Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 249 / Tuesday, December 30, 1997 / Notices 67829

25 Category 604–O: all HTS numbers except

5509.32.0000 (Category 604–A).

26 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).

27 Category 670–O: only HTS numbers

4202.22.4030, 4202.22.8050 and 4202.32.9550.

28 Category 369–S: only HTS number

6307.10.2005.

29 Category 863–S: only HTS number

6307.10.2015.

The limits set forth above are subject to

adjustment pursuant to the current bilateral

agreement between the Governments of the

United States and the People’s Republic of

China.

Products in the above categories exported

during 1997 shall be charged to the

applicable category limits for that year (see

directive dated February 10, 1997) 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.

These limits may be revised if China

becomes a member of the World Trade

Organization (WTO) and the United States

applies the WTO agreement to China.

The conversion factor for merged

Categories 638/639 is 12.96 (square meters

equivalent/category unit).

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,

J. Hayden Boyd,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements.

[FR Doc. 97–33917 Filed 12–29–97; 8:45 am]

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COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Announcement of Import Restraint

Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool and

Man-Made Fiber Textile Products

Produced or Manufactured in the Arab

Republic of Egypt

Decembr 22, 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

Egypt 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 1998 limits. The limits for

Categories 338/339 and 448 are being

reduced for carryforward applied to the

1997 limits.

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 62 FR 66057,

published on December 17, 1997).

J. Hayden Boyd,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements

December 22, 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 and man-made fiber textile

products in the following categories,

produced or manufactured in Egypt 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

Fabric Group

218–220, 224–227,

313–317 and

326, as a group.

108,070,651 square meters.

Category Twelve-month restraint

limit

Sublevels within

Fabric Group

218 ........................ 2,508,000 square meters.

219 ........................ 25,426,612 square meters.

220 ........................ 25,426,612 square meters.

224 ........................ 25,426,612 square meters.

225 ........................ 25,426,612 square meters.

226 ........................ 25,426,612 square meters.

227 ........................ 25,426,612 square meters.

313 ........................ 46,690,546 square meters.

314 ........................ 25,426,612 square meters.

315 ........................ 29,858,700 square meters.

317 ........................ 25,426,612 square meters.

326 ........................ 2,508,000 square meters.

Levels not in a

group

300/301 ................. 10,018,058 kilograms of

which not more than

3,142,015 kilograms

shall be in Category

301.

338/339 ................. 2,700,785 dozen.

340/640 ................. 1,183,745 dozen.

369–S1 ................. 1,498,989 kilograms.

448 ........................ 18,018 dozen.

1 Category 369–S: only HTS number

6307.10.2005.

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 20, 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 of the rulemaking provisions of 5

U.S.C. 553(a)(1).

Sincerely,

J. Hayden Boyd,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements.

[FR Doc. 97–33909 Filed 12–29–97; 8:45 am]

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