[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 249 (Tuesday, December 30, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67827-67829]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-33917]



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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Announcement of Import Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool, Man-Made 
Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textiles and Textile 
Products Produced or Manufactured in the People's Republic of China

 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: Janet Heinzen, 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.

    A Memorandum of Understanding dated February 1, 1997 between the 
Governments of the United States and the People's Republic of China 
establishes limits for textiles and textile products, produced or 
manufactured in China and exported during the period beginning on 
January 1, 1998 and extending through December 31, 1998.
    In the letter published below from the Chairman of CITA, the 
Commissioner of Customs is directed to establish the limits for 1998.
    These limits may be revised if China becomes a member of the World 
Trade Organization (WTO) and the United States applies the WTO 
agreement to China.
    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 a Memorandum of Understanding dated 
February 1, 1997 between the Governments of the United States and 
the People's Republic of China, 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 China and exported during the twelve-month period 
which began on January 1, 1998 and extends through December 31, 
1998, in excess of the following restraint limits:

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                 Category                        Twelve-month limit     
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Group I                                                                 
200, 218, 219, 226, 237, 239, 300/301, 313- 1,460,393,564 square meters 
 315, 317/326, 331, 333-336, 338/339, 340-   equivalent.                
 342, 345, 347/348, 350-352, 359-C \1\,                                 
 359-V \2\, 360-363, 369-D \3\, 369-H \4\,                              
 369-L \5\, 410, 433-436, 438, 440, 442-                                
 444, 445/446, 447, 448, 607, 611, 613-                                 
 615, 617, 631, 633-636, 638/639, 640-643,                              
 644/844, 645/646, 647-652, 659-C \6\, 659-                             
 H \7\, 659-S \8\, 666, 669-P \9\, 670-L                                
 \10\, 831, 833, 835, 836, 840, 842 and                                 
 845-847, as a group.                                                   
Sublevels in Group I                                                    
200.......................................  716,534 kilograms.          
218.......................................  11,207,142 square meters.   
219.......................................  2,369,354 square meters.    
226.......................................  10,758,591 square meters.   
237.......................................  1,962,225 dozen.            
239.......................................  3,018,098 kilograms.        
300/301...................................  2,253,889 kilograms.        
313.......................................  41,432,691 square meters.   
314.......................................  48,452,618 square meters.   
315.......................................  131,782,646 square meters.  
317/326...................................  20,945,770 square meters of 
                                             which not more than        
                                             4,007,338 square meters    
                                             shall be in Category 326.  
331.......................................  5,159,139 dozen pairs.      
333.......................................  96,243 dozen.               
334.......................................  320,985 dozen.              
335.......................................  386,367 dozen.              
336.......................................  169,678 dozen.              
338/339...................................  2,322,334 dozen of which not
                                             more than 1,762,906 dozen  
                                             shall be in Categories 338-
                                             S/339-S \11\.              
340.......................................  787,419 dozen of which not  
                                             more than 393,710 dozen    
                                             shall be in Category 340-Z 
                                             \12\.                      
341.......................................  682,293 dozen of which not  
                                             more than 409,376 dozen    
                                             shall be in Category 341-Y 
                                             \13\.                      
342.......................................  266,599 dozen.              
345.......................................  128,774 dozen.              
347/348...................................  2,341,850 dozen.            
350.......................................  163,758 dozen.              
351.......................................  547,437 dozen.              
352.......................................  1,637,299 dozen.            
359-C.....................................  593,756 kilograms.          
359-V.....................................  873,526 kilograms.          
360.......................................  7,613,286 numbers of which  
                                             not more than 5,192,996    
                                             numbers shall be in        
                                             Category 360-P \14\.       
361.......................................  4,216,122 numbers.          
362.......................................  7,106,078 numbers.          
363.......................................  21,299,235 numbers.         
369-D.....................................  4,661,929 kilograms.        
369-H.....................................  4,900,256 kilograms.        
369-L.....................................  3,257,851 kilograms.        
410.......................................  989,156 square meters of    
                                             which not more than 792,916
                                             square meters shall be in  
                                             Category 410-A \15\ and not
                                             more than 792,916 square   
                                             meters shall be in Category
                                             410-B \16\.                
433.......................................  20,747 dozen.               
434.......................................  13,266 dozen.               
435.......................................  24,365 dozen.               
436.......................................  15,011 dozen.               
438.......................................  26,268 dozen.               
440.......................................  37,528 dozen of which not   
                                             more than 21,444 dozen     
                                             shall be in Category 440-M 
                                             \17\.                      
442.......................................  39,725 dozen.               
443.......................................  128,340 numbers.            
444.......................................  204,867 numbers.            
445/446...................................  287,758 dozen.              
447.......................................  70,265 dozen.               
448.......................................  22,167 dozen.               
607.......................................  3,192,346 kilograms.        

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611.......................................  5,292,928 square meters.    
613.......................................  7,489,487 square meters.    
614.......................................  11,769,194 square meters.   
615.......................................  24,501,322 square meters.   
617.......................................  17,118,826 square meters.   
631.......................................  1,281,708 dozen pairs.      
633.......................................  56,770 dozen.               
634.......................................  617,623 dozen.              
635.......................................  651,485 dozen.              
636.......................................  547,047 dozen.              
638/639...................................  2,412,714 dozen.            
640.......................................  1,379,670 dozen.            
641.......................................  1,306,952 dozen.            
642.......................................  331,199 dozen.              
643.......................................  509,844 numbers.            
644/844...................................  3,650,454 numbers.          
645/646...................................  823,432 dozen.              
647.......................................  1,555,261 dozen.            
648.......................................  1,111,223 dozen.            
649.......................................  929,792 dozen.              
650.......................................  114,640 dozen.              
651.......................................  766,180 dozen of which not  
                                             more than 134,891 dozen    
                                             shall be in Category 651-B 
                                             \18\.                      
652.......................................  2,719,455 dozen.            
659-C.....................................  405,623 kilograms.          
659-H.....................................  2,805,568 kilograms.        
659-S.....................................  609,667 kilograms.          
666.......................................  3,512,974 kilograms of which
                                             not more than 1,225,625    
                                             kilograms shall be in      
                                             Category 666-C \19\.       
669-P.....................................  1,989,971 kilograms.        
670-L.....................................  15,838,034 kilograms.       
831.......................................  545,507 dozen pair.         
833.......................................  28,212 dozen.               
835.......................................  122,056 dozen.              
836.......................................  277,394 dozen.              
840.......................................  474,802 dozen.              
842.......................................  266,117 dozen.              
845.......................................  2,454,580 dozen.            
846.......................................  177,334 dozen.              
847.......................................  1,247,188 dozen.            
Group II                                                                
330, 332, 349, 353, 354, 359-O \20\, 431,   123,566,814 square meters   
 432, 439, 459, 630, 632, 653, 654 and 659-  equivalent.                
 O \21\, as a group.                                                    
Group III                                                               
201, 220, 222, 223, 224-V \22\, 224-O       256,320,423 square meters   
 \23\, 225, 227, 229, 369-O \24\, 400,       equivalent.                
 414, 464, 465, 469, 600, 603, 604-O \25\,                              
 606, 618-622, 624-629, 665, 669-O \26\                                 
 and 670-O \27\, as a group.                                            
Sublevel in Group III                                                   
224-V.....................................  3,564,824 square meters.    
225.......................................  6,150,000 square meters.    
Group IV                                                                
832, 834, 838, 839, 843, 850-852, 858 and   11,476,216 square meters    
 859, as a group.                            equivalent.                
Levels not in a Group                                                   
369-S \28\................................  612,601 kilograms.          
863-S \29\................................  8,618,529 numbers.          
870.......................................  33,099,703 kilograms.       
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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.
                                                                        
  \2\ Category 359-V: only HTS numbers 6103.19.2030, 6103.19.9030,      
6104.12.0040, 6104.19.8040, 6110.20.1022, 6110.20.1024, 6110.20.2030,   
6110.20.2035, 6110.90.9044, 6110.90.9046, 6201.92.2010, 6202.92.2020,   
6203.19.1030, 6203.19.9030, 6204.12.0040, 6204.19.8040, 6211.32.0070 and
6211.42.0070.                                                           
                                                                        
  \3\ Category 369-D: only HTS numbers 6302.60.0010, 6302.91.0005 and   
6302.91.0045.                                                           
                                                                        
  \4\ Category 369-H: only HTS numbers 4202.22.4020, 4202.22.4500 and   
4202.22.8030.                                                           
                                                                        
  \5\ Category 369-L: only HTS numbers 4202.12.4000, 4202.12.8020,      
4202.12.8060, 4202.92.1500, 4202.92.3015 and 4202.92.6090.              
                                                                        
  \6\ 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.              
                                                                        
  \7\ Category 659-H: only HTS numbers 6502.00.9030, 6504.00.9015,      
6504.00.9060, 6505.90.5090, 6505.90.6090, 6505.90.7090 and 6505.90.8090.
                                                                        
  \8\ Category 659-S: only HTS numbers 6112.31.0010, 6112.31.0020,      
6112.41.0010, 6112.41.0020, 6112.41.0030, 6112.41.0040, 6211.11.1010,   
6211.11.1020, 6211.12.1010 and 6211.12.1020.                            
                                                                        
  \9\ Category 669-P: only HTS numbers 6305.32.0010, 6305.32.0020,      
6305.33.0010, 6305.33.0020 and 6305.39.0000.                            
                                                                        
  \10\ Category 670-L: only HTS numbers 4202.12.8030, 4202.12.8070,     
4202.92.3020, 4202.92.3030 and 4202.92.9025.                            
                                                                        
  \11\ Category 338-S: all HTS numbers except 6109.10.0012,             
6109.10.0014, 6109.10.0018 and 6109.10.0023; Category 339-S: all HTS    
numbers except 6109.10.0040, 6109.10.0045, 6109.10.0060 and             
6109.10.0065.                                                           
                                                                        
  \12\ Category 340-Z: only HTS numbers 6205.20.2015, 6205.20.2020,     
6205.20.2050 and 6205.20.2060.                                          
                                                                        
  \13\ Category 341-Y: only HTS numbers 6204.22.3060, 6206.30.3010,     
6206.30.3030 and 6211.42.0054.                                          
  \14\ Category 360-P: only HTS numbers 6302.21.3010, 6302.21.5010,     
6302.21.7010, 6302.21.9010, 6302.31.3010, 6302.31.5010, 6302.31.7010 and
6302.31.9010.                                                           
  \15\ Category 410-A: only HTS numbers 5111.11.3000, 5111.11.7030,     
5111.11.7060, 5111.19.2000, 5111.19.6020, 5111.19.6040, 5111.19.6060,   
5111.19.6080, 5111.20.9000, 5111.30.9000, 5111.90.3000, 5111.90.9000,   
5212.11.1010, 5212.12.1010, 5212.13.1010, 5212.14.1010, 5212.15.1010,   
5212.21.1010, 5212.22.1010, 5212.23.1010, 5212.24.1010, 5212.25.1010,   
5311.00.2000, 5407.91.0510, 5407.92.0510, 5407.93.0510, 5407.94.0510,   
5408.31.0510, 5408.32.0510, 5408.33.0510, 5408.34.0510, 5515.13.0510,   
5515.22.0510, 5515.92.0510, 5516.31.0510, 5516.32.0510, 5516.33.0510,   
5516.34.0510 and 6301.20.0020.                                          
                                                                        
  \16\ Category 410-B: only HTS numbers 5007.10.6030, 5007.90.6030,     
5112.11.2030, 5112.11.2060, 5112.19.9010, 5112.19.9020, 5112.19.9030,   
5112.19.9040, 5112.19.9050, 5112.19.9060, 5112.20.3000, 5112.30.3000,   
5112.90.3000, 5112.90.9010, 5112.90.9090, 5212.11.1020, 5212.12.1020,   
5212.13.1020, 5212.14.1020, 5212.15.1020, 5212.21.1020, 5212.22.1020,   
5212.23.1020, 5212.24.1020, 5212.25.1020, 5309.21.2000, 5309.29.2000,   
5407.91.0520, 5407.92.0520, 5407.93.0520, 5407.94.0520, 5408.31.0520,   
5408.32.0520, 5408.33.0520, 5408.34.0520, 5515.13.0520, 5515.22.0520,   
5515.92.0520, 5516.31.0520, 5516.32.0520, 5516.33.0520 and 5516.34.0520.
                                                                        
  \17\ Category 440-M: HTS numbers 6203.21.0030, 6203.23.0030,          
6205.10.1000, 6205.10.2010, 6205.10.2020, 6205.30.1510, 6205.30.1520,   
6205.90.3020, 6205.90.4020 and 6211.31.0030.                            
                                                                        
  \18\ Category 651-B: only HTS numbers 6107.22.0015 and 6108.32.0015.  
                                                                        
  \19\ Category 666-C: only HTS number 6303.92.2000.                    
  \20\ Category 359-O: all HTS numbers except 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,   
6211.42.0010 (Category 359-C); 6103.19.2030, 6103.19.9030, 6104.12.0040,
6104.19.8040, 6110.20.1022, 6110.20.1024, 6110.20.2030, 6110.20.2035,   
6110.90.9044, 6110.90.9046, 6201.92.2010, 6202.92.2020, 6203.19.1030,   
6203.19.9030, 6204.12.0040, 6204.19.8040, 6211.32.0070 and 6211.42.0070 
(Category 359-V).                                                       
                                                                        
  \21\ Category 659-O: all HTS numbers except 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, 6211.43.0010    
(Category 659-C); 6502.00.9030, 6504.00.9015, 6504.00.9060,             
6505.90.5090, 6505.90.6090, 6505.90.7090, 6505.90.8090 (Category 659-H);
6112.31.0010, 6112.31.0020, 6112.41.0010, 6112.41.0020, 6112.41.0030,   
6112.41.0040, 6211.11.1010, 6211.11.1020, 6211.12.1010 and 6211.12.1020 
(Category 659-S).                                                       
                                                                        
  \22\ Category 224-V: only HTS numbers 5801.21.0000, 5801.23.0000,     
5801.24.0000, 5801.25.0010, 5801.25.0020, 5801.26.0010, 5801.26.0020,   
5801.31.0000, 5801.33.0000, 5801.34.0000, 5801.35.0010, 5801.35.0020,   
5801.36.0010 and 5801.36.0020.                                          
                                                                        
  \23\ Category 224-O: all HTS numbers except 5801.21.0000,             
5801.23.0000, 5801.24.0000, 5801.25.0010, 5801.25.0020, 5801.26.0010,   
5801.26.0020, 5801.31.0000, 5801.33.0000, 5801.34.0000, 5801.35.0010,   
5801.35.0020, 5801.36.0010 and 5801.36.0020 (Category 224-V).           
                                                                        
  \24\ Category 369-O: all HTS numbers except 6302.60.0010, 6302.91.0005
and 6302.91.0045 (Category 369-D); 4202.22.4020, 4202.22.4500,          
4202.22.8030 (Category 369-H); 4202.12.4000, 4202.12.8020, 4202.12.8060,
4202.92.1500, 4202.92.3015, 4202.92.6090 (Category 369-L); and          
6307.10.2005 (Category 369-S)                                           
                                                                        

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  \25\ Category 604-O: all HTS numbers except 5509.32.0000 (Category 604-
A).                                                                     
                                                                        
  \26\ Category 669-O: all HTS numbers except 6305.32.0010,             
6305.32.0020, 6305.33.0010, 6305.33.0020 and 6305.39.0000 (Category 669-
P).                                                                     
                                                                        
  \27\ Category 670-O: only HTS numbers 4202.22.4030, 4202.22.8050 and  
4202.32.9550.                                                           
                                                                        
  \28\ Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.                    
                                                                        
  \29\ Category 863-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2015.                    
                                                                        
                                                                        

    The limits set forth above are subject to adjustment pursuant to 
the current bilateral agreement between the Governments of the 
United States and the People's Republic of China.
    Products in the above categories exported during 1997 shall be 
charged to the applicable category limits for that year (see 
directive dated February 10, 1997) 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.
    These limits may be revised if China becomes a member of the 
World Trade Organization (WTO) and the United States applies the WTO 
agreement to China.
    The conversion factor for merged Categories 638/639 is 12.96 
(square meters equivalent/category unit).
    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 to 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. 97-33917 Filed 12-29-97; 8:45 am]
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