Adjustment of an Import Limit for Certain Cotton Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the People's Republic of China

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of an Import Limit for Certain Cotton Textile Products

Produced or Manufactured in the People's Republic of China

August 18, 1997.

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

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs increasing a

limit.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: August 19, 1997.

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 this

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

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

1854).

The current limit for Categories 338-S/339-S, a sublimit of

Categories 338/339, is being increased for carryforward.

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

62 FR 6950, published on February 14, 1997.

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 bilateral agreement, but is designed to assist only in the

implementation of its provisions.

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

August 18, 1997.

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 February 10, 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

and silk apparel, produced or manufactured in China and exported

during the twelve-month period beginning on January 1, 1997 and

extending through December 31, 1997.

Effective on August 19, 1997, you are directed to increase the

limit for Categories 338-S/339-S \1\, a sublimit of 338/339, to

1,894,466 dozen \2\, as provided for under the terms of the

bilateral agreement between the Governments of the United States and

the People's Republic of China. The limit for 338/339 remains

unchanged.

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\1\ The limit has not been adjusted to account for any imports

exported after December 31, 1996.

\2\ Category 338-S: all HTS numbers except 6109.10.0012,

6109.10.0014, 6109.10.0018 and 6109.10.0023; Category 339-S: all HTS

numbers except 6109.10.0040, 6109.10.0045, 6109.10.0060 and

6109.10.0065.

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The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has

determined that this action falls 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. 97-22300 Filed 8-21-97; 8:45 am]

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