[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 242 (Wednesday, December 17, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66056-66057]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-32895]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Textile and Apparel Categories With the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States; Changes to the 1997 Correlation

December 11, 1997.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Changes to the 1997 Correlation

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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:

    The Correlation: Textile and Apparel Categories based on the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (1997) presents the 
harmonized tariff numbers under each of the cotton, wool, man-made 
fiber, silk blend and other vegetable fiber categories used by the 
United States in monitoring imports of these textile products and in 
the administration of the textile program. The Correlation should be 
amended to include the following changes:

                                                                        
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                     Changes to the 1997 Correlation                    
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The following changes for certain discharged printed cotton fabrics were
 effective on October 1, 1997:                                          
                                                                        
Category 313                                                            
Delete 5208.52.3040.                                                    
Add 5208.52.3035--Woven fabrics of cotton, containing 85 percent or more
 by weight of cotton, plain weave, weighing more than 100 g/m2, of      
 number 42 or lower number, sheeting, discharge printed.                
Add 5208.52.3045--Woven fabrics of cotton, containing 85 percent or more
 by weight of cotton, plain weave, weighing more than 100 g/m2, of      
 number 42 or lower number, sheeting, other than discharge printed.     
Delete 5208.52.4040.                                                    
Add 5208.52.4035--Woven fabrics of cotton, containing 85 percent or more
 by weight of cotton, plain weave, weighing more than 100 g/m2, of      
 numbers 43 to 68, sheeting, discharge printed.                         
Add 5208.52.4045--Woven fabrics of cotton, containing 85 percent or more
 by weight of cotton, plain weave, weighing more than 100 g/m2, of      
 numbers 43 to 68, sheeting, other than discharge printed.              
Delete 5209.51.6030.                                                    
Add 5209.51.6032--Woven fabrics of cotton, containing 85 percent or more
 by weight of cotton, weighing more than 200 g/m2, plain weave,         
 sheeting, not napped, discharge printed.                               
Add 5209.51.6035--Woven fabrics of cotton, containing 85 percent or more
 by weight of cotton, weighing more than 200 g/m2, plain weave,         
 sheeting, not napped, other than discharge printed.                    
                                                                        
Category 314                                                            
Delete 5209.51.6020.                                                    
Add 5209.51.6015--Woven fabrics of cotton, containing 85 percent or more
 by weight of cotton, weighing more than 200 g/m2, plain weave, poplin  
 or broadcloth, discharge printed.                                      
Add 5209.51.6025--Woven fabrics of cotton, containing 85 percent or more
 by weight of cotton, weighing more than 200 g/m2, plain weave, poplin  
 or broadcloth, other than discharge printed.                           
                                                                        
Category 315                                                            
Delete 5208.52.4060.                                                    
Add 5208.52.4055--Woven fabrics of cotton, containing 85 percent or more
 by weight of cotton, plain weave, weighing more than 100 g/m2, of      
 numbers 43 to 68, printcloth, discharge printed.                       
Add 5208.52.4065--Woven fabrics of cotton, containing 85 percent or more
 by weight of cotton, plain weave, weighing more than 100 g/m2, of      
 numbers 43 to 68, printcloth, other than discharged printed.           
                                                                        
Category 317                                                            
Delete 5208.59.2090.                                                    
Add 5208.59.2085--Woven fabrics of cotton, containing 85 percent or more
 by weight of cotton, weighing not more than 200 g/m2, other fabrics,   
 satin weave or twill weave, other than sateens, discharged printed.    
Add 5208.59.2095--Woven fabrics of cotton, containing 85 percent or more
 by weight of cotton, weighing not more than 200 g/m2, other fabrics,   
 satin weave or twill weave, other than sateens, other than discharged  
 printed.                                                               
                                                                        
Category 326                                                            
Delete 5208.59.2020.                                                    

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Add 5208.59.2015--Woven fabrics of cotton, containing 85 percent or more
 by weight of cotton, weighing not more than 200 g/m2, other fabrics,   
 satin weave or twill weave, sateens, discharged printed.               
Add 5208.59.2025--Woven fabrics of cotton, containing 85 percent or more
 by weight of cotton, weighing not more than 200 g/m2, other fabrics,   
 satin weave or twill weave, sateens, other than discharge printed.     
Delete 5209.59.0020.                                                    
Add 5209.59.0015--Woven fabrics, containing 85 percent or more by weight
 of cotton, weighing more than 200 g/m2, printed, other fabrics, satin  
 weave or twill weave, sateens, discharge printed.                      
Add 5209.59.0025--Woven fabrics, containing 85 percent or more by weight
 of cotton, weighing more than 200 g/m2, printed, other fabrics, satin  
 weave or twill weave, sateens, other than discharge printed.           
Delete 5211.59.0020.                                                    
Add 5211.59.0015--Woven fabrics of cotton, containing less than 85      
 percent by weight of cotton, mixed mainly or solely with manmade       
 fibers, weighing more than 200 g/m2, printed, other fabrics, satin     
 weave or twill weave, sateens, discharge printed.                      
Add 5211.59.0025--Woven fabrics of cotton, containing less than 85      
 percent by weight of cotton, mixed mainly or solely with manmade       
 fibers, weighing more than 200 g/m2, printed, other fabrics, satin     
 weave or twill weave, sateens, other than discharge printed.           
                                                                        
The following changes were effective on August 1, 1997:                 
                                                                        
Category 622                                                            
Delete 7019.40.4000.                                                    
Add 7019.40.4030--Other woven fiberglass fabrics, not colored, silica   
 filament fabric of filaments with a silica content greater than 93     
 percent.                                                               
Add 7019.40.4060--Other woven fiberglass fabrics, not colored, other    
 than silica filament fabric of filaments with a silica content greater 
 than 93 percent.                                                       
Delete 7019.40.9000.                                                    
Add 7019.40.9030--Other colored woven fiberglass fabrics, silica        
 filament fabric of filaments with a silica containing greater than 93  
 percent.                                                               
Add 7019.40.9060--Other colored woven fiberglass fabrics, other than    
 silica filament fabric of filaments with a silica containing greater   
 than 93 percent.                                                       
                                                                        
Category 359                                                            
Delete 6117.80.9010.                                                    
Replace with 6117.80.9510--definition remains unchanged.                
Delete 6217.10.9010.                                                    
Replace with 6217.10.9510--definition remains unchanged.                
                                                                        
Category 459                                                            
Delete 6117.80.9020.                                                    
Replace with 6117.80.9520--definition remains unchanged.                
Delete 6117.80.9030.                                                    
Replace with 6117.80.9530--definition remains unchanged.                
Delete 6217.10.9020.                                                    
Replace with 6217.10.9520--definition remains unchanged.                
                                                                        
Category 659                                                            
Delete 6117.80.9040.                                                    
Replace with 6117.80.9540--definition remains unchanged.                
Delete 6217.10.9030.                                                    
Replace with 6217.10.9530--definition remains unchanged.                
                                                                        
Category 859                                                            
Delete 6117.80.9070.                                                    
Replace with 6117.80.9570--definition remains unchanged.                
Delete 6217.10.9050.                                                    
Replace with 6217.10.9550--definition remains unchanged.                
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Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
[FR Doc. 97-32895 Filed 12-16-97; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-DR-F