[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 229 (Monday, November 30, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 65753]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-31770]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber 
Textiles and Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Indonesia

November 24, 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 30, 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 and special shift.
    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 67625, published on December 29, 1997.
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
November 24, 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 19, 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 Indonesia and exported during the 
twelve-month period which began on January 1, 1998 and extends 
through December 31, 1998.
    Effective on November 30, 1998, you are directed to adjust the 
limits for the categories listed below, 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
219.......................................  8,828,362 square meters.
225.......................................  6,384,614 square meters.
313-O \2\.................................  13,330,756 square meters.
314-O \3\.................................  66,417,908 square meters.
317-O/617/326-O \4\.......................  28,716,274 square meters of
                                             which not more than
                                             3,834,249 square meters
                                             shall be in Category 326-O.
331/631...................................  2,158,543 dozen pairs.
340/640...................................  1,706,087 dozen.
359-S/659-S \5\...........................  764,946 kilograms.
369-S \6\.................................  945,251 kilograms.
604-A \7\.................................  528,781 kilograms.
618-O \8\.................................  500,005 square meters.
641.......................................  1,723,343 dozen.
643.......................................  245,404 numbers.
644.......................................  202,130 numbers.
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports
  exported after December 31, 1997.
\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 617; Category 317-O: all HTS numbers except 5208.59.2085;
  Category 326-O: all HTS numbers except 5208.59.2015, 5209.59.0015 and
  5211.59.0015.
\5\ Category 359-S: only HTS numbers 6112.39.0010, 6112.49.0010,
  6211.11.8010, 6211.11.8020, 6211.12.8010 and 6211.12.8020; 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 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.
\7\ Category 604-A: only HTS number 5509.32.0000.
\8\ Category 618-O: all HTS numbers except 5408.24.9010 and
  5408.24.9040.

    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,
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
[FR Doc. 98-31770 Filed 11-27-98; 8:45 am]
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