[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 191 (Friday, October 2, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53021-53022]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-26487]


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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 India

September 29, 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: October 5, 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 carryforward.
    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 67831, published on December 30, 1997.
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
September 29, 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, man-made fiber, silk 
blend and other vegetable fiber textiles and textile products, 
produced or manufactured in India and exported during the twelve-
month period which began on January 1, 1998 and extends through 
December 31, 1998.
    Effective on October 5, 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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                                             Adjusted twelve-month limit
                 Category                                \1\
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Levels in Group I
218.......................................  13,192,719 square meters.
314.......................................  7,005,508 square meters.
340/640...................................  2,354,670 dozen.
341.......................................  4,905,178 dozen of which not
                                             more than 2,672,364 dozen
                                             shall be in Category 341-Y
                                             \2\.
342/642...................................  919,403 dozen.
347/348...................................  787,691 dozen.
351/651...................................  317,049 dozen.

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369-D \3\.................................  1,413,566 kilograms.
641.......................................  1,186,770 dozen.
647/648...................................  536,315 dozen.
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports
  exported after December 31, 1997.
\2\ Category 341-Y: only HTS numbers 6204.22.3060, 6206.30.3010,
  6206.30.3030 and 6211.42.0054.
\3\ Category 369-D: only HTS numbers 6302.60.0010, 6302.91.0005 and
  6302.91.0045.

    The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has 
determined that these actions fall within the foreign affairs 
exception to the rulemaking provisions of 5 U.S.C. 553(a)(1).
    Sincerely,
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.
[FR Doc. 98-26487 Filed 10-1-98; 8:45 am]
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