[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 188 (Monday, September 29, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 50908]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-25735]



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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Adjustment of an Import Limit for Certain Wool Textile Products 
Produced or Manufactured in Mexico

September 23, 1997.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

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

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EFFECTIVE DATE: September 30, 1997.

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 this 
limit, 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: Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as amended; 
section 204 of the Agricultural Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C. 
1854).
    The current limit for Category 443 is being increased for swing.
    The restrictions and consultation levels in the October 17, 1996 
directive to the Commissioner of Customs do not apply to NAFTA (North 
American Free Trade Agreement) originating goods, as defined in Annex 
300-B, Chapter 4 and Annex 401 of the agreement. In addition, 
restrictions and consultation levels do not apply to textile and 
apparel goods that are assembled in Mexico from fabrics wholly formed 
and cut in the United States and exported from and re-imported into the 
United States under U.S. tariff item 9802.00.90.
    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 61 FR 66263, published on December 17, 1996). Also see 
61 FR 54986, published on October 23, 1996.
    The letter to the Commissioner of Customs and the actions taken 
pursuant to it are not designed to implement all of the provisions of 
Annex 300(B) of the North American Free Trade Agreement, but are 
designed to assist only in the implementation of certain of its 
provisions.
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
September 23, 1997.

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 October 17, 1996, 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 Mexico and 
exported during the twelve-month period which began on January 1, 
1997 and extends through December 31, 1997. The levels established 
in that directive do not apply to NAFTA (North American Free Trade 
Agreement) originating goods, as defined in Annex 300-B, Chapter 4 
and Annex 401 of NAFTA or to goods assembled in Mexico from fabrics 
wholly formed and cut in the United States and exported from and re-
imported into the United States under U.S. tariff item 9802.00.90.
    Effective on September 30, 1997, you are directed to increase 
the limit for Category 443 to 197,414 numbers \1\, pursuant to the 
provisions of the agreement between the Governments of the United 
States, Mexico and Canada.
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    \1\ The limit has not been adjusted to account for any imports 
exported after December 31, 1996.
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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. 97-25735 Filed 9-26-97; 8:45 am]
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