[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 222 (Wednesday, November 18, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64070-64071]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-30803]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Adjustment of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool, 
Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textile Products 
Produced or Manufactured in Thailand

November 12, 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: November 18, 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 carryover, carryforward, recrediting unused 
carryforward, and carryforward used.
    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 65246, published on December 11, 1997.
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
November 12, 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 5, 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 Thailand and exported during the twelve-
month period which began on January 1, 1998 and extends through 
December 31, 1998.
    Effective on November 18, 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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Group II                                                                
237, 331-348, 350-352, 359-H \2\, 359pt.    322,661,640 square meters   
 \3\, 431, 433-438, 440, 442-448, 459pt.     equivalent.                
 \4\, 631, 633-652, 659-H \5\, 659pt. \6\,                              
 831, 833-838, 840-858 and 859pt. \7\, as                               
 a group.                                                               
Sublevels in Group II                                                   
338/339...................................  2,315,889 dozen.            
638/639...................................  2,200,813 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-H: only HTS numbers 6505.90.1540 and 6505.90.2060.     
\3\ Category 359pt.: all HTS numbers except 6505.90.1540, 6505.90.2060  
  (Category 359-H); and 6406.99.1550.                                   
\4\ Category 459pt.: all HTS numbers except 6405.20.6030, 6405.20.6060, 
  6405.20.6090, 6406.99.1505 and 6406.99.1560.                          
\5\ 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.                                                         
\6\ Category 659pt.: all HTS numbers except 6502.00.9030, 6504.00.9015, 
  6504.00.9060, 6505.90.5090, 6505.90.6090, 6505.90.7090, 6505.90.8090  
  (Category 659-H); 6406.99.1510 and 6406.99.1540.                      
\7\ Category 859pt.: only HTS numbers 6115.19.8040, 6117.10.6020,       
  6212.10.5030, 6212.10.9040, 6212.20.0030, 6212.30.0030, 6212.90.0090, 
  6214.10.2000 and 6214.90.0090.                                        


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    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. 98-30803 Filed 11-17-98; 8:45 am]
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