[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 221 (Monday, November 17, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61296-61297]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-30120]
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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
Announcement of an Import Restraint Limit for Certain Cotton and
Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Fiji
November 12, 1997.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).
ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs establishing
a limit.
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EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 1998.
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 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: Section 204 of the Agricultural Act of 1956, as
amended (7 U.S.C. 1854); Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as
amended.
The import restraint limit for textile products, produced or
manufactured in Fiji and exported during the period January 1, 1998
through December 31, 1998 is based on a limit notified to the Textiles
Monitoring Body pursuant to the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and
Clothing (ATC).
In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the
Commissioner of Customs to establish the limit for the 1998 period. The
sublimit for Categories 338-S/339-S/638-S/639-S is being reduced for
carryforward applied to the 1997 sublimit.
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).
Information regarding the 1998
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CORRELATION will be published in the Federal Register at a later date.
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile
Agreements.
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
November 12, 1997.
Commissioner of Customs,
Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.
Dear Commissioner: Pursuant to section 204 of the Agricultural
Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1854); Executive Order 11651 of
March 3, 1972, as amended; and the Uruguay Round Agreement on
Textiles and Clothing (ATC), you are directed to prohibit, effective
on January 1, 1998, entry into the United States for consumption and
withdrawal from warehouse for consumption of cotton and man-made
fiber textile products in Categories 338/339/638/639, produced or
manufactured in Fiji and exported during the twelve-month period
beginning on January 1, 1998 and extending through December 31,
1998, in excess of 1,279,924 dozen of which not more than 1,008,174
dozen shall be in Categories 338-S/339-S/638-S/639-S \1\.
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\1\ 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.
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The limit set forth above is subject to adjustment pursuant to
the provisions of the ATC and administrative arrangements notified
to the Textiles Monitoring Body.
Products in the above categories exported during 1997 shall be
charged to the applicable category limit for that year (see
directive dated October 16, 1996) to the extent of any unfilled
balance. In the event the limit established for that period has been
exhausted by previous entries, such products shall be charged to the
limit set forth in this directive.
In carrying out the above directions, the Commissioner of
Customs should construe entry into the United States for consumption
to include entry for consumption into the Commonwealth of Puerto
Rico.
The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has
determined that this action falls within the foreign affairs
exception to 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. 97-30120 Filed 11-14-97; 8:45 am]
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