[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 162 (Friday, August 21, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44841-44842]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-22491]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber 
Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the Republic of Turkey

August 17, 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 21, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roy Unger, 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 shift, 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 67839, published on December 30, 1997; and 63 FR 27923, published 
on May 21, 1998.
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
August 17, 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, as amended on May 
14, 1998 and May 18, 1998, by the Chairman, Committee for the 
Implementation of Textile Agreements. That directive, as amended, 
concerns imports of certain cotton, wool and man-made fiber textile 
products, produced or manufactured in the Republic of Turkey and 
exported during the periods January 1, 1998 through December 31, 
1998 and June 1, 1998 through December 31, 1998 (Categories 352/
652).

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    Effective on August 21, 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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                 Category                        Adjusted limit \1\     
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Fabric Group                                                            
219, 313-O \2\, 314-O \3\, 315-O \4\, 317-  165,959.749 square meters of
 O \5\, 326-O \6\, 617, 625/626/627/628/     which not more than        
 629, as a group.                            40,184,564 square meters   
                                             shall be in Category 219;  
                                             not more than 49,114,466   
                                             square meters shall be in  
                                             Category 313-O; not more   
                                             than 28,575,690 square     
                                             meters shall be in Category
                                             314-O; not more than       
                                             38,398,585 square meters   
                                             shall be in Category 315-O;
                                             not more than 40,184,564   
                                             square meters shall be in  
                                             Category 317-O; not more   
                                             than 4,464,950 square      
                                             meters shall be in Category
                                             326-O; and not more than   
                                             26,789,711 square meters   
                                             shall be in Category 617.  
Sublevel in Fabric Group                                                
625/626/627/628/629.......................  18,089,753 square meters of 
                                             which not more than        
                                             8,538,363 shall be in      
                                             Category 625; not more than
                                             7,235,901 square meters    
                                             shall be in Category 626;  
                                             not more than 7,235,901    
                                             square meters shall be in  
                                             Category 627; not more than
                                             7,235,901 square meters    
                                             shall be in Category 628;  
                                             and not more than 7,235,901
                                             square meters shall be in  
                                             Category 629.              
Limits not in a group                                                   
351/651...................................  1,046,710 dozen.            
352/652...................................  1,329,887 dozen.            
361.......................................  2,281,256 numbers.          
369-S \7\.................................  1,881,616 kilograms.        
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports        
  exported after December 31, 1997 and May 31, 1998 (352/652).          
\2\ Category 313-O: all HTS numbers except 5208.52.3035, 5208.52.4035   
  and 5209.51.6032.                                                     
\3\ Category 314-O: all HTS numbers except 5209.51.6015.                
\4\ Category 315-O: all HTS numbers except 5208.52.4055.                
\5\ Category 317-O: all HTS numbers except 5208.59.2085.                
\6\ Category 326-O: all HTS numbers except 5208.59.2015, 5209.59.0015   
  and 5211.59.0015.                                                     
\7\ Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.                       

    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. 98-22491 Filed 8-20-98; 8:45 am]
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