[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 187 (Friday, September 26, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 50559]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-25584]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Adjustment of an Import Limit for Certain Man-Made Fiber Textile 
Products Produced or Manufactured in Romania

September 22, 1997.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

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

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EFFECTIVE DATE: September 26, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roy Unger, International Trade 
Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, (202) 482-4212. For information on the quota status of this 
limit, 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); the Uruguay Round Agreements Act.
    The current limit for Category 648 is being increased for swing and 
carryover.
    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 
62 FR 4034, published on January 28, 1997.
    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 May 7, 1997 MOU, 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
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
September 22, 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 January 22, 1997, 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 Romania and exported during the twelve-
month period which began on January 1, 1997 and extends through 
December 31, 1997.
    Effective on September 26, 1997, you are directed to increase 
the limit for Category 648 to 74,103 dozen \1\, as provided for by 
the Uruguay Round Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round Agreement on 
Textiles and Clothing (ATC).
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    \1\ The limit has not been adjusted to account for any imports 
exported after December 31, 1996.
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    The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has 
determined that this action falls within the foreign affairs 
exception of the rulemaking provisions of 5 U.S.C. 553(a)(1).
    Sincerely,
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.
[FR Doc. 97-25584 Filed 9-25-97; 8:45 am]
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