[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 220 (Monday, November 16, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63709-63710]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-30568]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Adjustment of an Import Limit for Certain Cotton Textile Products 
Produced or Manufactured in Egypt

November 10, 1998.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs increasing a 
limit.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: November 17, 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 this 
limit, 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.


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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.

    In a Memorandum of Understanding dated October 22, 1998, the 
Governments of the United States and Arab Republic of Egypt agreed to 
permit special carryforward of up to 10 percent for Categories 338/339 
(cotton knit shirts) in 1998, and that to the extent this special 
carryforward is used, it will be charged against the 1999 specific 
limit for these categories at a one to one and one-fourth (1 to 1 1/4) 
ratio. The current limit for Categories 338/339 is being adjusted for 
this special 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 67829, published on December 30, 1997.
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
November 10, 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 and man-made 
fiber textile products, produced or manufactured in Egypt and 
exported during the twelve-month period which began on January 1, 
1998 and extends through December 31, 1998.
    Effective on November 17, 1998, you are directed to increase the 
limit for Categories 338/339 to 3,329,394 dozen \1\, as provided for 
under the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing and a 
Memorandum of Understanding dated October 22, 1998 between the 
Governments of the United States and the Arab Republic of Egypt.
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    \1\ The limit has not been adjusted to account for any imports 
exported after December 31, 1997.
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    The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has 
determined that this action falls within the foreign affairs 
exception to 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. 98-30568 Filed 11-13-98; 8:45 am]
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