Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 234 / Friday, December 5, 1997 / Notices 64363

COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain

Cotton, Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend

and Other Vegetable Fiber Textile

Products Produced or Manufactured in

Sri Lanka

December 1, 1997.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs adjusting

limits.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 8, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Helen L. LeGrande, 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 and carryforward. In a

previous notice, Category 369–S was

reduced for swing to Categories 352/

652. That reduction to Category 369–S

is being cancelled and, instead, the limit

for Category 840 is being reduced to

account for the swing to Categories 352/

652. As a result, the 1997 adjusted limit

for Categories 352/652 remains

unchanged.

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 68246, published on

December 27, 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

December 1, 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 December 20, 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 Sri Lanka and

exported during the period which began on

January 1, 1997 and extends through

December 31, 1997.

Effective on December 8, 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:

Category Adjusted twelve-month

limit 1

314 ........................... 5,198,149 square meters.

363 ........................... 10,648,762 numbers.

369–D 2 .................... 523,786 kilograms.

369–S3 .................... 889,698 kilograms.

840 ........................... 148,203 dozen.

1The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports exported after December

31, 1996. 2 Category 369–D: only HTS numbers

6302.60.0010, 6302.91.0005 and

6302.91.0045. 3 Category 369–S: only HTS number

6307.10.2005.

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,

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation

of Textile Agreements.

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COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Denial of Participation in the Special

Access Program

December 1, 1997.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs denying the

right to participate in the Special Access

Progam.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 1, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lori

E. Mennitt, International Trade

Specialist, Office of Textiles and

Apparel, U.S. Department of Commerce,

(202) 482–3400.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Authority: Section 204 of the Agricultural

Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1854);

Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as

amended.

The Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA) has determined that Quitman

Manufacturing Company (Quitman) has

violated the requirements for

participation in the Special Access

Program, and has suspended Quitman

from participation in the Program for

the period December 1, 1997 through

February 28, 1998.

Through the letter to the

Commissioner of Customs published

below, CITA directs the Commissioner

to prohibit entry of products under the

Special Access Program by or on behalf

of Quitman during the period December

1, 1997 through February 28, 1998, and

to prohibit entry by or on behalf of

Quitman under the Program of products

manufactured from fabric exported from

the United States during that period.

Requirements for participation in the

Special Access Program are available in

Federal Register notices 51 FR 21208,

published on June 11, 1986; 52 FR

26057, published on July 10, 1987; 54

FR 50425, published on December 6,

1989; and 62 FR 49206, published on

September 19, 1997.

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation

of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements

December 1, 1997.

Commissioner of Customs,

Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC

20229.

Dear Commissioner: The purpose of this

directive is to notify you that the Committee

for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

has suspended the Quitman Manufacturing

Company (Quitman) from participation in the

Special Access Program for the period

December 1, 1997 throgh February 28, 1998.

You are therefore directed to prohibit entry

of products under the Special Access

Program by or on behalf of Quitman during

the period December 1, 1997 through

February 28, 1998. You are further directed

to prohibit entry of products under the

Special Access Program by or on behalf of

Quitman manufactured from fabric exported

from the United States during the period

December 1, 1997 through February 28, 1998.