[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 75 (Monday, April 20, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19475-19476]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-10358]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton, Man-Made Fiber, 
Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textiles and Textile Products 
Produced or Manufactured in India

April 14, 1998.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

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

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EFFECTIVE DATE: April 20, 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.

    The current limits for certain categories are being adjusted, 
variously, for carryforward applied to 1997 limits and additional 
allowance for 100 percent cotton garments made of handloomed fabrics.
    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). Also see 
62 FR 67831, published on December 30, 1997.
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
April 14, 1998.

Commissioner of Customs,
Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.

    Dear Commissioner: This directive amends, but does not cancel, 
the directive issued to you on December 22, 1997, by the Chairman, 
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That 
directive concerns imports of certain cotton, man-made fiber, silk 
blend and other vegetable fiber textiles and textile products, 
produced or manufactured in India and exported during the twelve-
month period which began on January 1, 1998 and extends through 
December 31, 1998.
    Effective on April 20, 1998, you are directed to adjust the 
limits for the following categories, as provided for under the 
Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing:

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                                             Adjusted twelve-month level
                 Category                                \1\            
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218.......................................  13,528,087 square meters.   
219.......................................  62,602,481 square meters.   
313.......................................  36,196,154 square meters.   
314.......................................  7,452,676 square meters.    
315.......................................  12,923,785 square meters.   
317.......................................  37,734,420 square meters.   
334/634...................................  147,961 dozen.              
335/635...................................  659,088 dozen.              
336/636...................................  923,826 dozen.              
340/640...................................  2,095,257 dozen.            
341.......................................  4,228,602 dozen of which not
                                             more than 2,393,276 dozen  
                                             shall be in Category 341-Y 
                                             \2\.                       
342/642...................................  1,264,493 dozen.            
347/348...................................  646,153 dozen.              
351/651...................................  282,120 dozen.              
363.......................................  42,275,991 numbers.         
369-D \3\.................................  1,242,592 kilograms.        
369-S \4\.................................  677,777 kilograms.          
641.......................................  1,398,200 dozen.            
Group II                                                                
200, 201, 220-227, 237, 239pt. \5\, 300,    105,715,435 square meters   
 301, 331-333, 350, 352, 359pt. \6\, 360-    equivalent.                
 362, 600-604, 606 \7\, 607, 611-629, 631,                              
 633, 638, 639, 643-646, 649, 650, 652,                                 
 659pt. \8\, 666, 669pt. \9\, 670, 831,                                 
 833-838, 840-858 and 859pt. \10\, as a                                 
 group.                                                                 
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports        
  exported after December 31, 1997.                                     
\3\ Category 369-D: only HTS numbers 6302.60.0010, 6302.91.0005 and     
  6302.91.0045.                                                         
\4\ Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.                       
\5\ Category 239pt.: only HTS number 6209.20.5040 (diapers).            
\6\ Category 359pt.: all HTS numbers except 6406.99.1550.               

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\7\ Category 606: all HTS numbers except 5403.31.0040 (for              
  administrative purposes Category 606 is designated as 606(1)).        
\8\ Category 659pt.: all HTS numbers except 6406.99.1510 and            
  6406.99.1540.                                                         
\9\ Category 669pt.: all HTS numbers except 5601.10.2000, 5601.22.0090, 
  5607.49.3000, 5607.50.4000 and 6406.10.9040.                          
\10\ Category 859pt.: only HTS numbers 6115.19.8040, 6117.10.6020,      
  6212.10.5030, 6212.10.9040, 6212.20.0030, 6212.30.0030, 6212.90.0090, 
  6214.10.2000 and 6214.90.0090.                                        

    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,
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
[FR Doc. 98-10358 Filed 4-17-98; 8:45 am]
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