[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 98 (Thursday, May 21, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27923-27924]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-13466]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Establishing and Increasing Import Limits for Certain Cotton, 
Wool and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in 
Turkey

May 14, 1998.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

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

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EFFECTIVE DATE: May 21, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Roy Unger, International Trade Specialist, Office of Textiles and 
Apparel, U.S. Department of Commerce, (202) 482-4212. For information 
in the quota status of these limits, refer to the Quota Status Reports 
posted on the

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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.

    In a Memorandum of Understanding dated April 24, 1998, the 
Governments of the United States and Turkey agreed, among other things, 
to establish a limit for cotton and man-made fiber textile products in 
Categories 352/652 for periods beginning on June 1, 1998 and extending 
through December 31, 2002. The first period will be prorated, June 1, 
1998 through December 31, 1998, followed by four consecutive one-year 
periods. Also, agreement was reached to increase the 1998 base limits 
for Categories 338-S/339-S/638-S/639-S and 410. Flexibility adjustments 
previously applied to Categories 338-S/339-S/638-S/639-S and 410 are 
being adjusted accordingly.
    In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the 
Commissioner of Customs to establish a prorated limit for Categories 
352/652 for the period June 1, 1998 through December 31, 1998 and to 
adjust the current limits for Categories 338-S/339-S/638-S/639-S and 
410.
    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 67839, published on December 30, 1997.
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

May 14, 1998.

Commissioner of Customs,
Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.

    Dear Commissioner: This directive amends, but does not cancel, 
the directive issued to you on December 22, 1997, by the Chairman, 
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That 
directive concerns imports of certain cotton, wool and man-made 
fiber textile products, produced or manufactured in turkey and 
exported during the twelve-month period which began on January 1, 
1998 and extends through December 31, 1998.
    Effective on May 21, 1998, you are directed to establish a limit 
for Categories 352/652 for the period June 1, 1998 through December 
31, 1998 and to increase the current limits for Categories 338-S/
339-S/638-S/639-S and 410, pursuant to a Memorandum of Understanding 
dated April 24, 1998 between the Governments of the United States 
and Turkey, and as provided for under the Uruguay Round Agreement on 
Textiles and Clothing (ATC):

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                 Category                    New and adjusted limits \1\
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338/339/638/639...........................  5,907,500 dozen of which not
                                             more than 5,100,324 dozen  
                                             shall be in Categories 338-
                                             S/339-S/638-S/639-S\2\.    
352/652...................................  1,700,274 dozen.            
410/624...................................  1,302,343 square meters of  
                                             which not more than 959,923
                                             square meters shall be in  
                                             Category 410.              
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports        
  exported after December 31, 1997 and May 31, 1998 (Categories 352/    
  652).                                                                 
\2\ Category 338-S: only HTS numbers 6103.22.0050, 6105.10.0010,        
  6105.100030, 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, 6106.10.001,      
  6106.10.0030, 6106.90.2510, 6106.90.3010, 6109.10.0070, 6110.20.1030, 
  6110.20.2045, 6110.20.2075, 611090.9070, 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.                                                         

    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,
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
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