[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 93 (Thursday, May 14, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26788-26789]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-12888]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


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

May 8, 1998.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

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

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EFFECTIVE DATE: May 20, 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 current limits for certain categories are being reduced for 
carryforward used.
    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 67833, published on December 30, 1997.
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
May 8, 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, man-made fiber, 
silk blend and other vegetable fiber textiles and textile products, 
produced or manufactured in Korea and exported during the period 
January 1, 1998 through December 31, 1998.
    Effective on May 20, 1998, you are directed to reduce the limits 
for the following categories, as provided for under the Uruguay 
Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing:

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                 Category                        Adjusted limit \1\     
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Group I                                                                 
  200-223, 224-V \2\, 224-O \3\, 225, 226,  382,507,864 square meters   
   227, 300-326, 360-363, 369pt. \4\, 400-   equivalent.                
   414, 464, 469pt. \5\, 600-629, 666, 669-                             
   P \6\, 669pt. \7\, and 670-O \8\, as a                               
   group.                                                               
Sublevel within Group I                                                 
619/620...................................  94,397,452 square meters.   
Sevlevels within Group II                                               
338/339...................................  1,228,179 dozen.            

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340.......................................  648,052 dozen of which not  
                                             more than 329,995 dozen    
                                             shall be in Category 340-D 
                                             \9\.                       
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports        
  exported after December 31, 1997.                                     
\2\ 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.                                        
\3\ Category 224-O: all remaining HTS numbers in Category 224.          
\4\ Category 369pt.: all HTS numbers except 4202.12.4000, 4202.12.8020, 
  4202.12.8060, 4202.92.1500, 4202.92.3016, 4202.92.6091, 6307.90.9905, 
  (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, 5702.99.1090, 5705.00.2020 and            
  6406.10.7700.                                                         
\5\ Category 469pt.: all HTS numbers except 5601.29.0020, 5603.94.1010  
  and 6406.10.9020.                                                     
\6\ Category 669-P: only HTS numbers 6305.32.0010, 6305.32.0020,        
  6305.33.0010, 6305.33.0020 and 6305.39.0000.                          
\7\ Category 669pt.: all HTS numbers except 6305.32.0010, 6305.32.0020, 
  6305.33.0010, 6305.33.0020, 6305.39.0000 (Category 669-P);            
  5601.10.2000, 5601.22.0090, 5607.49.3000, 5607.50.4000 and            
  6406.10.9040.                                                         
\8\ Category 670-O: all HTS numbers except 4202.12.8030, 4202.12.8070,  
  4202.92.3020, 4202.92.3031, 4202.92.9026 and 6307.90.9907 (Category   
  670-L).                                                               
\9\Category 340-D: only HTS numbers 6205.20.2015, 6205.20.2020,         
  6205.20.2025 and 6205.20.2030.                                        

    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,
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.
[FR Doc. 98-12888 Filed 5-13-98; 8:45 am]
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