[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 230 (Monday, December 1, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63524-63525]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-31433]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


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

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

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

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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 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: 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 limits for textile products, produced or 
manufactured in Pakistan and exported during the period January 1, 1998 
through December 31, 1998 are based on limits notified to the Textiles 
Monitoring Body pursuant to the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and 
Clothing (ATC).
    Pursuant to the provisions of the ATC, the second stage of the 
integration commences on January 1, 1998 (see 60 FR 21075, published on 
May 1, 1995). Accordingly, certain previously restrained categories may 
have been modified or eliminated and certain limits may have been 
revised. Integrated products will no longer be subject to quota. CITA 
has informed Pakistan of its intent to continue the bilateral visa 
arrangement for those products.
    In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the 
Commissioner of Customs to establish the 1998 limits. The limits for 
Categories 334/634, 338, 339, 340/640, 363, 369-F/369-P and 369-S are 
being reduced for carryforward applied to the 1997 limits.
    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 51832, published on October 3, 1997. Information regarding the 
1998 CORRELATION will be published in the Federal Register at a later 
date.
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
November 25, 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 the following categories, produced or 
manufactured in Pakistan and exported during the twelve-month period 
beginning on January 1, 1998 and extending through December 31, 
1998, in excess of the following limits:

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                 Category                   Twelve-month restraint limit
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Specific limits                                                         
219.......................................  8,193,116 square meters.    
226/313...................................  119,080,615 square meters.  
237.......................................  398,483 dozen.              
239pt. \1\................................  1,720,941 kilograms.        
314.......................................  5,958,629 square meters.    
315.......................................  78,725,628 square meters.   
317/617...................................  32,020,672 square meters.   

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331/631...................................  2,440,414 dozen pairs.      
334/634...................................  222,545 dozen.              
335/635...................................  363,476 dozen.              
336/636...................................  478,180 dozen.              
338.......................................  4,625,578 dozen.            
339.......................................  1,280,737 dozen.            
340/640...................................  626,093 dozen of which not  
                                             more than 239,089 dozen    
                                             shall be in Categories 340-
                                             D/640-D \2\.               
341/641...................................  717,270 dozen.              
342/642...................................  355,011 dozen.              
347/348...................................  792,616 dozen.              
351/651...................................  318,786 dozen.              
352/652...................................  796,966 dozen.              
359-C/659-C \3\...........................  1,434,540 kilograms.        
360.......................................  5,121,050 numbers.          
361.......................................  5,954,709 numbers.          
363.......................................  43,024,648 numbers.         
369-F/369-P \4\...........................  2,260,665 kilograms.        
369-R \5\.................................  11,157,534 kilograms.       
369-S \6\.................................  690,197 kilograms.          
613/614...................................  23,579,054 square meters    
615.......................................  25,084,096 square meters.   
625/626/627/628/629.......................  77,147,475 square meters of 
                                             which not more than        
                                             38,573,739 square meters   
                                             shall be in Category 625;  
                                             not more than 38,573,739   
                                             square meters shall be in  
                                             Category 626; not more than
                                             38,573,739 square meters   
                                             shall be in Category 627;  
                                             not more than 7,980,774    
                                             square meters shall be in  
                                             Category 628; and not more 
                                             than 38,573,739 square     
                                             meters shall be in Category
                                             629.                       
638/639...................................  448,360 dozen.              
647/648...................................  850,073 dozen.              
666-P \7\.................................  764,048 kilograms.          
666-S \8\.................................  4,044,960 kilograms.        
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\1\ Category 239pt.: only HTS number 6209.20.5040 (diapers).            
\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-R: only HTS number 6307.10.2020.                       
\6\ Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.                       
\7\ 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.                                                         
\8\ 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 limits set forth above are 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 limits for that year (see 
directive dated December 20, 1996) to the extent of any unfilled 
balances. In the event the limits established for that period have 
been exhausted by previous entries, such products shall be charged 
to the limits set forth in this directive.
    Products for integration in 1998 listed in the Federal Register 
notice published on May 1, 1995 (60 FR 21075) which are exported 
during 1997 shall be charged to the applicable limits to the extent 
of any unfilled balances. After January 1, 1998, should those 
unfilled balances be exhausted, such products shall no longer be 
charged to any limit, due to integration of these products into GATT 
1994.
    CITA has informed Pakistan of its intent to continue the 
bilateral visa arrangement for those products. An export visa will 
continue to be required, if applicable, for products integrated on 
and after January 1, 1998, before entry is permitted into the United 
States.
    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 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. 97-31433 Filed 11-28-97; 8:45 am]
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