[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 217 (Monday, November 10, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60485-60486]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-29619]


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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 Indonesia

November 4, 1997.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

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

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EFFECTIVE DATE: November 12, 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

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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 increased for 
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 64505, published on December 5, 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
November 4, 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 29, 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 Indonesia and exported during the 
twelve-month period which began on January 1, 1997 and extends 
through December 31, 1997.
    Effective on November 12, 1997, you are directed to increase 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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Levels in Group I                                                       
200.......................................  786,654 kilograms.          
300/301...................................  3,894,448 kilograms.        
331/631...................................  2,128,878 dozen pairs.      
336/636...................................  630,648 dozen.              
340/640...................................  1,616,682 dozen.            
341.......................................  1,025,902 dozen.            
342/642...................................  386,921 dozen.              
350/650...................................  136,526 dozen.              
369-S \2\.................................  930,324 kilograms.          
447.......................................  19,392 dozen.               
Group II                                                                
201, 218, 220, 222-224, 226, 227, 229,      98,670,420 square meters    
 237, 239, 330, 332, 333, 349, 352-354,      equivalent.                
 359-O \3\, 362, 363, 369-O \4\, 400, 410,                              
 414, 431, 432, 434, 435, 436, 438, 439,                                
 440, 442, 444, 459, 464, 465, 469, 603,                                
 604-O \5\, 606, 607, 621, 622, 624, 630,                               
 632, 633, 649, 652-654, 659-O \6\, 665,                                
 666, 669-O \7\, 670-O \8\, 831-836, 838,                               
 839, 840, 842-846, 850-852, 858 and 859,                               
 as a group.                                                            
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports        
  exported after December 31, 1996.                                     
\2\ Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.                       
\3\ 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); 6112.39.0010, 6112.49.0010,            
  6211.11.8010, 6211.11.8020, 6211.12.8010 and 6211.12.8020 (Category   
  359-S).                                                               
\4\ Category 369-O: all HTS numbers except 6307.10.2005 (Category 369-  
  S).                                                                   
\5\ Category 604-O: all HTS numbers except 5509.32.0000 (Category 604-  
  A).                                                                   
\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, 6211.43.0010 (Category 659- 
  C); 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 669-O: all HTS numbers except 6305.32.0010, 6305.32.0020,  
  6305.33.0010, 6305.33.0020 and 6305.39.0000 (Category 669-P).         
\8\ Category 670-O: all HTS numbers except 4202.12.8030, 4202.12.8070,  
  4202.92.3020, 4202.92.3030 and 4202.92.9025 (Category 670-L).         

    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. 97-29619 Filed 11-7-97; 8:45 am]
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