[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 147 (Thursday, July 31, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41026-41027]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-20144]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Textile and Apparel Categories With the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States; Changes to the 1997 Correlation

July 25, 1997.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Changes to the 1997 Correlation

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lori E. Mennitt, International Trade 
Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, (202) 482-3400.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

    The Correlation: Textile and Apparel Categories based on the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (1997) presents the 
harmonized tariff numbers under each of the cotton, wool, man-made 
fiber, silk blend and other vegetable fiber categories used by the 
United States in monitoring imports of these textile products and in 
the administration of the textile program. The Correlation should be 
amended to include the following changes in Category 301, effective on 
June 23, 1997:

                                                                        
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                     Changes to the 1997 Correlation                    
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Delete 5205.21.0000.                                                    
                                                                        
Add 5205.21.0020--Cotton Yarn, not sewing thread, containing 85 percent 
 or more by weight of cotton, not put up for retail sale, single yarn,  
 of combed fibers, exceeding 14 nm, ring spun.                          
                                                                        
Add 5205.21.0090--Cotton Yarn, not sewing thread, containing 85 percent 
 or more by weight of cotton, not put up for retail sale, single yarn,  
 of combed fibers, exceeding 14 nm but not exceeding 43 nm, other than  
 ring spun.                                                             
                                                                        
Delete 5205.22.0000.                                                    
                                                                        
Add 5205.22.0020--Cotton Yarn, not sewing thread, containing 85 percent 
 or more by weight of cotton, not put up for retail sale, single yarn,  
 of combed fibers, exceeding 14 nm but not exceeding 43 nm, ring spun.  
                                                                        
Add 5205.22.0090--Cotton Yarn, not sewing thread, containing 85 percent 
 or more by weight of cotton, not put up for retail sale, single yarn,  
 of combed fibers, exceeding 14 nm but not exceeding 43 nm, other than  
 ring spun.                                                             
                                                                        
Delete 5205.23.0000.                                                    
                                                                        
Add 5205.23.0020--Cotton Yarn, not sewing thread, containing 85 percent 
 or more by weight of cotton, not put up for retail sale, single yarn,  
 of combed fibers, exceeding 43 nm but not exceeding 52 nm, ring spun.  
                                                                        
Add 5205.23.0090--Cotton Yarn, not sewing thread, containing 85 percent 
 or more by weight of cotton, not put up for retail sale, single yarn,  
 of combed fibers, exceeding 43 nm but not exceeding 52 nm, other than  
 ring spun.                                                             
                                                                        
Delete 5205.24.0000.                                                    
                                                                        
Add 5205.24.0020--Cotton Yarn, not sewing thread, containing 85 percent 
 or more by weight of cotton, not put up for retail sale, single yarn,  
 of combed fibers, exceeding 52 nm but not exceeding 80 nm, ring spun.  
                                                                        
Add 5205.24.0090--Cotton Yarn, not sewing thread, containing 85 percent 
 or more by weight of cotton, not put up for retail sale, single yarn,  
 of combed fibers, exceeding 52 nm but not exceeding 80 nm, other than  
 ring spun.                                                             
                                                                        
Delete 5205.26.0000.                                                    
                                                                        
Add 5205.26.0020--Cotton Yarn, not sewing thread, containing 85 percent 
 or more by weight of cotton, not up for retail sale, single yarn, of   
 combed fibers, measuring less than 125 decitex but not less than 106.38
 decitex (exceeding 80 metric number but not exceeding 94 metric        
 number), ring spun.                                                    
                                                                        
Add 5205.26.0090--Cotton Yarn, not sewing thread, containing 85 percent 
 or more by weight of cotton, not up for retail sale, single yarn, of   
 combed fibers, measuring less than 125 decitex but not less than 106.38
 decitex (exceeding 80 metric number but not exceeding 94 metric        
 number), other than ring spun.                                         
                                                                        
Delete 5205.27.0000.                                                    
                                                                        
Add 5205.27.0020--Cotton Yarn, not sewing thread, containing 85 percent 
 or more by weight of cotton, not put up for retail sale, single yarn,  
 of combed fibers, measuring less than 106.38 decitex but not less than 
 83.33 decitex (exceeding 94 metric number but not exceeding 120 metric 
 number), ring spun.                                                    
                                                                        
Add 5205.27.0090--Cotton Yarn, not sewing thread, containing 85 percent 
 or more by weight of cotton, not put up for retail sale, single yarn,  
 of combed fibers, measuring less than 106.38 decitex but not less than 
 83.33 decitex (exceeding 94 metric number but not exceeding 120 metric 
 number), other than ring spun.                                         
                                                                        
Delete 5205.28.0000.                                                    
                                                                        

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Add 5205.28.0020--Cotton Yarn, not sewing thread, containing 85 percent 
 or more by weight of cotton, not put up for retail sale, single yarn,  
 of combed fibers, measuring less than 83.33 decitex (exceeding 120     
 metric number), ring spun.                                             
                                                                        
Add 5205.28.0090--Cotton Yarn, not sewing thread, containing 85 percent 
 or more by weight of cotton, not put up for retail sale, single yarn,  
 of combed fibers, measuring less than 83.33 decitex (exceeding 120     
 metric number), other than ring spun.                                  
                                                                        
Delete 5205.41.0000.                                                    
                                                                        
Add 5205.41.0020--Cotton Yarn, not sewing thread, containing 85 percent 
 or more by weight of cotton, not put up for retail sale, multiple      
 (folded) or cabled yarn, of combed fibers, not exceeding 14 nm per     
 single yarn, ring spun.                                                
                                                                        
Add 5205.41.0090--Cotton Yarn, not sewing thread, containing 85 percent 
 or more by weight of cotton, not put up for retail sale, multiple      
 (folded) or cabled yarn, of combed fibers, not exceeding 14 nm per     
 single yarn, other than ring spun.                                     
                                                                        
Delete 5205.42.0000.                                                    
                                                                        
Add 5205.42.0020--Cotton Yarn, not sewing thread, containing 85 percent 
 or more by weight of cotton, not put up for retail sale, multiple      
 (folded) or cabled yarn, of combed fibers, exceeding 14 nm but not     
 exceeding 43 nm per single yarn, ring spun.                            
                                                                        
Add 5205.42.0090--Cotton Yarn, not sewing thread, containing 85 percent 
 or more by weight of cotton, not put up for retail sale, multiple      
 (folded) or cabled yarn, of combed fibers, exceeding 14 nm but not     
 exceeding 43 nm per single yarn, other than ring spun.                 
                                                                        
Delete 5205.43.0000.                                                    
                                                                        
Add 5205.43.0020--Cotton Yarn, not sewing thread, containing 85 percent 
 or more by weight of cotton, not put up for retail sale, multiple      
 (folded) or cabled yarn, of combed fibers, exceeding 43 nm but not     
 exceeding 52 nm per single yarn, ring spun.                            
                                                                        
Add 5205.43.0090--Cotton Yarn, not sewing thread, containing 85 percent 
 or more by weight of cotton, not put up for retail sale, multiple      
 (folded) or cabled yarn, of combed fibers, exceeding 43 nm but not     
 exceeding 52 nm per single yarn, other than ring spun.                 
                                                                        
Delete 5205.44.0000.                                                    
                                                                        
Add 5205.44.0020--Cotton Yarn, not sewing thread, containing 85 percent 
 or more by weight of cotton, not put up for retail sale, multiple      
 (folded) or cabled yarn, of combed fibers, exceeding 52 nm but not     
 exceeding 80 nm per single yarn, ring spun.                            
                                                                        
Add 5205.44.0090--Cotton Yarn, not sewing thread, containing 85 percent 
 or more by weight of cotton, not put up for retail sale, multiple      
 (folded) or cabled yarn, of combed fibers, exceeding 52 nm but not     
 exceeding 80 nm per single yarn, other than ring spun.                 
                                                                        
Delete 5205.46.0000.                                                    
                                                                        
Add 5205.46.0020--Cotton Yarn, not sewing thread, containing 85 percent 
 or more by weight of cotton, not put up for retail sale, multiple      
 (folded) or cabled yarn, of combed fibers, measuring per single yarn   
 less than 125 decitex but not less than 106.38 decitex (exceeding 80   
 metric number but not exceeding 94 metric number), ring spun.          
                                                                        
Add 5205.46.0090--Cotton Yarn, not sewing thread, containing 85 percent 
 or more by weight of cotton, not put up for retail sale, multiple      
 (folded) or cabled yarn, of combed fibers, measuring per single yarn   
 less than 125 decitex but not less than 106.38 decitex (exceeding 80   
 metric number but not exceeding 94 metric number), other than ring     
 spun.                                                                  
                                                                        
Delete 5205.47.0000.                                                    
                                                                        
Add 5205.47.0020--Cotton Yarn, not sewing thread, containing 85 percent 
 or more by weight of cotton, not put up for retail sale, multiple      
 (folded) or cabled yarn, of combed fibers, measuring per single yarn   
 less than 106.38 decitex but not less than 83.33 decitex (exceeding 94 
 metric number but not exceeding 120 metric number), ring spun.         
                                                                        
Add 5205.47.0090--Cotton Yarn, not sewing thread, containing 85 percent 
 or more by weight of cotton, not put up for retail sale, multiple      
 (folded) or cabled yarn, of combed fibers, measuring per single yarn   
 less than 106.38 decitex but not less than 83.33 decitex (exceeding 94 
 metric number but not exceeding 120 metric number), other than ring    
 spun.                                                                  
                                                                        
Delete 5205.48.0000.                                                    
                                                                        
Add 5205.48.0020--Cotton Yarn, not sewing thread, containing 85 percent 
 or more by weight of cotton, not put up for retail sale, multiple      
 (folded) or cabled yarn, of combed fibers, measuring per single yarn   
 less than 83.33 decitex (exceeding 120 metric number), ring spun.      
                                                                        
Add 5205.48.0090--Cotton Yarn, not sewing thread, containing 85 percent 
 or more by weight of cotton, not put up for retail sale, multiple      
 (folded) or cabled yarn, of combed fibers, measuring per single yarn   
 less than 83.33 decitex (exceeding 120 metric number), other than ring 
 spun.                                                                  
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Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
[FR Doc.97-20144 Filed 7-30-97; 8:45 am]
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