98-24342. Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Egypt

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 175 (Thursday, September 10, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 48480]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-24342]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton Textile Products 
Produced or Manufactured in Egypt

September 4, 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: September 10, 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 Categories 300/301 is being increased for 
swing, reducing the limit for Category 227 to account for the swing 
being applied. In addition, the limit for Categories 300/301 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 67829, published on December 30, 1997.
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
September 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 December 22, 1997, by the Chairman, 
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That 
directive concerns imports of certain cotton, wool and man-made 
fiber textile products, produced or manufactured in the Arab 
Republic of Egypt and exported during the twelve-month period which 
began on January 1, 1998 and extends through December 31, 1998.
    Effective on September 10, 1998, you are directed to adjust the 
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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Fabric Group                                                            
  218-220, 224-227, 313-O \2\, 314-O \3\,   101,932,811 square meters   
   315-O \4\, 317-O \5\, and 326-O \6\, as   equivalent.                
   a group.                                                             
Sublevel within Fabric Group                                            
227.......................................  19,288,772 square meters.   
Level not in a group                                                    
300/301...................................  11,721,127 kilograms of     
                                             which not more than        
                                             3,330,536 kilograms shall  
                                             be in Category 301.        
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports        
  exported after December 31, 1997.                                     
\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.                                                     

    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,
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.
[FR Doc. 98-24342 Filed 9-9-98; 8:45 am]
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