[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 249 (Tuesday, December 30, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67839-67841]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-33918]
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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool
and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the
Republic of Turkey
December 22, 1997.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).
ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs establishing
limits.
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EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 1998.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roy Unger, International Trade
Specialist,
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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 import restraint limits for textile products, produced or
manufactured in Turkey and exported during the periods January 1, 1998
through March 27, 1998 and January 1, 1998 through December 31, 1998
are based on limits notified to the Textiles Monitoring Body pursuant
to the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC), and
Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) dated July 19, 1995, between the
Governments of the United States and the Republic of Turkey.
In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the
Commissioner of Customs to establish the 1998 limits. The limits for
certain categories have been reduced for carryforward applied in 1997.
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).
J. Hayden Boyd,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile
Agreements.
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
December 22, 1997.
Commissioner of Customs,
Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.
Dear Commissioner: Pursuant to section 204 of the Agricultural
Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1854); Executive Order 11651 of
March 3, 1972, as amended; and the Uruguay Round Agreement on
Textiles and Clothing (ATC); and Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs)
dated July 19, 1995 between the Governments of the United States and
the Republic of Turkey, you are directed to prohibit, effective on
January 1, 1998, entry into the United States for consumption and
withdrawal from warehouse for consumption of cotton, wool and man-
made fiber textile products in the following categories, produced or
manufactured in Turkey and exported during the periods January 1,
1998 through March 27, 1998 (Categories 352/652) and January 1, 1998
through December 31, 1998, in excess of the following levels of
restraint:
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Category Restraint limit
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Fabric Group
219, 313, 314, 315, 317, 326, 617, 625/626/ 175,846,733 square meters of
627/628/629, as a group. which not more than
40,184,564 square meters
shall be in Category 219;
not more than 48,114,466
square meters shall be in
Category 313; not more than
28,575,690 square meters
shall be in Category 314;
not more than 38,398,585
square meters shall be in
Category 315; not more than
40,184,564 square meters
shall be in Category 317;
not more than 4,464,950
square meters shall be in
Category 326, and not more
than 26,789,711 square
meters shall be in Category
617.
Sublevel in Fabric Group
625/626/627/628/629....................... 18,089,753 square meters of
which not more than
7,235,901 square meters
shall be in Category 625;
not more than 7,235,901
square meters shall be in
Category 626; not more than
7,235,901 square meters
shall be in Category 627;
not more than 7,235,901
square meters shall be in
Category 628; and not more
than 7,235,901 square
meters shall be in Category
629.
Limits not in a group
200....................................... 1,695,542 kilograms.
300/301................................... 8,255,474 kilograms.
335....................................... 356,446 dozen.
336/636................................... 839,628 dozen.
338/339/638/639........................... 4,939,309 dozen of which not
more than 3,704,483 dozen
shall be in Categories 338-
S/339-S/638-S/639-S \1\.
340/640................................... 1,568,112 dozen of which not
more than 445,991 dozen
shall be in Categories 340-
Y/640-Y \2\.
341/641................................... 1,548,584 dozen of which not
more than 542,004 dozen
shall be in Categories 341-
Y/641-Y \3\.
342/642................................... 934,681 dozen.
347/348................................... 5,085,297 dozen of which not
more than 1,768,887 dozen
shall be in Categories 347-
T/348-T \4\.
350....................................... 500,846 dozen.
351/651................................... 800,767 dozen.
352/652................................... 617,370 dozen.
361....................................... 1,782,231 numbers.
369-S \5\................................. 1,842,488 kilograms.
410/624................................... 1,103,680 square meters of
which not more than 671,909
square meters shall be in
Category 410.
448....................................... 37,871 dozen.
604....................................... 2,126,771 kilograms.
611....................................... 53,205,155 square meters.
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\1\ Category 338-S: only HTS numbers 6103.22.0050, 6105.10.0010,
6105.10.0030, 6105.90.8010, 6109.10.0027, 6110.20.1025, 6110.20.2040,
6110.20.2065, 6110.90.9068, 6112.11.0030 and 6114.20.0005; Category
339-S: only HTS numbers 6104.22.0060, 6104.29.2049, 6106.10.0010,
6106.10.0030, 6106.90.2510, 6106.90.3010, 6109.10.0070, 6110.20.1030,
6110.20.2045, 6110.20.2075, 6110.90.9070, 6112.11.0040, 6114.20.0010
and 6117.90.9020; Category 638-S: all HTS numbers except 6109.90.1007,
6109.90.1009, 6109.90.1013 and 6109.90.1025; Category 639-S: all HTS
numbers except 6109.90.1050, 6109.90.1060, 6109.90.1065 and
6109.90.1070.
\2\ Category 340-Y: only HTS numbers 6205.20.2015, 6205.20.2020,
6205.20.2046, 6205.20.2050 and 6205.20.2060; Category 640-Y: only HTS
numbers 6205.30.2010, 6205.30.2020, 6205.30.2050 and 6205.30.2060.
\3\ Category 341-Y: only HTS numbers 6204.22.3060, 6206.30.3010,
6206.30.3030 and 6211.42.0054; Category 641-Y: only HTS numbers
6204.23.0050, 6204.29.2030, 6206.40.3010 and 6206.40.3025.
\4\ Category 347-T: only HTS numbers 6103.19.2015, 6103.19.9020,
6103.22.0030, 6103.42.1020, 6103.42.1040, 6103.49.8010, 6112.11.0050,
6113.00.9038, 6203.19.1020, 6203.19.9020, 6203.22.3020, 6203.42.4005,
6203.42.4010, 6203.42.4015, 6203.42.4025, 6203.42.4035, 6203.42.4045,
6203.49.8020, 6210.40.9033, 6211.20.1520, 6211.20.3810 and
6211.32.0040; Category 348-T: only HTS numbers 6104.12.0030,
6104.19.8030, 6104.22.0040, 6104.29.2034, 6104.62.2006, 6104.62.2011,
6104.62.2026, 6104.62.2028, 6104.69.8022, 6112.11.0060, 6113.00.9042,
6117.90.9060, 6204.12.0030, 6204.19.8030, 6204.22.3040, 6204.29.4034,
6204.62.3000, 6204.62.4005, 6204.62.4010, 6204.62.4020, 6204.62.4030,
6204.62.4040, 6204.62.4050, 6204.69.6010, 6304.69.9010. 6210.50.9060,
6211.20.1550, 6211.20.6810, 6211.42.0030 and 6217.90.9050.
\5\ Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.
The limits set forth above are subject to adjustment pursuant to
the provisions of the ATC and administrative arrangements notified
to the Textiles Monitoring Body.
Products in the above categories exported during 1997 shall be
charged to the applicable category limits for that year (see
directive dated October 16, 1996) to the
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extent of any unfilled balances. In the event the limits established
for that period have been exhausted by previous entries, such
products shall be charged to the limits set forth in this directive.
In carrying out the above directions, the Commissioner of
Customs should construe entry into the United States for consumption
to include entry for consumption into the Commonwealth of Puerto
Rico.
The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has
determined that these actions fall within the foreign affairs
exception of the rulemaking provisions of 5 U.S.C. 553(a)(1).
Sincerely,
J. Hayden Boyd,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile
Agreements.
[FR Doc. 97-33918 Filed 12-29-97; 8:45 am]
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