[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 158 (Friday, August 15, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 43712]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-21648]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber 
Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Pakistan

August 11, 1997.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

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

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EFFECTIVE DATE: August 18, 1997.

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 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 increased, 
variously, for carryover and recrediting of unused carryforward.
    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 68245, published on December 27, 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
August 11, 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 December 20, 1996, by the Chairman, 
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That 
directive concerns imports of certain cotton and man-made fiber 
textile products, produced or manufactured in Pakistan and exported 
during the twelve-month period which began on January 1, 1997 and 
extends through December 31, 1997.
    Effective on August 18, 1997, you are directed to increase the 
limits 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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                 Category                        Adjusted limit \1\     
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219.......................................  8,256,340 square meters.    
226/313...................................  121,600,260 square meters.  
237.......................................  401,558 dozen.              
239.......................................  1,890,536 kilograms.        
314.......................................  6,004,610 square meters.    
315.......................................  80,931,186 square meters.   
317/617...................................  32,267,768 square meters.   
331/631...................................  2,159,709 dozen pairs.      
335/635...................................  366,281 dozen.              
339.......................................  1,168,372 dozen.            
340/640...................................  631,013 dozen of which not  
                                             more than 217,058 dozen    
                                             shall be in Category 340-D/
                                             640-D \2\.                 
341/641...................................  722,805 dozen.              
342/642...................................  357,751 dozen.              
359-C/659-C \3\...........................  1,445,610 kilograms.        
360.......................................  4,649,160 numbers.          
361.......................................  6,000,660 numbers.          
369-F/369-P \4\...........................  2,219,916 kilograms.        
369-S \5\.................................  650,774 kilograms.          
613/614...................................  24,077,967 square meters.   
615.......................................  25,614,854 square meters.   
625/626/627/628/629.......................  78,779,850 square meters of 
                                             which not more than        
                                             35,486,420 square meters   
                                             shall be in Category 625;  
                                             not more than 35,486,420   
                                             square meters shall be in  
                                             Category 626; not more than
                                             35,486,420 square meters   
                                             shall be in Category 627;  
                                             not more than 7,342,018    
                                             square meters shall be in  
                                             Category 628; and not more 
                                             than 35,486,420 square     
                                             meters shall be in Category
                                             629.                       
647/648...................................  868,060 dozen.              
666-P \6\.................................  732,470 kilograms.          
666-S \7\.................................  4,235,760 kilograms.        
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports        
  exported after December 31, 1996.                                     
\2\ Category 340-D: only HTS numbers 6205.20.2015, 6205.20.2020,        
  6205.20.2025 and 6205.20.2030; 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.                                                     
\3\ 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.                                                         
\4\ Category 369-F: only HTS number 6302.91.0045; Category 369-P: only  
  HTS numbers 6302.60.0010 and 6302.91.0005.                            
\5\ Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.                       
\6\ Category 666-P: only HTS numbers 6302.22.1010, 6302.22.1020,        
  6302.22.2010, 6302.32.1010, 6302.32.1020, 6302.32.2010 and            
  6302.32.2020.                                                         
\7\ Category 666-S: only HTS numbers 6302.22.1030, 6302.22.1040,        
  6302.22.2020, 6302.32.1030, 6302.32.1040, 6302.32.2030 and            
  6302.32.2040.                                                         

    The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has 
determined that these actions fall within the foreign affairs 
exception to 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. 97-21648 Filed 8-14-97; 8:45 am]
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