Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Pakistan

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber

Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Pakistan

September 30, 1997.

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

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs adjusting

limits.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: October 7, 1997.

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 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); Uruguay Round Agreements Act.

The current limits for certain categories are being adjusted,

variously, for swing, special shift, carryforward and carryover.

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

61 FR 68245, published on December 27, 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 and the Uruguay Round Agreement on

Textiles and Clothing, but are designed to assist only in the

implementation of certain of their provisions.

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

September 30, 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 December 20, 1996, by the Chairman,

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That

directive concerns imports of certain cotton and man-made fiber

textile products, produced or manufactured in Pakistan and exported

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

extends through December 31, 1997.

Effective on October 7, 1997, you are directed to adjust the

limits the following categories, as provided for under the Uruguay

Round Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and

Clothing:

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Category Adjusted limit \1\

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219....................................... 8,777,010 square meters.

226/313................................... 129,268,745 square meters.

237....................................... 255,025 dozen.

239....................................... 1,775,208 kilograms.

314....................................... 6,383,279 square meters.

315....................................... 86,034,954 square meters.

317/617................................... 34,302,672 square meters.

331/631................................... 2,536,349 dozen pairs.

334/634................................... 284,192 dozen.

335/635................................... 428,193 dozen.

336/636................................... 464,505 dozen.

338....................................... 5,119,291 dozen.

339....................................... 1,442,713 dozen.

340/640................................... 683,012 dozen of which not

more than 217,058 dozen

shall be in Category 340-D/

640-D \2\.

347/348................................... 913,866 dozen.

351/651................................... 309,670 dozen.

352/652................................... 774,175 dozen.

359-C/659-C \3\........................... 1,059,295 kilograms.

360....................................... 5,486,009 numbers.

361....................................... 6,379,080 numbers.

363....................................... 45,607,795 numbers.

369-F/369-P \4\........................... 2,502,092 kilograms.

369-R \5\................................. 10,838,458 kilograms.

369-S \6\................................. 736,925 kilograms.

625/626/627/628/629....................... 42,954,671 square meters of

which not more than

35,486,420 square meters

shall be in Category 625;

not more than 35,486,420

square meters shall be in

Category 626; not more than

35,486,420 square meters

shall be in Category 627;

not more than 7,342,018

square meters shall be in

Category 628; and not more

than 35,486,420 square

meters shall be in Category

629.

638/639................................... 236,337 dozen.

647/648................................... 724,144 dozen.

666-P \7\................................. 782,926 kilograms.

666-S \8\................................. 4,502,880 kilograms.

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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports

exported after December 31, 1996.

\2\ Category 340-D: only HTS numbers 6205.20.2015, 6205.20.2020,

6205.20.2025 and 6205.20.2030; Category 640-D: only HTS numbers

6205.30.2010, 6205.30.2020, 6205.30.2030, 6205.30.2040, 6205.90.3030

and 6205.90.4030.

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\3\ Category 359-C: only HTS numbers 6103.42.2025, 6103.49.8034,

6104.62.1020, 6104.69.8010, 6114.20.0048, 6114.20.0052, 6203.42.2010,

6203.42.2090, 6204.62.2010, 6211.32.0010, 6211.32.0025 and

6211.42.0010; Category 659-C: only HTS numbers 6103.23.0055,

6103.43.2020, 6103.43.2025, 6103.49.2000, 6103.49.8038, 6104.63.1020,

6104.63.1030, 6104.69.1000, 6104.69.8014, 6114.30.3044, 6114.30.3054,

6203.43.2010, 6203.43.2090, 6203.49.1010, 6203.49.1090, 6204.63.1510,

6204.69.1010, 6210.10.9010, 6211.33.0010, 6211.33.0017 and

6211.43.0010.

\4\ Category 369-F: only HTS number 6302.91.0045; Category 369-P: only

HTS numbers 6302.60.0010 and 6302.91.0005.

\5\ Category 369-R: only HTS number 6307.10.2020.

\6\ Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.

\7\ Category 666-P: only HTS numbers 6302.22.1010, 6302.22.1020,

6302.22.2010, 6302.32.1010, 6302.32.1020, 6302.32.2010 and

6302.32.2020.

\8\ Category 666-S: only HTS numbers 6302.22.1030, 6302.22.1040,

6302.22.2020, 6302.32.1030, 6302.32.1040, 6302.32.2030 and

6302.32.2040.

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.97-26387 Filed 10-3-97; 8:45 am]

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