[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 249 (Tuesday, December 30, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 67829]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-33909]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool 
and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the 
Arab Republic of Egypt

Decembr 22, 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: Helen L. LeGrande, 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 Egypt 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).
    In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the 
Commissioner of Customs to establish the 1998 limits. The limits for 
Categories 338/339 and 448 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 62 FR 66057, published on December 17, 1997).
J. Hayden Boyd,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
December 22, 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, wool and man-
made fiber textile products in the following categories, produced or 
manufactured in Egypt and exported during the twelve-month period 
beginning on January 1, 1998 and extending through December 31, 
1998, in excess of the following levels of restraint:

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                Category                   Twelve-month restraint limit 
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Fabric Group                                                            
218-220, 224-227, 313-317 and 326, as a  108,070,651 square meters.     
 group.                                                                 
Sublevels within Fabric Group                                           
218....................................  2,508,000 square meters.       
219....................................  25,426,612 square meters.      
220....................................  25,426,612 square meters.      
224....................................  25,426,612 square meters.      
225....................................  25,426,612 square meters.      
226....................................  25,426,612 square meters.      
227....................................  25,426,612 square meters.      
313....................................  46,690,546 square meters.      
314....................................  25,426,612 square meters.      
315....................................  29,858,700 square meters.      
317....................................  25,426,612 square meters.      
326....................................  2,508,000 square meters.       
Levels not in a group                                                   
300/301................................  10,018,058 kilograms of which  
                                          not more than 3,142,015       
                                          kilograms shall be in Category
                                          301.                          
338/339................................  2,700,785 dozen.               
340/640................................  1,183,745 dozen.               
369-S \1\..............................  1,498,989 kilograms.           
448....................................  18,018 dozen.                  
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\1\ Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.                       

    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.
    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,
J. Hayden Boyd,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.
[FR Doc. 97-33909 Filed 12-29-97; 8:45 am]
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