[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 197 (Friday, October 10, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52976-52977]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-27011]


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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 Textile Products Produced 
or Manufactured in Thailand

October 6, 1997.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs adjusting 
import limits.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: October 14, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ross Arnold, 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); Uruguay Round Agreements Act.

    The current limits for certain categories are being adjusted, 
variously, for swing, carryover and carryforward.
    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 58044, 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 Uruguay Round Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round Agreement on 
Textiles and Clothing, but are designed to assist only in the 
implementation of certain of their provisions.
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
October 6, 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 Thailand and exported during the twelve-
month period beginning on January 1, 1997 and extending through 
December 31, 1997.
    Effective on October 14, 1997, you are directed to adjust the 
limits for the following categories, as provided for under the 
Uruguay Round Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round Agreement on 
Textiles and Clothing:

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                                             Adjusted twelve-month limit
                 Category                                \1\            
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Level not in a group                                                    
239.......................................  6,383,885 kilograms.        
Levels in Group I                                                       
200.......................................  1,173,838 kilograms.        
218.......................................  19,718,381 square meters.   
219.......................................  5,047,742 square meters.    
300.......................................  4,853,176 kilograms.        
301-P \2\.................................  4,853,176 kilograms.        
301-O \3\.................................  970,636 kilograms.          
313.......................................  22,648,154 square meters.   
314.......................................  51,767,208 square meters.   
315.......................................  32,354,504 square meters.   
317/326...................................  13,582,734 square meters.   
363.......................................  22,259,429 numbers.         
369-D \4\.................................  231,335 kilograms.          
369-S \5\.................................  261,134 kilograms.          

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604.......................................  770,625 kilograms of which  
                                             not more than 437,223      
                                             kilograms shall be in      
                                             Category 604-A \6\.        
607.......................................  3,179,632 kilograms.        
611.......................................  14,206,752 square meters.   
613/614/615...............................  48,897,839 square meters of 
                                             which not more than        
                                             28,471,965 square meters   
                                             shall be in Category 614   
                                             and not more than          
                                             28,471,965 square meters   
                                             shall be in Categories 613/
                                             615.                       
617.......................................  17,657,553 square meters.   
619.......................................  7,172,947 square meters.    
625/626/627/628/629.......................  14,261,869 square meters of 
                                             which not more than        
                                             11,324,076 square meters   
                                             shall be in Category 625.  
669-P \7\.................................  6,823,828 kilograms.        
Group II                                                                
237, 330-359, 431-459, 630-659 and 831-     299,340,179 square meters   
 859, as a group.                            equivalent.                
331/631...................................  1,765,931 dozen pairs.      
334/634...................................  646,569 dozen.              
335/635/835...............................  533,121 dozen.              
336/636...................................  342,208 dozen.              
338/339...................................  2,001,511 dozen.            
340.......................................  309,554 dozen.              
341/641...................................  687,533 dozen.              
342/642...................................  617,245 dozen.              
345.......................................  326,752 dozen.              
347/348/847...............................  857,173 dozen.              
351/651...................................  247,031 dozen.              
359-H/659-H \8\...........................  1,419,417 kilograms.        
433.......................................  10,549 dozen.               
434.......................................  13,023 dozen.               
435.......................................  58,107 dozen.               
438.......................................  20,414 dozen.               
442.......................................  21,472 dozen.               
638/639...................................  2,293,845 dozen.            
640.......................................  533,849 dozen.              
645/646...................................  323,545 dozen.              
647/648...................................  1,128,278 dozen.            
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports        
  exported after December 31, 1996.                                     
\2\ Category 301-P: only HTS numbers 5206.21.0000, 5206.22.0000,        
  5206.23.0000, 5206.24.0000, 5206.25.0000, 5206.41.0000, 5206.42.0000, 
  5206.43.0000, 5206.44.0000 and 5206.45.0000.                          
\3\ Category 301-O: only HTS numbers 5205.21.0020, 5205.21.0090,        
  5205.22.0020, 5205.22.0090, 5205.23.0020, 5205.23.0090, 5205.24.0020, 
  5205.24.0090, 5205.26.0020, 5205.26.0090, 5205.27.0020, 5205.27.0090, 
  5205.28.0020, 5205.28.0090, 5205.41.0020, 5205.41.0090, 5205.42.0020, 
  5205.42.0090, 5205.43.0020, 5205.43.0090, 5205.44.0020, 5205.44.0090, 
  5205.46.0020, 5205.46.0090, 5205.47.0020, 5205.47.0090, 5205.48.0020  
  and 5205.48.0090.                                                     
\4\ Category 369-D: only HTS numbers 6302.60.0010, 6302.91.0005 and     
  6302.91.0045.                                                         
\5\ Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.                       
\6\ Category 604-A: only HTS number 5509.32.0000.                       
\7\ Category 669-P: only HTS numbers 6305.32.0010, 6305.32.0020,        
  6305.33.0010, 6305.33.0020 and 6305.39.0000.                          
\8\ 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.                                                         

    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. 97-27011 Filed 10-9-97; 8:45 am]
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