                             meters shall be in category
                                             629.                       
Limits not in a group                                                   
200.......................................  1,731,418 kilograms.        
300/301...................................  8,430,153 kilograms.        
335.......................................  303,770 dozen.              
336/636...................................  857,394 dozen.              
338/339/638/639...........................  5,434,683 dozen of which not
                                             more than 3,873,670 dozen  
                                             shall be in 338-S/339-S/638-
                                             S/639-S \2\.               
340/640...................................  1,645,183 dozen of which not
                                             more than 467,912 dozen    
                                             shall be in Categories 340-
                                             Y/640-Y \3\.               

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341/641...................................  1,624,696 dozen of which not
                                             more than 568,643 dozen    
                                             shall be in Categories 341-
                                             Y/641-Y \4\.               
342/642...................................  954,458 dozen.              
347/348...................................  5,520,377 dozen of which not
                                             more than 1,920,227 dozen  
                                             shall be in Categories 347-
                                             T/348-T \5\.               
350.......................................  599,846 dozen.              
351/651...................................  837,339 dozen.              
352/652...................................  2,743,831 dozen.            
361.......................................  1,934,713 numbers.          
369-S \6\.................................  2,000,124 kilograms.        
410/624...................................  1,283,728 square meters of  
                                             which not more than 795,450
                                             square meters shall be in  
                                             Category 410.              
448.......................................  41,436 dozen.               
604.......................................  2,171,772 kilograms.        
611.......................................  57,757,206 square meters.   
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports        
  exported after December 31, 1996.                                     
\2\ Category 338-S: only HTS numbers 6103.22.0050, 6105.10.0010,        
  6105.10.0030, 6105.90.8010, 6109.10.0027, 6110.20.1025, 6110.20.2040, 
  6110.20.2065, 6110.90.9068, 6112.11.0030 and 6114.20.0005; Category   
  339-S: only HTS numbers 6104.22.0060, 6104.29.2049, 6106.10.0010,     
  6106.10.0030, 6106.90.2510, 6106.90.3010, 6109.10.0070, 6110.20.1030, 
  6110.20.2045, 6110.20.2075, 6110.90.9070, 6112.11.0040, 6114.20.0010  
  and 6117.90.9020; Category 638-S: all HTS numbers except 6109.90.1007,
  6109.90.1009, 6109.90.1013 and 6109.90.1025; Category 639-S: all HTS  
  numbers except 6109.90.1050, 6109.90.1060, 6109.90.1065 and           
  6109.90.1070.                                                         
\3\ Category 340-Y: only HTS numbers 6205.20.2015, 6205.20.2020,        
  6205.20.2046, 6205.20.2050 and 6205.20.2060; Category 640-Y: only HTS 
  numbers 6205.30.2010, 6205.30.2020, 6205.30.2050 and 6205.30.2060.    
\4\ Category 341-Y: only HTS numbers 6204.22.3060, 6206.30.3010,        
  6206.30.3030 and 6211.42.0054; Category 641-Y: only HTS numbers       
  6204.23.0050, 6204.29.2030, 6206.40.3010 and 6206.40.3025.            
\5\ Category 347-T: only HTS numbers 6103.19.2015, 6103.19.9020,        
  6103.22.0030, 6103.42.1020, 6103.42.1040, 6103.49.8010, 6112.11.0050, 
  6113.00.9038, 6203.19.1020, 6203.19.9020, 6203.22.3020, 6203.42.4005, 
  6203.42.4010, 6203.42.4015, 6203.42.4025, 6203.42.4035, 6203.42.4045, 
  6203.49.8020, 6210.40.9033, 6211.20.1520, 6211.20.3810 and            
  6211.32.0040; Category 348-T: only HTS numbers 6104.12.0030,          
  6104.19.8030, 6104.22.0040, 6104.29.2034, 6104.62.2006, 6104.62.2011, 
  6104.62.2026, 6104.62.2028, 6104.69.8022, 6112.11.0060, 6113.00.9042, 
  6117.90.9060, 6204.12.0030, 6204.19.8030, 6204.22.3040, 6204.29.4034, 
  6204.62.3000, 6204.62.4005, 6204.62.4010, 6204.62.4020, 6204.62.4030, 
  6204.62.4040, 6204.62.4050, 6204.69.6010, 6304.69.9010. 6210.50.9060, 
  6211.20.1550, 6211.20.6810, 6211.42.0030 and 6217.90.9050.            
\6\ Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.                       

    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. 97-20143 Filed 7-30-97; 8:45 am]
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