Textile and Apparel Categories With the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States; Changes to the 1997 Correlation

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Textile and Apparel Categories With the Harmonized Tariff

Schedule of the United States; Changes to the 1997 Correlation

July 25, 1997.

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

ACTION: Changes to the 1997 Correlation

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lori E. Mennitt, International Trade

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

Commerce, (202) 482-3400.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The Correlation: Textile and Apparel Categories based on the

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (1997) presents the

harmonized tariff numbers under each of the cotton, wool, man-made

fiber, silk blend and other vegetable fiber categories used by the

United States in monitoring imports of these textile products and in

the administration of the textile program. The Correlation should be

amended to include the following changes in Category 301, effective on

June 23, 1997:

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Changes to the 1997 Correlation

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Delete 5205.21.0000.

Add 5205.21.0020--Cotton Yarn, not sewing thread, containing 85 percent

or more by weight of cotton, not put up for retail sale, single yarn,

of combed fibers, exceeding 14 nm, ring spun.

Add 5205.21.0090--Cotton Yarn, not sewing thread, containing 85 percent

or more by weight of cotton, not put up for retail sale, single yarn,

of combed fibers, exceeding 14 nm but not exceeding 43 nm, other than

ring spun.

Delete 5205.22.0000.

Add 5205.22.0020--Cotton Yarn, not sewing thread, containing 85 percent

or more by weight of cotton, not put up for retail sale, single yarn,

of combed fibers, exceeding 14 nm but not exceeding 43 nm, ring spun.

Add 5205.22.0090--Cotton Yarn, not sewing thread, containing 85 percent

or more by weight of cotton, not put up for retail sale, single yarn,

of combed fibers, exceeding 14 nm but not exceeding 43 nm, other than

ring spun.

Delete 5205.23.0000.

Add 5205.23.0020--Cotton Yarn, not sewing thread, containing 85 percent

or more by weight of cotton, not put up for retail sale, single yarn,

of combed fibers, exceeding 43 nm but not exceeding 52 nm, ring spun.

Add 5205.23.0090--Cotton Yarn, not sewing thread, containing 85 percent

or more by weight of cotton, not put up for retail sale, single yarn,

of combed fibers, exceeding 43 nm but not exceeding 52 nm, other than

ring spun.

Delete 5205.24.0000.

Add 5205.24.0020--Cotton Yarn, not sewing thread, containing 85 percent

or more by weight of cotton, not put up for retail sale, single yarn,

of combed fibers, exceeding 52 nm but not exceeding 80 nm, ring spun.

Add 5205.24.0090--Cotton Yarn, not sewing thread, containing 85 percent

or more by weight of cotton, not put up for retail sale, single yarn,

of combed fibers, exceeding 52 nm but not exceeding 80 nm, other than

ring spun.

Delete 5205.26.0000.

Add 5205.26.0020--Cotton Yarn, not sewing thread, containing 85 percent

or more by weight of cotton, not up for retail sale, single yarn, of

combed fibers, measuring less than 125 decitex but not less than 106.38

decitex (exceeding 80 metric number but not exceeding 94 metric

number), ring spun.

Add 5205.26.0090--Cotton Yarn, not sewing thread, containing 85 percent

or more by weight of cotton, not up for retail sale, single yarn, of

combed fibers, measuring less than 125 decitex but not less than 106.38

decitex (exceeding 80 metric number but not exceeding 94 metric

number), other than ring spun.

Delete 5205.27.0000.

Add 5205.27.0020--Cotton Yarn, not sewing thread, containing 85 percent

or more by weight of cotton, not put up for retail sale, single yarn,

of combed fibers, measuring less than 106.38 decitex but not less than

83.33 decitex (exceeding 94 metric number but not exceeding 120 metric

number), ring spun.

Add 5205.27.0090--Cotton Yarn, not sewing thread, containing 85 percent

or more by weight of cotton, not put up for retail sale, single yarn,

of combed fibers, measuring less than 106.38 decitex but not less than

83.33 decitex (exceeding 94 metric number but not exceeding 120 metric

number), other than ring spun.

Delete 5205.28.0000.

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Add 5205.28.0020--Cotton Yarn, not sewing thread, containing 85 percent

or more by weight of cotton, not put up for retail sale, single yarn,

of combed fibers, measuring less than 83.33 decitex (exceeding 120

metric number), ring spun.

Add 5205.28.0090--Cotton Yarn, not sewing thread, containing 85 percent

or more by weight of cotton, not put up for retail sale, single yarn,

of combed fibers, measuring less than 83.33 decitex (exceeding 120

metric number), other than ring spun.

Delete 5205.41.0000.

Add 5205.41.0020--Cotton Yarn, not sewing thread, containing 85 percent

or more by weight of cotton, not put up for retail sale, multiple

(folded) or cabled yarn, of combed fibers, not exceeding 14 nm per

single yarn, ring spun.

Add 5205.41.0090--Cotton Yarn, not sewing thread, containing 85 percent

or more by weight of cotton, not put up for retail sale, multiple

(folded) or cabled yarn, of combed fibers, not exceeding 14 nm per

single yarn, other than ring spun.

Delete 5205.42.0000.

Add 5205.42.0020--Cotton Yarn, not sewing thread, containing 85 percent

or more by weight of cotton, not put up for retail sale, multiple

(folded) or cabled yarn, of combed fibers, exceeding 14 nm but not

exceeding 43 nm per single yarn, ring spun.

Add 5205.42.0090--Cotton Yarn, not sewing thread, containing 85 percent

or more by weight of cotton, not put up for retail sale, multiple

(folded) or cabled yarn, of combed fibers, exceeding 14 nm but not

exceeding 43 nm per single yarn, other than ring spun.

Delete 5205.43.0000.

Add 5205.43.0020--Cotton Yarn, not sewing thread, containing 85 percent

or more by weight of cotton, not put up for retail sale, multiple

(folded) or cabled yarn, of combed fibers, exceeding 43 nm but not

exceeding 52 nm per single yarn, ring spun.

Add 5205.43.0090--Cotton Yarn, not sewing thread, containing 85 percent

or more by weight of cotton, not put up for retail sale, multiple

(folded) or cabled yarn, of combed fibers, exceeding 43 nm but not

exceeding 52 nm per single yarn, other than ring spun.

Delete 5205.44.0000.

Add 5205.44.0020--Cotton Yarn, not sewing thread, containing 85 percent

or more by weight of cotton, not put up for retail sale, multiple

(folded) or cabled yarn, of combed fibers, exceeding 52 nm but not

exceeding 80 nm per single yarn, ring spun.

Add 5205.44.0090--Cotton Yarn, not sewing thread, containing 85 percent

or more by weight of cotton, not put up for retail sale, multiple

(folded) or cabled yarn, of combed fibers, exceeding 52 nm but not

exceeding 80 nm per single yarn, other than ring spun.

Delete 5205.46.0000.

Add 5205.46.0020--Cotton Yarn, not sewing thread, containing 85 percent

or more by weight of cotton, not put up for retail sale, multiple

(folded) or cabled yarn, of combed fibers, measuring per single yarn

less than 125 decitex but not less than 106.38 decitex (exceeding 80

metric number but not exceeding 94 metric number), ring spun.

Add 5205.46.0090--Cotton Yarn, not sewing thread, containing 85 percent

or more by weight of cotton, not put up for retail sale, multiple

(folded) or cabled yarn, of combed fibers, measuring per single yarn

less than 125 decitex but not less than 106.38 decitex (exceeding 80

metric number but not exceeding 94 metric number), other than ring

spun.

Delete 5205.47.0000.

Add 5205.47.0020--Cotton Yarn, not sewing thread, containing 85 percent

or more by weight of cotton, not put up for retail sale, multiple

(folded) or cabled yarn, of combed fibers, measuring per single yarn

less than 106.38 decitex but not less than 83.33 decitex (exceeding 94

metric number but not exceeding 120 metric number), ring spun.

Add 5205.47.0090--Cotton Yarn, not sewing thread, containing 85 percent

or more by weight of cotton, not put up for retail sale, multiple

(folded) or cabled yarn, of combed fibers, measuring per single yarn

less than 106.38 decitex but not less than 83.33 decitex (exceeding 94

metric number but not exceeding 120 metric number), other than ring

spun.

Delete 5205.48.0000.

Add 5205.48.0020--Cotton Yarn, not sewing thread, containing 85 percent

or more by weight of cotton, not put up for retail sale, multiple

(folded) or cabled yarn, of combed fibers, measuring per single yarn

less than 83.33 decitex (exceeding 120 metric number), ring spun.

Add 5205.48.0090--Cotton Yarn, not sewing thread, containing 85 percent

or more by weight of cotton, not put up for retail sale, multiple

(folded) or cabled yarn, of combed fibers, measuring per single yarn

less than 83.33 decitex (exceeding 120 metric number), other than ring

spun.

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Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

[FR Doc.97-20144 Filed 7-30-97; 8:45 am]

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