98-15737. Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton and Wool Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Colombia

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 113 (Friday, June 12, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32191-32192]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-15737]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton and Wool Textile 
Products Produced or Manufactured in Colombia

June 9, 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: June 15, 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 these 
limits, 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.

    The current limit for Category 443 is being increased for swing, 
reducing the limit for Category 315 to account for the swing being 
applied.
    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 60825, published on November 13, 1997.
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
June 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 November 6, 1997, by the

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Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. 
That directive concerns imports of certain cotton and wool textile 
products, produced or manufactured in Colombia and exported during 
the twelve-month period which began on January 1, 1998 and extends 
through December 31, 1998.
    Effective on June 15, 1998, you are directed to adjust the 
current limits for the following categories, 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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315.......................................  23,662,747 square meters.   
443.......................................  136,745 numbers.            
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports        
  exported after December 31, 1997.                                     

    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,
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
[FR Doc. 98-15737 Filed 6-11-98; 8:45 am]
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