[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 160 (Wednesday, August 19, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44425-44426]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-22281]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool and Man-Made 
Fiber Textiles and Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Korea

August 13, 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: August 19, 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 adjusted, 
variously, for swing, special swing, special shift, carryover, 
carryforward, carryforward used and recrediting unused carryforward.
    In accordance with the special swing provision contained in the 
exchange of notes dated April 2 and 8, 1997 between the Governments of 
the United States and Korea, 2,842,990 square meters equivalent is 
being charged to the 1998 Group II limit.
    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 67833, published on December 30, 1997.
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
August 13, 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, wool, man-made fiber, 
silk blend and other vegetable fiber textiles and textile products, 
produced or manufactured in Korea and exported during the period 
beginning January 1, 1998 and extending through December 31, 1998.
    Effective on August 19, 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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                 Category                        Adjusted limit \1\     
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Group I                                                                 
  200-223, 224-V \2\, 224-O \3\, 225, 226,  382,368,721 square meters   
   227, 300-326, 360-363, 369pt. \4\, 400-   equivalent.                
   414, 464, 469pt. \5\, 600-629, 666, 669-                             
   P \6\, 669pt. \7\, and 670-O \8\, as a                               
   group.                                                               
Sublevel within Group I                                                 
619/620...................................  94,459,400 square meters.   
Sublevels within Group II                                               
336.......................................  69,035 dozen.               
338/339...................................  1,421,090 dozen.            
340.......................................  813,305 dozen of which not  
                                             more than 415,800 dozen    
                                             shall be in Category 340-D 
                                             \9\.                       
342/642...................................  252,425 dozen.              

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347/348...................................  590,225 dozen.              
350.......................................  20,079 dozen.               
435.......................................  39,282 dozen.               
443.......................................  352,651 numbers.            
633/634/635...............................  1,439,681 dozen of which not
                                             more than 163,256 dozen    
                                             shall be in Category 633   
                                             and not more than 608,408  
                                             dozen shall be in Category 
                                             635.                       
640-D \10\................................  3,071,785 dozen.            
647/648...................................  1,235,782 dozen.            
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports        
  exported after December 31, 1997.                                     
\2\ 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.                                        
\3\ Category 224-O: all remaining HTS numbers in Category 224.          
\4\ Category 369pt.: all HTS numbers except 4202.12.4000, 4202.12.8020, 
  4202.12.8060, 4202.92.1500, 4202.92.3016, 4202.92.6091, 6307.90.9905, 
  (Category 369-L); 5601.10.1000, 5601.21.0090, 5701.90.1020,           
  5701.90.2020, 5702.10.9020, 5702.39.2010, 5702.49.1020, 5702.49.1080, 
  5702.59.1000, 5702.99.1010, 5702.99.1090, 5705.00.2020 and            
  6406.10.7700.                                                         
\5\ Category 469pt.: all HTS numbers except 5601.29.0020, 5603.94.1010  
  and 6406.10.9020.                                                     
\6\ Category 669-P: only HTS numbers 6305.32.0010, 6305.32.0020,        
  6305.33.0010, 6305.33.0020 and 6305.39.0000.                          
\7\ Category 669pt.: all HTS numbers except 6305.32.0010, 6305.32.0020, 
  6305.33.0010, 6305.33.0020, 6305.39.0000 (Category 669-P);            
  5601.10.2000, 5601.22.0090, 5607.49.3000, 5607.50.4000 and            
  6406.10.9040.                                                         
\8\ Category 670-O: all HTS numbers except 4202.12.8030, 4202.12.8070,  
  4202.92.3020, 4202.92.3031, 4202.92.9026 and 6307.90.9907 (Category   
  670-L).                                                               
\9\Category 340-D: only HTS numbers 6205.20.2015, 6205.20.2020,         
  6205.20.2025 and 6205.20.2030.                                        
\10\Category 640-D: only HTS numbers 6205.30.2010, 6205.30.2020,        
  6205.30.2030, 6205.30.2040, 6205.90.3030 and 6205.90.4030.            

    In accordance with exchange of notes dated April 2 and April 8, 
1997 between the Governments of the United States and Korea, for 
products exported in 1998, you are directed to charge 2,842,990 
square meters equivalent to the Group II limit.
    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. 98-22281 Filed 8-18-98; 8:45 am]
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