Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 249 / Tuesday, December 30, 1997 / Notices 67833

COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Announcement of Import Restraint

Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool, ManMade Fiber, Silk Blend and Other

Vegetable Fiber Textiles and Textile

Products Produced or Manufactured in

the Republic of Korea

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: Ross

Arnold, 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

Korea 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).

Pursuant to the provisions of the ATC,

the second stage of the integration

commences on January 1, 1998 (see 60

FR 21075, published on May 1, 1995).

Accordingly, certain previously

restrained categories may have been

modified or eliminated and certain

limits may have been revised. Integrated

products will no longer be subject to

quota. CITA has informed Korea of its

intent to continue the bilateral visa

arrangement for those products.

In the letter published below, the

Chairman of CITA directs the

Commissioner of Customs to establish

the 1998 limits. In accordance with the

special swing provision contained in the

exchange of notes dated April 2 and 8,

1997 between the Governments of the

United States and Korea, 59,407,515

square meters equivalent is being

charged to the 1998 Group II limit.

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). Also

see 62 FR 51832, published on October

3, 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, man-made fiber, silk blend

and other vegetable fiber textiles and textile

products in the following categories,

produced or manufactured in the Republic of

Korea 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

Group I

200–223, 224–V1,

224–O 2, 225,

226, 227, 300–

326, 360–363,

369pt. 3, 400–

414, 464,

469pt. 4, 600–

629, 666, 669–

P5, 669pt. 6 and

670–O 7, as a

group.

386,870,998 square

meters equivalent.

Sublevels within

Group I

200 ....................... 461,113 kilograms.

201 ....................... 2,183,034 kilograms.

218 ....................... 9,346,896 square meters.

219 ....................... 8,510,994 square meters.

224–V ................... 10,729,411 square

meters.

300/301 ................ 3,135,399 kilograms.

313 ....................... 51,096,363 square

meters.

314 ....................... 28,489,091 square

meters.

315 ....................... 18,272,754 square

meters.

317/326 ................ 18,988,737 square

meters.

363 ....................... 1,094,272 numbers.

410 ....................... 3,551,791 square meters.

604 ....................... 388,754 kilograms.

607 ....................... 1,121,629 kilograms.

Category Twelve-month restraint

limit

611 ....................... 3,738,759 square meters.

613/614 ................ 6,231,263 square meters.

617 ....................... 5,167,390 square meters.

619/620 ................ 94,532,277 square

meters.

624 ....................... 9,118,923 square meters.

625/626/627/628/

629.

15,952,036 square

meters.

669–P ................... 2,294,475 kilograms.

Group II

237, 239pt. 8, 331–

348, 350–352,

359–H 9,

359pt. 10, 431,

433–438, 440–

448, 459–W 11,

459pt. 12, 631,

633–652, 659–

H 13, 659–S14

and 659pt. 15, as

a group.

584,556,337 square

meters equivalent.

Sublevels within

Group II

237 ....................... 62,007 dozen.

239pt. ................... 250,725 kilograms.

333/334/335 ......... 280,407 dozen of

which not more than

143,320 dozen shall

be in Category 335.

336 ....................... 59,258 dozen.

338/339 ................ 1,246,253 dozen.

340 ....................... 648,052 dozen of

which not more than

336,489 dozen shall

be in Category 340–

D 16.

341 ....................... 182,729 dozen.

342/642 ................ 225,379 dozen.

345 ....................... 121,071 dozen.

347/348 ................ 461,113 dozen.

350 ....................... 17,235 dozen.

351/651 ................ 236,766 dozen.

352 ....................... 184,245 dozen.

359–H ................... 2,654,234 kilograms.

433 ....................... 13,935 dozen.

434 ....................... 7,147 dozen.

435 ....................... 35,230 dozen.

436 ....................... 14,914 dozen.

438 ....................... 59,793 dozen.

440 ....................... 198,651 dozen.

442 ....................... 50,399 dozen.

443 ....................... 322,056 numbers.

444 ....................... 54,920 numbers.

445/446 ................ 52,277 dozen.

447 ....................... 89,190 dozen.

448 ....................... 35,456 dozen.

459–W .................. 95,910 kilograms.

631 ....................... 311,096 dozen pairs.

633/634/635 ......... 1,358,622 dozen of

which not more than

154,065 dozen shall

be in Category 633

and not more than

574,152 dozen shall

be in Category 635.

636 ....................... 271,507 dozen.

638/639 ................ 5,289,591 dozen.

640–D 17 ............... 3,136,590 dozen.

640–O 18 ............... 2,613,824 dozen.
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Category Twelve-month restraint

limit

641 ....................... 1,053,642 dozen of

which not more than

39,799 dozen shall

be in Category 641–

Y19.

643 ....................... 780,589 numbers.

644 ....................... 1,174,362 numbers.

645/646 ................ 3,592,927 dozen.

647/648 ................ 1,328,005 dozen.

650 ....................... 25,221 dozen.

659–H ................... 1,340,420 kilograms.

659–S ................... 185,476 kilograms.

Group III

831, 833–838,

840–844, 847–

858 and

859pt. 20, as a

group.

17,418,627 square

meters equivalent.

Sublevel within

Group III

835 ....................... 28,798 dozen.

Group IV

845 ....................... 2,315,056 dozen.

846 ....................... 818,787 dozen.

Group VI

369–L/670–L/

87021.

73,117,988 square

meters equivalent.

1 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. 2 Category 224–O: all remaining HTS numbers in Category 224. 3 Category 369pt.: all HTS numbers except

4202.12.4000, 4202.12.8020, 4202.12.8060,

4202.92.1500, 4202.92.3015, 4202.92.6090

(Category 369–L); 5601.10.1000,

5601.21.0090, 5701.90.1020, 5701.90.2020,

5702.10.9020, 5702.39.2010, 5702.49.1020,

5702.49.1080, 5702.59.1000, 5702.99.1010,

5602.99.1090, 5705.00.2020 and

6406.10.7700. 4 Category 469pt.: all HTS numbers except

5601.29.0020, 5603.94.1010 and

6406.10.9020. 5 Category 669–P: only HTS numbers

6305.32.0010, 6305.32.0020, 6305.33.0010,

6305.33.0020 and 6305.39.0000. 6 Category 669pt.: all HTS numbers except

6305.32.0010, 6305.32.0020, 6305.33.0010,

6305.33.0020 and 6305.39.0000 (Category

669–P); 5601.10.2000, 5601.22.0090,

5607.49.3000, 5607.50.4000 and

6406.10.9040. 7 Category 670–O: all HTS numbers except

4202.12.8030, 4202.12.8070, 4202.92.3020,

4202.92.3030 and 4202.92.9025 (Category

670–L). 8 Category 239pt.: only HTS number

6209.20.5040 (diapers). 9 Category 359–H: only HTS numbers

6505.90.1540 and 6505.90.2060. 10 Category 359pt.: all HTS numbers except

6505.90.1540, 6505.20.2060 (Category 359–

H); and 6406.99.1550. 11 Category 459–W: only HTS number

6505.90.4090. 12 Category 459pt.: all HTS numbers except

6505.90.4090 (Category 459–W);

6405.20.6030, 6405.20.6060, 6405.20.6090,

6405.99.1505 and 6406.99.1560. 13 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.

14 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. 15 Category 659pt.: all HTS numbers except

6502.00.9030, 6504.00.91015, 6504.00.9060,

6505.90.5090, 6505.90.606090, 6505.90.7090

and 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);

6406.99.1510 and 6406.99.1540. 16 Category 340–D: only HTS numbers

6205.20.2015, 6205.20.2020, 6205.20.2025

and 6205.20.2030. 17 Category 640–D: only HTS numbers

6205.30.2010, 6205.30.2020, 6205.30.2030,

6205.30.2040, 6205.90.3030 and

6205.90.4030. 18 Category 640–O: all HTS numbers except

6205.30.2010, 6205.30.2020, 6205.30.2030,

6205.30.2040, 6205.90.3030 and

6205.90.4030 (Category 640–D). 19 Category 641–Y: only HTS numbers

6204.23.0050, 6204.29.2030, 6206.40.3010

and 6206.40.3025. 20 Category 859pt.: only HTS numbers

6115.19.8040, 6117.10.6020, 6212.10.5030,

6212.10.9040, 6212.20.0030, 6212.30.0030,

6212.90.0090, 6214.10.2000 and

6214.90.0090. 21 Category 870; 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; Category 670–L: only HTS

numbers 4202.12.8030, 4202.12.8070,

4202.92.3020, 4202.92.3030 and

4202.92.9025.

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 14, 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.

Products for integration in 1998 listed in

the Federal Register notice published on

May 1, 1995 (60 FR 21075) which are

exported during 1997 shall be charged to the

applicable limits to the extent of any unfilled

balances. After January 1, 1998, should those

unfilled balances be exhausted, such

products shall no longer be charged to any

limit, due to integration of these products

into GATT 1994.

CITA has informed Korea of its intent to

continue the bilateral visa arrangement for

those products. An export visa will continue

to be required, if applicable, for products

integrated on and after January 1, 1998,

before entry is permitted into the United

States.

The conversion factors for the following

merged categories are listed below:

Category

Conversion factor

(Square meters equivalent/category unit)

333/334/335 ............. 33.75

369–L/670–L/870 ...... 3.8

633/634/635 ............. 34.1

Category

Conversion factor

(Square meters equivalent/category unit)

638/639 ..................... 12.96

In accordance with exchange of notes

dated April 2 and April 8, 1997 between the

Governments of the United States and Korea,

for products exported in 1997, you are

directed to charge 59,407,515 square meters

equivalent to the Group II limit established

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.

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COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Announcement of Import Restraint

Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool and

Man-Made Fiber Textiles and Textile

Products and Silk Blend and Other

Vegetable Fiber Apparel Produced or

Manufactured in Malaysia

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: Ross

Arnold, 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

Malaysia and exported during the

period January 1, 1998 through