[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 36 (Tuesday, February 24, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9205-9206]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-4625]
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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
Adjustment of an Import Limit for Certain Cotton and Man-Made
Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Honduras
February 18, 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: February 24, 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.
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 352/652 is being increased for
carryover.
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 68261, published on December 31, 1997.
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
February 18, 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 23, 1997, by the Chairman,
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That
directive concerns imports of certain cotton and man-made fiber
textile products, produced or manufactured in Honduras and exported
during the period which began on January 1, 1998 and extends through
March 26, 1998.
Effective on February 24, 1998, you are directed to increase the
limit for Categories
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352/652 to 2,898,411 dozen \1\ of which not more than 1,941,519
dozen shall be in Categories 352-K/652-K \2\, as provided for under
the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing.
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\1\ The limit has not been adjusted to account for any imports
exported after December 31, 1997.
\2\ Category 352-K: only HTS numbers 6107.11.0010, 6107.11.0020,
6108.19.9010, 6108.21.0010, 6108.21.0020, 6108.91.0005,
6108.91.0015, 6108.91.0025, 6109.10.0005, 6109.10.0007,
6109.10.0009, 6109.10.0037; Category 652-K: only HTS numbers
6107.12.0010, 6107.12.0020, 6108.11.0010, 6108.11.0020,
6108.22.9020, 6108.22.9030, 6108.22.9020, 6108.22.9030,
6108.92.0005, 6108.92.0015, 6108.92.0025, 6109.90.1047 and
6109.90.1075.
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The guaranteed access level for Categories 352/652 remains
unchanged.
The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has
determined that this action falls within the foreign affairs
exception of 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. 98-4625 Filed 2-23-98; 8:45 am]
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