[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 240 (Tuesday, December 15, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69053-69054]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-33172]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Adjustment of an Import Limit and Sublimit for Certain Cotton 
Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the People's Republic of 
China

December 9, 1998.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

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

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EFFECTIVE DATE: December 16, 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 limit for Categories 338/339 and sublimit for 
Categories 338-S/339-S are being increased for carryforward. As a 
result, the sublimit for 338-S/339-S, which is currently filled, will 
re-open.
    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

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see 62 FR 67827, published on December 30, 1997.
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
December 9, 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 China and exported during the twelve-
month period which began on January 1, 1998 and extends through 
December 31, 1998.
    Effective onDecember 16, 1998, you are directed to increase the 
limit and sublimit for the following categories, as provided for 
under the terms of the current bilateral textile agreement between 
the Governments of the United States and the People's Republic of 
China:

 
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                                             Adjusted twelve-month limit
                 Category                                \1\
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Sublevel in Group I
338/339...................................  2,508,121 dozen of which not
                                             more than 1,851,314 dozen
                                             shall be in Categories 338-
                                             S/339-S \2\.
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports
  exported after December 31, 1997.
\2\ Category 338-S: all HTS numbers except 6109.10.0012, 6109.10.0014,
  6109.10.0018 and 6109.10.0023; Category 339-S: all HTS numbers except
  6109.10.0040, 6109.10.0045, 6109.10.0060 and 6109.10.0065.

    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. 98-33172 Filed 12-14-98; 8:45 am]
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