[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 188 (Monday, September 29, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50908-50909]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-25736]


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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.

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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:

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                 Category                      Twelve-month limit \1\   
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Sublevel in Group I                                                     
  300/301/607.............................  1,781,302 kilograms of which
                                             not more than 1,484,417    
                                             kilograms shall be in      
                                             Category 300, not more than
                                             1,484,417 kilograms shall  
                                             be in Category 301, and not
                                             more than 1,484,417        
                                             kilograms shall be in      
                                             Category 607.              
Group II                                                                
  237, 239, 330-332, 333/334/335, 336, 338/ 734,181,180 square meters   
   339, 340-345, 347/348, 349, 350/650,      equivalent.                
   351, 352/652, 353, 354, 359-C/659-C                                  
   \2\, 359-H/659-H \3\, 359-O \4\, 431-                                
   444, 445/446, 447/448, 459, 630-632,                                 
   633/634/635, 636, 638/639, 640, 641-                                 
   644, 645/646, 647/648, 649, 651, 653,                                
   654, 659-S \5\, 659-O \6\, 831-844 and                               
   846-859, as a group.                                                 
Sublevels in Group II                                                   
  336.....................................  119,485 dozen.              
  338/339.................................  963,832 dozen.              
  347/348.................................  1,438,065 dozen.            
  352/652.................................  2,971,396 dozen.            
  436.....................................  5,198 dozen.                
  438.....................................  29,344 dozen.               
  444.....................................  63,146 numbers.             
  445/446.................................  142,831 dozen.              
  631.....................................  5,154,153 dozen pairs.      
  633/634/635.............................  1,667,128 dozen of which not
                                             more than 953,707 dozen    
                                             shall be in Categories 633/
                                             634 and not more than      
                                             867,079 dozen shall be in  
                                             Category 635.              
  638/639.................................  6,573,137 dozen.            
  642.....................................  839,303 dozen.              
  647/648.................................  5,464,466 dozen of which not
                                             more than 5,141,289 dozen  
                                             shall be in Categories 647-
                                             W/648-W \7\.               
Group II Subgroup                                                       
  333/334/335, 341,342, 350/650, 351, 447/  76,086,284 square meters    
   448, 636, 641 and 651, as a group.        equivalent.                
Within Group II Subgroup                                                
  342.....................................  227,061 dozen.              
  351.....................................  353,271 dozen.              
  447/448.................................  20,747 dozen.               
  636.....................................  400,814 dozen.              
  651.....................................  473,731 dozen.              
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports        
  exported after December 31, 1996.                                     
\2\ Category 359-C: only HTS numbers 6103.42.2025, 6103.49.8034,        
  6104.62.1020, 6104.69.8010, 6114.20.0048, 6114.20.0052, 6203.42.2010, 
  6203.42.2090, 6204.62.2010, 6211.32.0010, 6211.32.0025 and            
  6211.42.0010; Category 659-C: only HTS numbers 6103.23.0055,          
  6103.43.2020, 6103.43.2025, 6103.49.2000, 6103.49.8038, 6104.63.1020, 
  6104.63.1030, 6104.69.1000, 6104.69.8014, 6114.30.3044, 6114.30.3054, 
  6203.43.2010, 6203.43.2090, 6203.49.1010, 6203.49.1090, 6204.63.1510, 
  6204.69.1010, 6210.10.9010, 6211.33.0010, 6211.33.0017 and            
  6211.43.0010.                                                         
\3\ Category 359-H: only HTS numbers 6505.90.1540 and 6505.90.2060;     
  Category 659-H: only HTS numbers 6502.00.9030, 6504.00.9015,          
  6504.00.9060, 6505.90.5090, 6505.90.6090, 6505.90.7090 and            
  6505.90.8090.                                                         
\4\ Category 359-O: all HTS numbers except 6103.42.2025, 6103.49.8034,  
  6104.62.1020, 6104.69.8010, 6114.20.0048, 6114.20.0052, 6203.42.2010, 
  6203.42.2090, 6204.62.2010, 6211.32.0010, 6211.32.0025 and            
  6211.42.0010 (Category 359-C); 6505.90.1540 and 6505.90.2060 (Category
  359-H).                                                               
\5\ Category 659-S: only HTS numbers 6112.31.0010, 6112.31.0020,        
  6112.41.0010, 6112.41.0020, 6112.41.0030, 6112.41.0040, 6211.11.1010, 
  6211.11.1020, 6211.12.1010 and 6211.12.1020.                          
\6\ Category 659-O: all HTS numbers except 6103.23.0055, 6103.43.2020,  
  6103.43.2025, 6103.49.2000, 6103.49.8038, 6104.63.1020, 6104.63.1030, 
  6104.69.1000, 6104.69.8014, 6114.30.3044, 6114.30.3054, 6203.43.2010, 
  6203.43.2090, 6203.49.1010, 6203.49.1090, 6204.63.1510, 6204.69.1010, 
  6210.10.9010, 6211.33.0010, 6211.33.0017 and 6211.43.0010 (Category   
  659-C); 6502.00.9030, 6504.00.9015, 6504.00.9060, 6505.90.5090,       
  6505.90.6090, 6505.90.7090, 6505.90.8090 (Category 659-H);            
  6112.31.0010, 6112.31.0020, 6112.41.0010, 6112.41.0020, 6112.41.0030, 
  6112.41.0040, 6211.11.1010, 6211.11.1020, 6211.12.1010 and            
  6211.12.1020 (Category 659-S).                                        
\7\ Category 647-W: only HTS numbers 6203.23.0060, 6203.23.0070,        
  6203.29.2030, 6203.29.2035, 6203.43.2500, 6203.43.3500, 6203.43.4010, 
  6203.43.4020, 6203.43.4030, 6203.43.4040, 6203.49.1500, 6203.49.2015, 
  6203.49.2030, 6203.49.2045, 6203.49.2060, 6203.49.8030, 6210.40.5030, 
  6211.20.1525, 6211.20.3820 and 6211.33.0030; Category 648-W: only HTS 
  numbers 6204.23.0040, 6204.23.0045, 6204.29.2020, 6204.29.2025,       
  6204.29.4038, 6204.63.2000, 6204.63.3000, 6204.63.3510, 6204.63.3530, 
  6204.63.3532, 6204.63.3540, 6204.69.2510, 6204.69.2530, 6204.69.2540, 
  6204.69.2560, 6204.69.6030, 6204.69.9030, 6210.50.5035, 6211.20.1555, 
  6211.20.6820, 6211.43.0040 and 6217.90.9060.                          

    The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has 
determined that these actions fall within the foreign affairs 
exception to 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. 97-25736 Filed 9-26-97; 8:45 am]
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