63522 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 230 / Monday, December 1, 1997 / Notices

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs adjusting

limits.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 2, 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: 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 current limits for certain

categories are being adjusted, variously,

for swing, special shift 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 68143, published on

December 27, 1996.

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation

of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements

November 25, 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, manmade fiber, silk blend and other vegetable

fiber textiles and textile products, produced

or manufactured in India and exported

during the twelve-month period which began

on January 1, 1997 and extends through

December 31, 1997.

Effective on December 2, 1997, you are

directed to adjust the limits for the following

categories, as provided for under the Uruguay

Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing:

Category Adjusted twelve-month

limit 1

313 ........................... 35,104,374 square

meters.

314 ........................... 6,936,923 square meters.

315 ........................... 12,967,314 square

meters.

Category Adjusted twelve-month

limit 1

317 ........................... 42,063,668 square

meters.

341 ........................... 4,636,273 dozen of

which not more than

2,529,123 dozen

shall be in Category

341–Y2.

369–D 3 .................... 1,299,344 kilograms.

641 ........................... 1,262,218 dozen.

647/648 .................... 414,548 dozen.

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

31, 1996. 2 Category 341–Y: only HTS numbers

6204.22.3060, 6206.30.3010, 6206.30.3030

and 6211.42.0054. 3 Category 369–D: only HTS numbers

6302.60.0010, 6302.91.0005 and

6302.91.0045.

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

Announcement of Import Restraint

Limits and Guaranteed Access Levels

for Certain Cotton, Wool, Man-Made

Fiber and Other Vegetable Fiber

Textiles and Textile Products

Produced or Manufactured in Jamaica

November 24, 1997.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs establishing

limits and guaranteed access levels.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 1998.

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 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: 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 import restraint limits and

Guaranteed Access Levels (GALs) for

textile products, produced or

manufactured in Jamaica and exported

during the period January 1, 1998

through December 31, 1998 are based on

limits notified to the Textiles

Monitoring Body pursuant to the

Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles

and Clothing (ATC).

In the letter published below, the

Chairman of CITA directs the

Commissioner of Customs to establish

limits and guaranteed access levels for

the period January 1, 1998 through

December 31, 1998.

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).

Information regarding the 1998

CORRELATION will be published in the

Federal Register at a later date.

Requirements for participation in the

Special Access Program are available in

Federal Register notices 51 FR 21208,

published on June 11, 1986; 52 FR 6049,

published on February 27, 1987; 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

November 24, 1997.

Commissioner of Customs,

Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC

20229.

Dear Commissioner: Pursuant to section

204 of the Agricultural Act of 1956, as

amended (7 U.S.C. 1854); Executive Order

11651 of March 3, 1972, as amended; and the

Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and

Clothing (ATC), you are directed to prohibit,

effective on January 1, 1998, entry into the

United States for consumption and

withdrawal from warehouse for consumption

of cotton, wool, man-made fiber and other

vegetable fiber textiles and textile products in

the following categories, produced or

manufactured in Jamaica and exported

during the twelve-month period beginning on

January 1, 1998 and extending through

December 31, 1998, in excess of the following

levels of restraint:

Category Twelve-month restraint limit

331/631 ......... 680,313 dozen pairs.

338/339/638/

639.

1,341,400 dozen.
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Category Twelve-month restraint limit

340/640 ......... 627,273 dozen of which not

more than 530,770 dozen

shall be in shirts made

from fabrics with two or

more colors in the warp

and/or the filling in Categories 340–Y/640–Y1.

341/641 ......... 787,663 dozen.

345/845 ......... 194,359 dozen.

347/348/647/

648.

1,447,873 dozen.

352/652 ......... 2,163,395 dozen.

445/446 ......... 53,134 dozen.

1 Category 340–Y: only HTS numbers

6205.20.2015, 6205.20.2020, 6205.20.2046,

6205.20.2050 and 6205.20.2060; Category

640–Y: only HTS numbers 6205.30.2010,

6205.30.2020, 6205.30.2050 and

6205.30.2060.

The limits set forth above are subject to

adjustment pursuant to the provisions of the

ATC and administrative arrangements

notified to the Textiles Monitoring Body.

Products in the above categories exported

during 1997 shall be charged to the

applicable category limits for that year (see

directive dated December 18, 1996) to the

extent of any unfilled balances. In the event

the limits established for that period have

been exhausted by previous entries, such

products shall be charged to the limits set

forth in this directive.

Also pursuant to the ATC; and under the

terms of the Special Access Program, as set

forth in 51 FR 21208 (June 11, 1986), 52 FR

26057 (July 10, 1987), 54 FR 50425

(December 6, 1989) and 62 FR 49206

(September 19, 1997), you are directed to

establish guaranteed access levels for

properly certified cotton, man-made fiber and

other vegetable fiber textile products in the

following categories which are assembled in

Jamaica from fabric formed and cut in the

United States and re-exported to the United

States from Jamaica during the twelve-month

period which begins on January 1, 1998 and

extends through December 31, 1998:

Category Guaranteed Access Level

331/631 ......... 1,320,000 dozen pairs.

336/636 ......... 125,000 dozen.

338/339/638/

639.

1,500,000 dozen.

340/640 ......... 300,000 dozen.

341/641 ......... 375,000 dozen.

342/642 ......... 200,000 dozen.

345/845 ......... 50,000 dozen.

347/348/647/

648.

2,000,000 dozen.

352/652 ......... 10,500,000 dozen.

447 ................ 30,000 dozen.

Any shipment for entry under the Special

Access Program which is not accompanied

by a valid and correct certification and

Export Declaration in accordance with the

provisions of the certification requirements

established in the directive of February 19,

1987 shall be denied entry unless the

Government of Jamaica authorizes the entry

and any charges to the appropriate specific

limits. Any shipment which is declared for

entry under the Special Access Program but

found not to qualify shall be denied entry

into the United States.

In carrying out the above directions, the

Commissioner of Customs should construe

entry into the United States for consumption

to include entry for consumption into the

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

The Committee for the Implementation of

Textile Agreements has determined that

these actions fall within the foreign affairs

exception of the rulemaking provisions of

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

Announcement of Import Restraint

Limits for Certain Cotton and ManMade Fiber Textile Products Produced

or Manufactured in Kenya

November 24, 1997.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs establishing

limits.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 1998.

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: 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 import restraint limits for textile

products, produced or manufactured in

Kenya and exported during the period

January 1, 1998 through December 31,

1998 are based on limits notified to the

Textiles Monitoring Body pursuant to

the Uruguay Round Agreement on

Textiles and Clothing (ATC).

In the letter published below, the

Chairman of CITA directs the

Commissioner of Customs to establish

the limits for the 1998 period.

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).

Information regarding the 1998

CORRELATION will be published in the

Federal Register at a later date.

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation

of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements

November 24, 1997.

Commissioner of Customs,

Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC

20229.

Dear Commissioner: Pursuant to section

204 of the Agricultural Act of 1956, as

amended (7 U.S.C. 1854); Executive Order

11651 of March 3, 1972, as amended; and the

Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and

Clothing (ATC), you are directed to prohibit,

effective on January 1, 1998, entry into the

United States for consumption and

withdrawal from warehouse for consumption

of cotton and man-made fiber textile

products in the following categories,

produced or manufactured in Kenya and

exported during the twelve-month period

beginning on January 1, 1998 and extending

through December 31, 1998, in excess of the

following levels of restraint:

Category Twelve-month restraint

limit

340/640 .................... 489,825 dozen.

360 ........................... 3,537,627 numbers.

The limits set forth above are subject to

adjustment pursuant to the provisions of the

ATC and administrative arrangements

notified to the Textiles Monitoring Body.

Products in the above categories exported

during 1997 shall be charged to the

applicable category limits for that year (see

directive dated November 4, 1996) to the

extent of any unfilled balances. In the event

the limits established for that period have

been exhausted by previous entries, such

products shall be charged to the limits set

forth in this directive.

In carrying out the above directions, the

Commissioner of Customs should construe

entry into the United States for consumption

to include entry for consumption into the

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

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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