[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 101 (Wednesday, May 27, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 28995]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-13945]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber 
Textiles and Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Indonesia

May 20, 1998.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

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

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EFFECTIVE DATE: May 27, 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.

    The current limits for certain categories are being adjusted for 
special shift.
    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 67625, published on December 29, 1997.
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
May 20, 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 19, 1997, by the Chairman, 
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That 
directive concerns imports of certain cotton, wool, man-made fiber, 
silk blend and other vegetable fiber textiles and textile products, 
produced or manufactured in Indonesia and exported during the 
twelve-month period which began on January 1, 1998 and extends 
through December 31, 1998.
    Effective on May 27, 1998, you are directed to adjust the limits 
for the categories listed below, as provided for under the Uruguay 
Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing:

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                                             Adjusted twelve-month limit
                 Category                                \1\            
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Levels in Group I                                                       
219.......................................  9,195,380 square meters.    
313-O \2\.................................  14,185,416 square meters.   
314-O \3\.................................  58,831,359 square meters.   
315-O \4\.................................  28,070,013 square meters.   
317-O/617/326-0 \5\.......................  25,642,902 square meters of 
                                             which not more than        
                                             3,834,249 square meters    
                                             shall be in 326-O.         
331/631...................................  2,011,739 dozen pairs.      
338/339...................................  1,291,007 dozen.            
340/640...................................  1,479,074 dozen.            
341.......................................  912,581 dozen.              
347/348...................................  1,748,901 dozen.            
350/650...................................  118,668 dozen.              
351/651...................................  516,721 dozen.              
625/626/627/628/629-O \6\.................  27,198,923 square meters.   
638/639...................................  1,345,321 dozen.            
641.......................................  2,281,265 dozen.            
647/648...................................  3,164,825 dozen.            
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\1\ The limit has not been adjusted to account for any imports exported 
  after December 31, 1997.                                              
\2\ Category 313-O: all HTS numbers except 5208.52.3035, 5208.52.4035   
  and 5209.51.6032.                                                     
\3\ Category 314-O: all HTS numbers except 5209.51.6015.                
\4\ Category 315-O: all HTS numbers except 5208.52.4055.                
\5\ Category 617; Category 317-O: all HTS numbers except 5208.59.2085;  
  Category 326-O: all HTS numbers except 5208.59.2015, 5209.59.0015 and 
  5211.59.0015.                                                         
\6\ Categories 625/626/627/628; Category 629-O: all HTS numbers except  
  5408.34.9085 and 5516.24.0085.                                        

    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,
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
[FR Doc.98-13945 Filed 5-26-98; 8:45 am]
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