[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 162 (Friday, August 21, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44841-44842]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-22491]
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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber
Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the Republic of Turkey
August 17, 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: August 21, 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 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 shift, special shift, and 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 67839, published on December 30, 1997; and 63 FR 27923, published
on May 21, 1998.
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
August 17, 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 22, 1997, as amended on May
14, 1998 and May 18, 1998, by the Chairman, Committee for the
Implementation of Textile Agreements. That directive, as amended,
concerns imports of certain cotton, wool and man-made fiber textile
products, produced or manufactured in the Republic of Turkey and
exported during the periods January 1, 1998 through December 31,
1998 and June 1, 1998 through December 31, 1998 (Categories 352/
652).
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Effective on August 21, 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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Category Adjusted limit \1\
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Fabric Group
219, 313-O \2\, 314-O \3\, 315-O \4\, 317- 165,959.749 square meters of
O \5\, 326-O \6\, 617, 625/626/627/628/ which not more than
629, as a group. 40,184,564 square meters
shall be in Category 219;
not more than 49,114,466
square meters shall be in
Category 313-O; not more
than 28,575,690 square
meters shall be in Category
314-O; not more than
38,398,585 square meters
shall be in Category 315-O;
not more than 40,184,564
square meters shall be in
Category 317-O; not more
than 4,464,950 square
meters shall be in Category
326-O; 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
8,538,363 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
351/651................................... 1,046,710 dozen.
352/652................................... 1,329,887 dozen.
361....................................... 2,281,256 numbers.
369-S \7\................................. 1,881,616 kilograms.
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports
exported after December 31, 1997 and May 31, 1998 (352/652).
\2\ Category 313-O: all HTS numbers except 5208.52.3035, 5208.52.4035
and 5209.51.6032.
\3\ Category 314-O: all HTS numbers except 5209.51.6015.
\4\ Category 315-O: all HTS numbers except 5208.52.4055.
\5\ Category 317-O: all HTS numbers except 5208.59.2085.
\6\ Category 326-O: all HTS numbers except 5208.59.2015, 5209.59.0015
and 5211.59.0015.
\7\ Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.
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. 98-22491 Filed 8-20-98; 8:45 am]
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