[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 101 (Wednesday, May 27, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 28996]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-13944]



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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


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

May 20, 1998.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

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

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EFFECTIVE DATE: May 27, 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 current limits for certain categories are being reduced for 
carryforward used.
    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 65246, published on December 11, 1997.
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
May 20, 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 5, 1997, by the Chairman, 
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That 
directive concerns imports of certain cotton, wool, man-made fiber, 
silk blend and other vegetable fiber textiles and textile products, 
produced or manufactured in Thailand and exported during the period 
January 1, 1998 through December 31, 1998.
    Effective on May 27, 1998, you are directed to reduce the limits 
for the following categories, as provided for under the Uruguay 
Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing:

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                 Category                        Adjusted limit \1\     
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Levels in Group I                                                       
200.......................................  1,122,570 kilograms.        
604.......................................  704,073 kilograms of which  
                                             not more than 475,261      
                                             kilograms shall be in      
                                             Category 604-A \2\.        
619.......................................  6,771,341 square meters.    
620.......................................  6,791,544 square meters.    
Sublevels in Group II                                                   
334/634...................................  608,167 dozen.              
338/339...................................  1,812,127 dozen.            
347/348/847...............................  785,400 dozen.              
435.......................................  54,015 dozen.               
638/639...................................  2,159,202 dozen.            
647/648...................................  1,081,112 dozen.            
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports        
  exported after December 31, 1997.                                     
\2\Category 604-A: only HTS number 5509.32.0000.                        

    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. 98-13944 Filed 5-26-98; 8:45 am]
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