50908 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 188 / Monday, September 29, 1997 / Notices

1The limit has not been adjusted to account for

any imports exported after December 31, 1996.

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.

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.

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.

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COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain

Cotton, Wool, Man-Made Fiber, Silk

Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber

Textiles and Textile Products

Produced or Manufactured in Taiwan

September 23, 1997.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs adjusting

limits.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 1, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Janet Heinzen, 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: 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 limits for certain

categories are being adjusted, variously,

for swing, carryover and special shift.

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 58043, published on

November 12, 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 the bilateral

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 November 4, 1996, by the

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation

of Textile Agreements. That directive

concerns imports of certain cotton, wool,

man-made fiber, silk blend and other

vegetable fiber textiles and textile products,

produced or manufactured in Taiwan and

exported during the twelve-month period

which began on January 1, 1997 and extends

through December 31, 1997.

Effective on October 1, 1997, you are

directed to adjust the limits for the following

categories, as provided under the terms of the

current bilateral textile agreement concerning

textile products from Taiwan: