[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 249 (Tuesday, December 30, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67839-67841]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-33918]


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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 
Republic of Turkey

December 22, 1997.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs establishing 
limits.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roy Unger, International Trade 
Specialist,

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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 Turkey and exported during the periods January 1, 1998 
through March 27, 1998 and 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), and 
Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) dated July 19, 1995, between the 
Governments of the United States and the Republic of Turkey.
    In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the 
Commissioner of Customs to establish the 1998 limits. The limits for 
certain categories have been reduced for carryforward applied in 1997.
    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); and Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) 
dated July 19, 1995 between the Governments of the United States and 
the Republic of Turkey, 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 Turkey and exported during the periods January 1, 
1998 through March 27, 1998 (Categories 352/652) and January 1, 1998 
through December 31, 1998, in excess of the following levels of 
restraint:

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                 Category                          Restraint limit      
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Fabric Group                                                            
219, 313, 314, 315, 317, 326, 617, 625/626/ 175,846,733 square meters of
 627/628/629, as a group.                    which not more than        
                                             40,184,564 square meters   
                                             shall be in Category 219;  
                                             not more than 48,114,466   
                                             square meters shall be in  
                                             Category 313; not more than
                                             28,575,690 square meters   
                                             shall be in Category 314;  
                                             not more than 38,398,585   
                                             square meters shall be in  
                                             Category 315; not more than
                                             40,184,564 square meters   
                                             shall be in Category 317;  
                                             not more than 4,464,950    
                                             square meters shall be in  
                                             Category 326, and not more 
                                             than 26,789,711 square     
                                             meters shall be in Category
                                             617.                       
Sublevel in Fabric Group                                                
625/626/627/628/629.......................  18,089,753 square meters of 
                                             which not more than        
                                             7,235,901 square meters    
                                             shall be in Category 625;  
                                             not more than 7,235,901    
                                             square meters shall be in  
                                             Category 626; not more than
                                             7,235,901 square meters    
                                             shall be in Category 627;  
                                             not more than 7,235,901    
                                             square meters shall be in  
                                             Category 628; and not more 
                                             than 7,235,901 square      
                                             meters shall be in Category
                                             629.                       
Limits not in a group                                                   
200.......................................  1,695,542 kilograms.        
300/301...................................  8,255,474 kilograms.        
335.......................................  356,446 dozen.              
336/636...................................  839,628 dozen.              
338/339/638/639...........................  4,939,309 dozen of which not
                                             more than 3,704,483 dozen  
                                             shall be in Categories 338-
                                             S/339-S/638-S/639-S \1\.   
340/640...................................  1,568,112 dozen of which not
                                             more than 445,991 dozen    
                                             shall be in Categories 340-
                                             Y/640-Y \2\.               
341/641...................................  1,548,584 dozen of which not
                                             more than 542,004 dozen    
                                             shall be in Categories 341-
                                             Y/641-Y \3\.               
342/642...................................  934,681 dozen.              
347/348...................................  5,085,297 dozen of which not
                                             more than 1,768,887 dozen  
                                             shall be in Categories 347-
                                             T/348-T \4\.               
350.......................................  500,846 dozen.              
351/651...................................  800,767 dozen.              
352/652...................................  617,370 dozen.              
361.......................................  1,782,231 numbers.          
369-S \5\.................................  1,842,488 kilograms.        
410/624...................................  1,103,680 square meters of  
                                             which not more than 671,909
                                             square meters shall be in  
                                             Category 410.              
448.......................................  37,871 dozen.               
604.......................................  2,126,771 kilograms.        
611.......................................  53,205,155 square meters.   
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\1\ Category 338-S: only HTS numbers 6103.22.0050, 6105.10.0010,        
  6105.10.0030, 6105.90.8010, 6109.10.0027, 6110.20.1025, 6110.20.2040, 
  6110.20.2065, 6110.90.9068, 6112.11.0030 and 6114.20.0005; Category   
  339-S: only HTS numbers 6104.22.0060, 6104.29.2049, 6106.10.0010,     
  6106.10.0030, 6106.90.2510, 6106.90.3010, 6109.10.0070, 6110.20.1030, 
  6110.20.2045, 6110.20.2075, 6110.90.9070, 6112.11.0040, 6114.20.0010  
  and 6117.90.9020; Category 638-S: all HTS numbers except 6109.90.1007,
  6109.90.1009, 6109.90.1013 and 6109.90.1025; Category 639-S: all HTS  
  numbers except 6109.90.1050, 6109.90.1060, 6109.90.1065 and           
  6109.90.1070.                                                         
\2\ 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.    
\3\ Category 341-Y: only HTS numbers 6204.22.3060, 6206.30.3010,        
  6206.30.3030 and 6211.42.0054; Category 641-Y: only HTS numbers       
  6204.23.0050, 6204.29.2030, 6206.40.3010 and 6206.40.3025.            
\4\ Category 347-T: only HTS numbers 6103.19.2015, 6103.19.9020,        
  6103.22.0030, 6103.42.1020, 6103.42.1040, 6103.49.8010, 6112.11.0050, 
  6113.00.9038, 6203.19.1020, 6203.19.9020, 6203.22.3020, 6203.42.4005, 
  6203.42.4010, 6203.42.4015, 6203.42.4025, 6203.42.4035, 6203.42.4045, 
  6203.49.8020, 6210.40.9033, 6211.20.1520, 6211.20.3810 and            
  6211.32.0040; Category 348-T: only HTS numbers 6104.12.0030,          
  6104.19.8030, 6104.22.0040, 6104.29.2034, 6104.62.2006, 6104.62.2011, 
  6104.62.2026, 6104.62.2028, 6104.69.8022, 6112.11.0060, 6113.00.9042, 
  6117.90.9060, 6204.12.0030, 6204.19.8030, 6204.22.3040, 6204.29.4034, 
  6204.62.3000, 6204.62.4005, 6204.62.4010, 6204.62.4020, 6204.62.4030, 
  6204.62.4040, 6204.62.4050, 6204.69.6010, 6304.69.9010. 6210.50.9060, 
  6211.20.1550, 6211.20.6810, 6211.42.0030 and 6217.90.9050.            
\5\ 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 October 16, 1996) to the

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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. 97-33918 Filed 12-29-97; 8:45 am]
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