98-2736. Amendment of an Import Limit for Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in El Salvador

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 23 (Wednesday, February 4, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 5785]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-2736]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Amendment of an Import Limit for Certain Cotton and Man-Made 
Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in El Salvador

January 29, 1998.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs amending a 
limit.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: February 4, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roy Unger, International Trade 
Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, [phone]. 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 [phone]. For information on 
embargoes and quota re-openings, call [phone].

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.

    In a Memorandum of Understanding dated January 12, 1998, the 
Governments of the United States and El Salvador agreed to increase the 
current limit for Categories 352/652 to 3,200,000 dozen.
    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 67623, published on December 29, 1997.
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
January 29, 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 and man-made fiber 
textile products, produced or manufactured in El Salvador and 
exported during the periods January 1, 1998 through March 26, 1998 
and January 1, 1998 through December 31, 1998.
    Effective on February 4, 1998, you are directed to increase the 
limit for Categories 352/652 to 3,200,000 dozen \1\ for the period 
January 1, 1998 through March 26, 1998, as provided for under the 
Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing and a Memorandum of 
Understanding dated January 12, 1998 between the Governments of the 
United States and El Salvador.
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    \1\ The limit has not been adjusted to account for any imports 
exported after December 31, 1997.
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    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,
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.
[FR Doc. 98-2736 Filed 2-3-98; 8:45 am]
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