[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 111 (Wednesday, June 10, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31751-31752]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-15467]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


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

June 5, 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: June 10, 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 special shift and carryover.
    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 64361, published on December 5, 1997.
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
June 5, 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 1, 1997, by the Chairman, 
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That 
directive concerns imports of certain cotton, wool and man-made 
fiber textiles and textile products and silk blend and other 
vegetable fiber apparel, produced or manufactured in the Philippines 
and exported during the twelve-

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month period beginning on January 1, 1998 and extending through 
December 31, 1998.
    Effective on June 10, 1998, you are directed to adjust the 
current limits for the following categories, as provided for under 
the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing:

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                                             Adjusted twelve-month limit
                 Category                                \1\            
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Levels in Group I                                                       
237.......................................  1,817,489 dozen.            
333/334...................................  263,650 dozen of which not  
                                             more than 40,002 dozen     
                                             shall be in Category 333.  
335.......................................  149,539 dozen.              
336.......................................  732,608 dozen.              
338/339...................................  2,697,955 dozen.            
340/640...................................  1,065,809 dozen.            
341/641...................................  980,968 dozen.              
342/642...................................  631,710 dozen.              
347/348...................................  2,549,633 dozen.            
350.......................................  167,054 dozen.              
351/651...................................  691,142 dozen.              
352/652...................................  2,714,293 dozen.            
431.......................................  189,349 dozen pairs.        
447.......................................  7,821 dozen.                
633.......................................  40,830 dozen.               
634.......................................  522,477 dozen.              
635.......................................  336,350 dozen.              
636.......................................  1,909,220 dozen.            
638/639...................................  1,806,331 dozen.            
643.......................................  975,264 numbers.            
645/646...................................  837,678 dozen.              
647/648...................................  940,180 dozen.              
649.......................................  8,453,784 dozen.            
650.......................................  119,566 dozen.              
659-H \2\.................................  1,573,173 kilograms.        
847.......................................  843,455 dozen.              
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports        
  exported after December 31, 1997.                                     
\2\ 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.                                                         

    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. 98-15467 Filed 6-9-98; 8:45 am]
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