Import Charges for Certain Cotton, Wool and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Korea

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Import Charges for Certain Cotton, Wool and Man-Made Fiber

Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Korea

April 16, 1997.

AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs charging

imports to Group II.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: April 23, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ross Arnold, International Trade

Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of

Commerce, (202) 482-4212.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Authority: Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as amended;

section 204 of the Agricultural Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C.

1854); Uruguay Round Agreements Act.

A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Governments of the

United States and the Republic of Korea was signed on March 21, 1997.

As part of that MOU, the two governments agreed that charges in the

amount of 58,558,418 square meters equivalent would be made to the

Group II limit for textile products, produced or manufactured in Korea

and exported during the period January 1, 1997 through December 31,

1997.

In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the

Commissioner of Customs to charge the aforementioned amount to the 1997

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 61 FR 66263, published on December 17, 1996). Also see

610 FR 59087, published on November 20, 1996.

The letter to the Commissioner of Customs and the actions taken

pursuant to it are not designed to implement all of the provisions of

the Uruguay Round Agreements Act, the Uruguay Round Agreement on

Textiles and Clothing and the March 21, 1997 MOU, but are designed to

assist only in the

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implementation of certain of their provisions.

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

April 16, 1997.

Commissioner of Customs,

Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.

Dear Commissioner: To facilitate implementation of the Uruguay

Round Agreements Act, the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and

Clothing and the Memorandum of Understanding dated March 21, 1997,

between the Governments of the United States and the Republic of

Korea, I request that, effective on April 23, 1997, you charge

58,558,418 square meters equivalent to the limit established in the

directive dated November 14, 1996 for textile products in Group II,

produced or manufactured in Korea and exported during the period

which began on January 1, 1997 and extends through December 31,

1997.

This letter will be published in the Federal Register.

Sincerely,

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

[FR Doc. 97-10420 Filed 4-22-97; 8:45 am]

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