[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 180 (Thursday, September 17, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49689-49690]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-24965]


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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 Taiwan

September 11, 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: September 17, 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 swing, 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 67837, published on December 30, 1997.
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
September 11, 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 Taiwan and exported during the twelve-
month period beginning on January 1, 1998 and extending through 
December 31, 1998.
    Effective on September 17, 1998, you are directed to adjust the 
current limits for the following categories, as provided for under 
the terms of the current bilateral textile agreement:

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                                             Adjusted twelve-month limit
                 Category                                \1\            
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Sublevel in Group I                                                     
363.......................................  12,931,701 numbers.         
Group II                                                                
  237, 239, 330-332, 333/334/335, 336, 338/ 733,897,492 square meters   
   339, 340-345, 347/348, 349, 350/650,      equivalent.                
   351, 352/652, 353, 354, 359-C/659-C                                  
   \2\, 359-H/659-H \3\, 359-O \4\, 431-                                
   444, 445/446, 447/448, 459, 630-632,                                 
   633/634/635, 636, 638/639, 640, 641-                                 
   644, 645/646, 647/648, 649, 651, 653,                                
   654, 659-S \5\, 659-O \6\, 831-844, and                              
   846-859, as a group.                                                 
Sublevels in Group II                                                   
239.......................................  5,970,410 kilograms.        
331.......................................  498,266 dozen pairs.        
336.......................................  136,243 dozen.              
345.......................................  124,758 dozen.              
352/652...................................  3,045,680 dozen.            
359-H/659-H...............................  5,083,148 kilograms.        
433.......................................  14,217 dozen.               
435.......................................  25,159 dozen.               
438.......................................  29,638 dozen.               
442.......................................  42,233 dozen.               
443.......................................  54,822 numbers.             
444.......................................  80,719 numbers.             

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631.......................................  5,247,940 dozen pairs.      
633/634/635...............................  1,655,026 dozen of which not
                                             more than 966,766 dozen    
                                             shall be in Categories 633/
                                             634 and not more than      
                                             862,820 dozen shall be in  
                                             Category 635.              
638/639...................................  6,567,352 dozen.            
642.......................................  840,251 dozen.              
Group II Subgroup                                                       
  333/334/335, 341, 342, 350/650, 351, 447/ 76,796,124 square meters    
   448, 636, 641 and 651, as a group.        equivalent.                
 Within Group II Subgroup                                               
342.......................................  227,249 dozen.              
350/650...................................  136,712 dozen.              
351.......................................  365,403 dozen.              
447/448...................................  20,983 dozen.               
636.......................................  396,605 dozen.              
651.......................................  490,340 dozen.              
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports        
  exported after December 31, 1997.                                     
\2\ Category 359-C: only HTS numbers 6103.42.2025, 6103.49.8034,        
  6104.62.1020, 6104.69.8010, 6114.20.0048, 6114.20.0052, 6203.42.2010, 
  6203.42.2090, 6204.62.2010, 6211.32.0010, 6211.32.0025 and            
  6211.42.0010; Category 659-C: only HTS numbers 6103.23.0055,          
  6103.43.2020, 6103.43.2025, 6103.49.2000, 6103.49.8038, 6104.63.1020, 
  6104.63.1030, 6104.69.1000, 6104.69.8014, 6114.30.3044, 6114.30.3054, 
  6203.43.2010, 6203.43.2090, 6203.49.1010, 6203.49.1090, 6204.63.1510, 
  6204.69.1010, 6210.10.9010, 6211.33.0010, 6211.33.0017 and            
  6211.43.0010.                                                         
\3\ Category 359-H: only HTS numbers 6505.90.1540 and 6505.90.2060;     
  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.                                                         
\4\ Category 359-O: all HTS numbers except 6103.42.2025, 6103.49.8034,  
  6104.62.1020, 6104.69.8010, 6114.20.0048, 6114.20.0052, 6203.42.2010, 
  6203.42.2090, 6204.62.2010, 6211.32.0010, 6211.32.0025, 6211.42.0010  
  (Category 359-C); 6505.90.1540 and 6505.90.2060 (Category 359-H).     
\5\ Category 659-S: only HTS numbers 6112.31.0010, 6112.31.0020,        
  6112.41.0010, 6112.41.0020, 6112.41.0030, 6112.41.0040, 6211.11.1010, 
  6211.11.1020, 6211.12.1010 and 6211.12.1020.                          
\6\ Category 659-O all HTS numbers except 6103.23.0055, 6103.43.2020,   
  6103.43.2025, 6103.49.2000, 6103.49.8038, 6104.63.1020, 6104.63.1030, 
  6104.69.1000, 6104.69.8014, 6114.30.3044, 6114.30.3054, 6203.43.2010, 
  6203.43.2090, 6203.49.1010, 6203.49.1090, 6204.63.1510, 6204.69.1010, 
  6210.10.9010, 6211.33.0010, 6211.33.0017, 6211.43.0010 (Category 659- 
  C); 6502.00.9030, 6504.00.9015, 6504.00.9060, 6505.90.5090,           
  6505.90.6090, 6505.90.7090, 6505.90.8090 (Category 659-H);            
  6112.31.0010, 6112.31.0020, 6112.41.0010, 6112.41.0020, 6112.41.0030, 
  6112.41.0040, 6211.11.1010, 6211.11.1020, 6211.12.1010 and            
  6211.12.1020 (Category 659-S).                                        

    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. 98-24965 Filed 9-16-98; 8:45 am]
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