Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 249 / Tuesday, December 30, 1997 / Notices 67827

COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Announcement of Import Limits for

Certain Cotton, Wool, Man-Made Fiber,

Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber

Textiles and Textile Products

Produced or Manufactured in the

People’s Republic of China

December 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:

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.

A Memorandum of Understanding

dated February 1, 1997 between the

Governments of the United States and

the People’s Republic of China

establishes limits for textiles and textile

products, produced or manufactured in

China and exported during the period

beginning on January 1, 1998 and

extending through December 31, 1998.

In the letter published below from the

Chairman of CITA, the Commissioner of

Customs is directed to establish the

limits for 1998.

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.

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 a

Memorandum of Understanding dated

February 1, 1997 between the Governments

of the United States and the People’s

Republic of China, 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, silk blend

and other vegetable fiber textiles and textile

products in the following categories,

produced or manufactured in China and

exported during the twelve-month period

which began on January 1, 1998 and extends

through December 31, 1998, in excess of the

following restraint limits:

Category Twelve-month limit

Group I

200, 218, 219, 226,

237, 239, 300/301,

313–315, 317/326,

331, 333–336,

338/339, 340–342,

345, 347/348,

350–352, 359–C 1,

359–V2, 360–363,

369–D 3, 369–H 4,

369–L 5, 410, 433-

436, 438, 440,

442–444, 445/446,

447, 448, 607,

611, 613–615,

617, 631, 633–

636, 638/639,

640–643, 644/844,

645/646, 647–652,

659–C 6, 659–H 7,

659–S8, 666,

669–P9, 670–L 10,

831, 833, 835,

836, 840, 842 and

845–847, as a

group.

1,460,393,564 square

meters equivalent.

Sublevels in Group I

200 ........................... 716,534 kilograms.

218 ........................... 11,207,142 square

meters.

219 ........................... 2,369,354 square meters.

226 ........................... 10,758,591 square

meters.

237 ........................... 1,962,225 dozen.

239 ........................... 3,018,098 kilograms.

300/301 .................... 2,253,889 kilograms.

313 ........................... 41,432,691 square

meters.

314 ........................... 48,452,618 square

meters.

Category Twelve-month limit

315 ........................... 131,782,646 square

meters.

317/326 .................... 20,945,770 square

meters of which not

more than 4,007,338

square meters shall

be in Category 326.

331 ........................... 5,159,139 dozen pairs.

333 ........................... 96,243 dozen.

334 ........................... 320,985 dozen.

335 ........................... 386,367 dozen.

336 ........................... 169,678 dozen.

338/339 .................... 2,322,334 dozen of

which not more than

1,762,906 dozen

shall be in Categories 338–S/339–

S11.

340 ........................... 787,419 dozen of

which not more than

393,710 dozen shall

be in Category 340–

Z 12.

341 ........................... 682,293 dozen of

which not more than

409,376 dozen shall

be in Category 341–

Y13.

342 ........................... 266,599 dozen.

345 ........................... 128,774 dozen.

347/348 .................... 2,341,850 dozen.

350 ........................... 163,758 dozen.

351 ........................... 547,437 dozen.

352 ........................... 1,637,299 dozen.

359–C ...................... 593,756 kilograms.

359–V ...................... 873,526 kilograms.

360 ........................... 7,613,286 numbers of

which not more than

5,192,996 numbers

shall be in Category

360–P14.

361 ........................... 4,216,122 numbers.

362 ........................... 7,106,078 numbers.

363 ........................... 21,299,235 numbers.

369–D ...................... 4,661,929 kilograms.

369–H ...................... 4,900,256 kilograms.

369–L ....................... 3,257,851 kilograms.

410 ........................... 989,156 square meters of which not

more than 792,916

square meters shall

be in Category 410–

A15 and not more

than 792,916 square

meters shall be in

Category 410–B16.

433 ........................... 20,747 dozen.

434 ........................... 13,266 dozen.

435 ........................... 24,365 dozen.

436 ........................... 15,011 dozen.

438 ........................... 26,268 dozen.

440 ........................... 37,528 dozen of which

not more than

21,444 dozen shall

be in Category 440–

M 17.

442 ........................... 39,725 dozen.

443 ........................... 128,340 numbers.

444 ........................... 204,867 numbers.

445/446 .................... 287,758 dozen.

447 ........................... 70,265 dozen.

448 ........................... 22,167 dozen.

607 ........................... 3,192,346 kilograms.
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Category Twelve-month limit

611 ........................... 5,292,928 square meters.

613 ........................... 7,489,487 square meters.

614 ........................... 11,769,194 square

meters.

615 ........................... 24,501,322 square

meters.

617 ........................... 17,118,826 square

meters.

631 ........................... 1,281,708 dozen pairs.

633 ........................... 56,770 dozen.

634 ........................... 617,623 dozen.

635 ........................... 651,485 dozen.

636 ........................... 547,047 dozen.

638/639 .................... 2,412,714 dozen.

640 ........................... 1,379,670 dozen.

641 ........................... 1,306,952 dozen.

642 ........................... 331,199 dozen.

643 ........................... 509,844 numbers.

644/844 .................... 3,650,454 numbers.

645/646 .................... 823,432 dozen.

647 ........................... 1,555,261 dozen.

648 ........................... 1,111,223 dozen.

649 ........................... 929,792 dozen.

650 ........................... 114,640 dozen.

651 ........................... 766,180 dozen of

which not more than

134,891 dozen shall

be in Category 651–

B18.

652 ........................... 2,719,455 dozen.

659–C ...................... 405,623 kilograms.

659–H ...................... 2,805,568 kilograms.

659–S ...................... 609,667 kilograms.

666 ........................... 3,512,974 kilograms of

which not more than

1,225,625 kilograms

shall be in Category

666–C 19.

669–P ...................... 1,989,971 kilograms.

670–L ....................... 15,838,034 kilograms.

831 ........................... 545,507 dozen pair.

833 ........................... 28,212 dozen.

835 ........................... 122,056 dozen.

836 ........................... 277,394 dozen.

840 ........................... 474,802 dozen.

842 ........................... 266,117 dozen.

845 ........................... 2,454,580 dozen.

846 ........................... 177,334 dozen.

847 ........................... 1,247,188 dozen.

Group II

330, 332, 349, 353,

354, 359–O 20,

431, 432, 439,

459, 630, 632,

653, 654 and 659–

O 21, as a group.

123,566,814 square

meters equivalent.

Group III

201, 220, 222, 223,

224–V22, 224–

O 23, 225, 227,

229, 369–O 24,

400, 414, 464,

465, 469, 600,

603, 604–O 25,

606, 618–622,

624–629, 665,

669–O 26 and

670–O 27, as a

group.

256,320,423 square

meters equivalent.

Sublevel in Group III

224–V ...................... 3,564,824 square meters.

Category Twelve-month limit

225 ........................... 6,150,000 square meters.

Group IV

832, 834, 838, 839,

843, 850–852, 858

and 859, as a

group.

11,476,216 square

meters equivalent.

Levels not in a

Group

369–S28 ................... 612,601 kilograms.

863–S29 ................... 8,618,529 numbers.

870 ........................... 33,099,703 kilograms.

1 Category 359–C: only HTS numbers

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.

2 Category 359–V: only HTS numbers

6103.19.2030, 6103.19.9030, 6104.12.0040,

6104.19.8040, 6110.20.1022, 6110.20.1024,

6110.20.2030, 6110.20.2035, 6110.90.9044,

6110.90.9046, 6201.92.2010, 6202.92.2020,

6203.19.1030, 6203.19.9030, 6204.12.0040,

6204.19.8040, 6211.32.0070 and 6211.42.0070.

3 Category 369–D: only HTS numbers

6302.60.0010, 6302.91.0005 and 6302.91.0045.

4 Category 369–H: only HTS numbers

4202.22.4020, 4202.22.4500 and 4202.22.8030.

5 Category 369–L: only HTS numbers

4202.12.4000, 4202.12.8020, 4202.12.8060,

4202.92.1500, 4202.92.3015 and 4202.92.6090.

6 Category 659–C: only HTS numbers

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 and 6211.43.0010.

7 Category 659–H: only HTS numbers

6502.00.9030, 6504.00.9015, 6504.00.9060,

6505.90.5090, 6505.90.6090, 6505.90.7090 and

6505.90.8090.

8 Category 659–S: only HTS numbers

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.

9 Category 669–P: only HTS numbers

6305.32.0010, 6305.32.0020, 6305.33.0010,

6305.33.0020 and 6305.39.0000.

10 Category 670–L: only HTS numbers

4202.12.8030, 4202.12.8070, 4202.92.3020,

4202.92.3030 and 4202.92.9025.

11 Category 338–S: all HTS numbers except

6109.10.0012, 6109.10.0014, 6109.10.0018 and

6109.10.0023; Category 339–S: all HTS numbers

except 6109.10.0040, 6109.10.0045, 6109.10.0060

and 6109.10.0065.

12 Category 340–Z: only HTS numbers

6205.20.2015, 6205.20.2020, 6205.20.2050 and

6205.20.2060.

13 Category 341–Y: only HTS numbers

6204.22.3060, 6206.30.3010, 6206.30.3030 and

6211.42.0054.

14 Category 360–P: only HTS numbers

6302.21.3010, 6302.21.5010, 6302.21.7010,

6302.21.9010, 6302.31.3010, 6302.31.5010,

6302.31.7010 and 6302.31.9010.

15 Category 410–A: only HTS numbers

5111.11.3000, 5111.11.7030, 5111.11.7060,

5111.19.2000, 5111.19.6020, 5111.19.6040,

5111.19.6060, 5111.19.6080, 5111.20.9000,

5111.30.9000, 5111.90.3000, 5111.90.9000,

5212.11.1010, 5212.12.1010, 5212.13.1010,

5212.14.1010, 5212.15.1010, 5212.21.1010,

5212.22.1010, 5212.23.1010, 5212.24.1010,

5212.25.1010, 5311.00.2000, 5407.91.0510,

5407.92.0510, 5407.93.0510, 5407.94.0510,

5408.31.0510, 5408.32.0510, 5408.33.0510,

5408.34.0510, 5515.13.0510, 5515.22.0510,

5515.92.0510, 5516.31.0510, 5516.32.0510,

5516.33.0510, 5516.34.0510 and 6301.20.0020.

16 Category 410–B: only HTS numbers

5007.10.6030, 5007.90.6030, 5112.11.2030,

5112.11.2060, 5112.19.9010, 5112.19.9020,

5112.19.9030, 5112.19.9040, 5112.19.9050,

5112.19.9060, 5112.20.3000, 5112.30.3000,

5112.90.3000, 5112.90.9010, 5112.90.9090,

5212.11.1020, 5212.12.1020, 5212.13.1020,

5212.14.1020, 5212.15.1020, 5212.21.1020,

5212.22.1020, 5212.23.1020, 5212.24.1020,

5212.25.1020, 5309.21.2000, 5309.29.2000,

5407.91.0520, 5407.92.0520, 5407.93.0520,

5407.94.0520, 5408.31.0520, 5408.32.0520,

5408.33.0520, 5408.34.0520, 5515.13.0520,

5515.22.0520, 5515.92.0520, 5516.31.0520,

5516.32.0520, 5516.33.0520 and 5516.34.0520.

17 Category 440–M: HTS numbers 6203.21.0030,

6203.23.0030, 6205.10.1000, 6205.10.2010,

6205.10.2020, 6205.30.1510, 6205.30.1520,

6205.90.3020, 6205.90.4020 and 6211.31.0030.

18 Category 651–B: only HTS numbers

6107.22.0015 and 6108.32.0015.

19 Category 666–C: only HTS number

6303.92.2000. 20 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, 6211.42.0010 (Category 359–C); 6103.19.2030, 6103.19.9030,

6104.12.0040, 6104.19.8040, 6110.20.1022,

6110.20.1024, 6110.20.2030, 6110.20.2035,

6110.90.9044, 6110.90.9046, 6201.92.2010,

6202.92.2020, 6203.19.1030, 6203.19.9030,

6204.12.0040, 6204.19.8040, 6211.32.0070 and

6211.42.0070 (Category 359–V).

21 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); 6502.00.9030, 6504.00.9015,

6504.00.9060, 6505.90.5090, 6505.90.6090,

6505.90.7090, 6505.90.8090 (Category 659–H);

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).

22 Category 224–V: only HTS numbers

5801.21.0000, 5801.23.0000, 5801.24.0000,

5801.25.0010, 5801.25.0020, 5801.26.0010,

5801.26.0020, 5801.31.0000, 5801.33.0000,

5801.34.0000, 5801.35.0010, 5801.35.0020,

5801.36.0010 and 5801.36.0020.

23 Category 224–O: all HTS numbers except

5801.21.0000, 5801.23.0000, 5801.24.0000,

5801.25.0010, 5801.25.0020, 5801.26.0010,

5801.26.0020, 5801.31.0000, 5801.33.0000,

5801.34.0000, 5801.35.0010, 5801.35.0020,

5801.36.0010 and 5801.36.0020 (Category 224–V).

24 Category 369–O: all HTS numbers except

6302.60.0010, 6302.91.0005 and 6302.91.0045

(Category 369–D); 4202.22.4020, 4202.22.4500,

4202.22.8030 (Category 369–H); 4202.12.4000,

4202.12.8020, 4202.12.8060, 4202.92.1500,

4202.92.3015, 4202.92.6090 (Category 369–L); and

6307.10.2005 (Category 369–S)
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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.

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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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