[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 154 (Tuesday, August 11, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42828-42829]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-21377]
=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton, Man-Made Fiber,
Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textiles and Textile Products
Produced or Manufactured in Bangladesh
August 4, 1998.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).
ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs adjusting
limits.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
EFFECTIVE DATE: August 13, 1998.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ross Arnold, 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 limits for certain categories are being adjusted,
variously, for swing, special shift, carryover, carryforward and
recrediting unused carryforward from 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). Also see
62 FR 62564, published on November 24, 1997.
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
August 4, 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 19, 1997, by the Chairman,
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That
directive concerns imports of certain cotton, man-made fiber, silk
blend and other vegetable fiber textiles and textile products,
produced or manufactured in Bangladesh and exported during the
twelve-month period which began on January 1, 1998 and extends
through December 31, 1998.
Effective on August 13, 1998, you are directed to adjust the
limits for the following categories, as provided for under the
Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Adjusted twelve-month limit
Category \1\
------------------------------------------------------------------------
237....................................... 547,021 dozen.
331....................................... 1,364,879 dozen pairs.
334....................................... 181,464 dozen.
335....................................... 213,147 dozen.
336/636................................... 433,201 dozen.
338/339................................... 1,385,856 dozen.
340/640................................... 3,350,905 dozen.
341....................................... 2,218,700 dozen.
342/642................................... 482,811 dozen.
347/348................................... 2,846,760 dozen.
352/652................................... 10,639,243 dozen.
363....................................... 25,524,981 numbers.
634....................................... 557,155 dozen.
635....................................... 381,108 dozen.
638/639................................... 1,757,519 dozen.
641....................................... 1,040,329 dozen.
645/646................................... 441,466 dozen.
647/648................................... 1,469,011 dozen.
847....................................... 384,855 dozen.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports
exported after December 31, 1997.
[[Page 42829]]
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. 98-21377 Filed 8-10-98; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-DR-F
