[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 249 (Tuesday, December 30, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 67837]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-33911]



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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool, 
Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textiles and 
Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Sri Lanka

December 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 Sri Lanka 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 
certain categories have been reduced for carryforward and special 
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, man-made 
fiber, silk blend and other vegetable fiber textiles and textile 
products in the following categories, produced or manufactured in 
Sri Lanka 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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237.......................................  320,758 dozen.              
314.......................................  4,788,464 square meters.    
331/631...................................  2,885,524 dozen pairs.      
333/633...................................  60,379 dozen.               
334/634...................................  635,953 dozen.              
335/835...................................  297,004 dozen.              
336/636/836...............................  418,883 dozen.              
338/339...................................  1,271,907 dozen.            
340/640...................................  1,216,593 dozen.            
341/641...................................  2,002,582 dozen of which not
                                             more than 1,335,055 dozen  
                                             shall be in Category 341   
                                             and not more than 1,335,055
                                             dozen shall be in Category 
                                             641.                       
342/642/842...............................  695,239 dozen.              
345/845...................................  190,571 dozen.              
347/348/847...............................  1,067,528 dozen.            
350/650...................................  132,076 dozen.              
351/651...................................  328,802 dozen.              
352/652...................................  1,356,701 dozen.            
359-C/659-C \1\...........................  1,373,102 kilograms.        
360.......................................  1,596,155 numbers.          
363.......................................  12,924,324 numbers.         
369-D \2\.................................  1,027,014 kilograms.        
369-S \3\.................................  808,601 kilograms.          
434.......................................  7,351 dozen.                
435.......................................  15,753 dozen.               
440.......................................  10,502 dozen.               
611.......................................  6,251,607 square meters.    
635.......................................  396,006 dozen.              
638/639/838...............................  1,008,379 dozen.            
644.......................................  566,044 numbers.            
645/646...................................  226,417 dozen.              
647/648...................................  1,213,969 dozen.            
840.......................................  314,843 dozen.              
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\1\ 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.                                                         
\2\ Category 369-D: only HTS numbers 6302.60.0010, 6302.91.0005 and     
  6302.91.0045.                                                         
\3\ 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. 97-33911 Filed 12-29-97; 8:45 am]
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