28362 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 99 / Friday, May 22, 1998 / Notices

1Category 313–O: all HTS numbers except

5208.52.3035, 5208.52.4035 and 5209.51.6032.

2Category 314–O: all HTS numbers except

5209.51.6015.

3Category 315–O: all HTS numbers except

5208.52.4055.

4Category 317–O: all HTS numbers except

5208.59.2085.

5Category 326–O: all HTS numbers except

5208.59.2015, 5209.59.0015 and 5211.59.0015.

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Information.

[FR Doc. 98–13771 Filed 5–21–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–60–P

COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Amendment of Quota and Visa

Requirements for Certain Cotton

Textile Products Produced or

Manufactured in Turkey

May 18, 1998.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs amending

quota and visa requirements.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 2, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roy

Unger, International Trade Specialist,

Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S.

Department of Commerce, (202) 482–

4212.

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 exchange of notes dated January 16,

1998 and March 27, 1998, the

Governments of the United States and

Turkey agreed that discharge printed

fabric classified in Harmonized Tariff

Schedule (HTS) numbers 5208.52.3035,

5208.52.4035, 5209.51.6032 (Category

313); 5209.51.6015 (Category 314);

5208.52.4055 (Category 315);

5208.59.2085 (Category 317);

5208.59.2015, 5209.59.0015 and

5211.59.0015 (Category 326) which is

produced or manufactured in Turkey

and imported on or after June 2, 1998

will no longer be subject to visa

requirements. Also, for quota purposes,

discharge printed fabric classified in the

aforementioned HTS numbers,

produced or manufactured in Turkey

and imported on or after June 2, 1998

will not be subject to 1998 limits,

regardless of the date of export. The new

designations for Categories 313, 314,

315, 317 and 326 will be 313–O, 314–

O, 315–O, 317–O and 326–O. The 1998

quota levels for the new part-categories

remain unchanged.

Effective on June 2, 1998, products in

Categories 313, 314, 315, 317 and 326,

produced or manufactured in Turkey

and exported from Turkey on or after

March 27, 1998 must be accompanied

by a 313–O, 314–O, 315–O, 317–O and

326–O part-category visa. There will be

a grace period from March 27, 1998

through June 30, 1998 during which

products exported from Turkey in

Categories 313, 314, 315, 317 and 326

may be accompanied by the whole or

new part-category visa.

In the letter published below, the

Chairman of CITA directs the

Commissioner of Customs to amend the

export quota and visa requirements.

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 52 FR 6859, published on March 5,

1987; and 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 18, 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 begins on

January 1, 1998 and extends through

December 31, 1998.

Effective on June 2, 1998, pursuant to

exchange of notes dated January 16, 1998 and

March 27, 1998 between the Governments of

the United States and Turkey and under the

terms of the Uruguay Round Agreement on

Textiles and Clothing, discharge printed

fabric classified in Harmonized Tariff

Schedule (HTS) numbers 5208.52.3035,

5208.52.4035, 5209.51.6032 (Category 313);

5209.51.6015 (Category 314); 5208.52.4055

(Category 315); 5208.59.2085 (Category 317);

5208.59.2015, 5209.59.0015 and

5211.59.0015 (Category 326) which is

produced or manufactured in Turkey and

imported on or after June 2, 1998 will no

longer be subject to visa requirements. Also,

for quota purposes, discharge printed fabric

classified in the aforementioned HTS

numbers, produced or manufactured in

Turkey and imported on or after June 2, 1998

will not be subject to 1998 limits, regardless

of the date of export. The new designations

for Categories 313, 314, 315, 317 and 326 will

be 313–O 1, 314–O 2, 315–O 3, 317–O 4 and

326–O 5.

The import restraint limits for the new

part-categories remain the same as the 1998
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sublimits in the Fabric Group for Categories

313, 314, 315, 317 and 326.

Effective on June 2, 1998, you are directed

to amend further the directive dated March

2, 1987 to require a part-category visa for

products in Categories 313–O, 314–O, 315–O,

317–O and 326–O, produced or

manufactured in Turkey and exported on or

after March 27, 1998. There will be a grace

period from March 27, 1998 through June 30,

1998 during which products exported from

Turkey in Categories 313, 314, 315, 317 and

326 may be accompanied by the whole or

new part-category visa.

Shipments entered or withdrawn from

warehouse according to this directive which

are not accompanied by an appropriate

export visa shall be denied entry and a new

visa must be obtained.

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.98–13796 Filed 5–21–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–F

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING

COMMISSION

Chicago Board of Trade Futures

Contracts in Corn and Soybeans;

Order to Designate Contract Markets

and Amendment Order of November 7,

1997, as Applied to Such Contracts;

Correction

AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading

Commission.

ACTION: Final order to Chicago Board of

Trade; correction.

SUMMARY: On May 13, 1998, the

Commission published in the Federal

Register (63 FR 26575) a final Order to

the Chicago Board of Trade. The

purpose of the Order was to designate

the Chicago Board of Trade as a contract

market in corn and soybeans futures

contracts and amend the Order of

November 7, 1997, as applied to such

contracts. This correction includes

Attachments 1 and 2 which were

inadvertently omitted.

DATES: This Order became effective on

May 7, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Commodity Futures Trading

Commission, Three Lafayette Centre,

1155 21st Street, NW., Washington, DC

20581.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Steve Manaster, Director, or Paul M.

Architzel, Chief Counsel, Division of

Economic Analysis, Commodity Futures

Trading Commission, Three Lafayette

Centre, 1155 21st Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20581, (202) 418–5260,

or electronically, Mr. Architzel at

[PArchitzel@cftc.gov].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Commission is correcting inadvertent

omissions in the publication of the final

Order to the Chicago Board of Trade

whereby the Commodity Futures

Trading Commission ordered that the

applications for contract market

designation in corn and in soybeans

submitted by the Board of Trade of the

City of Chicago (CBT) on December 19,

1997 and supplemented on March 20,

1998, be granted and amended its Order

under section 5a(a)(10), dated November

7, 1997, to permit the applications for

designation to be granted. Under this

Order, the Commission took the

following actions:

(1) Granted under section 5 of the

Commodity Exchange Act (Act) the

CBT’s application for designation as a

contract market in soybeans and

approved under section 5a(a)(12) of the

Act all of the proposed rules of the

contract market contained in

Attachment 1 to the Order;

(2) Granted under section 5 of the Act

the CBT’s application for designation as

a contract market in corn and approved

under section 5a(a)(12) of the Act all of

the proposed rules of the contract

market contained in Attachment 2 to the

Order;

The Commission is publishing

Attachments 1 and 2 which were

inadvertently omitted and were referred

to on page 26575, column 3, paragraphs

(1) and (2).

Issued in Washington, DC on May 14,

1998.

Jean A. Webb,

Secretary of the Commission, Commodity

Futures Trading Commission.

Attachment 1—Proposed Soybean

Futures Contract Rules

Soybean Futures

ChXS Trading Conditions

XS04.01 Unit of Trading—(see

1004.00)

XS05.01 Months Traded In—(see

1005.01A)

XS06.01 Price Basis—(see 1006.00 and

1006.01)

XS05.01 Hours of Trading—(see

1007.00 and 1007.02)

XS08.01 Trading Limits—(see 1008.01

and 1008.02)

XS09.01 Last Day of Trading—(see

1009.02 and 1009.03)

XS10.01 Margin Requirements—see

431.03)

XS11.01 Disputes—All disputes

between interested parties may be

settled by arbitration as provided in

the Rules and Regulations.

XS12.01 Position Limits and

Reportable Positions—(see 425.01)

ChXS Delivery Procedures

XS36.00 Grade Differentials—(see

1036.00)

XS36.01 Soybean Location Delivery

Differentials—Soybeans for shipment

from regular shipping stations located

within the Chicago Switching District

or the Burns Harbor, Indiana

Switching District may be delivered

in satisfaction of Soybean futures

contracts at contract price, subject to

the differentials for class and grade

outlined above. Soybeans for

shipment from regular shipping

stations located within the LockportSeneca Shipping District may be

delivered in satisfaction of soybean

futures contracts at a premium of 2¢

per bushel over contract price, subject

to the differentials for class and grade

outlined above. Soybeans for

shipment from regular shipping

stations located within the OttawaChillicothe Shipping District may be

delivered in satisfaction of Soybean

futures contracts at a premium of 21⁄2¢

per bushel over contract price, subject

to the differentials for class and grade

outlined above. Soybeans for

shipment from regular shipping

stations located within the PeoriaPekin Shipping District may be

delivered in satisfaction of Soybean

futures contracts at a premium of 3¢

per bushel over contract price, subject

tot he differentials for class and grade

outlined above. Soybeans for

shipment from regular shipping

stations located within the HavanaGrafton Shipping District may be

delivered in satisfaction of soybean

futures contracts at a premium of 31⁄2¢

per bushel over contract price, subject

to the differentials for class and grade

outlined above. Soybeans for

shipment from regular shipping

stations located in the St. Louis-East

St. Louis and Alton Switching

Districts may be delivered in

satisfaction of Soybean futures

contracts at a premium of 6¢ per

bushel over contract price, subject to

the differentials for class and grade

outlined above.

XS38.01 Grades—(see 1038.00 and

1038.01)

XS41.01 Delivery Points—Soybean

Shipping Certificates shall specify

shipment from one of the warehouses

or shipping stations currently regular

for delivery and located in one of the

following territories:

A. Chicago and Burns Harbor, Indiana

Switching District—When used in these

Rules and Regulations, the Chicago

Switching District will be that area