Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool, Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Thailand

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool, Man-Made

Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textile Products Produced

or Manufactured in Thailand

October 6, 1997.

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

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs adjusting

import limits.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: October 14, 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 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, carryover and 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

61 FR 58044, published on November 12, 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

October 6, 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 November 4, 1996, 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,

produced or manufactured in Thailand and exported during the twelve-

month period beginning on January 1, 1997 and extending through

December 31, 1997.

Effective on October 14, 1997, you are directed to adjust the

limits for 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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Adjusted twelve-month limit

Category \1\

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Level not in a group

239....................................... 6,383,885 kilograms.

Levels in Group I

200....................................... 1,173,838 kilograms.

218....................................... 19,718,381 square meters.

219....................................... 5,047,742 square meters.

300....................................... 4,853,176 kilograms.

301-P \2\................................. 4,853,176 kilograms.

301-O \3\................................. 970,636 kilograms.

313....................................... 22,648,154 square meters.

314....................................... 51,767,208 square meters.

315....................................... 32,354,504 square meters.

317/326................................... 13,582,734 square meters.

363....................................... 22,259,429 numbers.

369-D \4\................................. 231,335 kilograms.

369-S \5\................................. 261,134 kilograms.

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604....................................... 770,625 kilograms of which

not more than 437,223

kilograms shall be in

Category 604-A \6\.

607....................................... 3,179,632 kilograms.

611....................................... 14,206,752 square meters.

613/614/615............................... 48,897,839 square meters of

which not more than

28,471,965 square meters

shall be in Category 614

and not more than

28,471,965 square meters

shall be in Categories 613/

615.

617....................................... 17,657,553 square meters.

619....................................... 7,172,947 square meters.

625/626/627/628/629....................... 14,261,869 square meters of

which not more than

11,324,076 square meters

shall be in Category 625.

669-P \7\................................. 6,823,828 kilograms.

Group II

237, 330-359, 431-459, 630-659 and 831- 299,340,179 square meters

859, as a group. equivalent.

331/631................................... 1,765,931 dozen pairs.

334/634................................... 646,569 dozen.

335/635/835............................... 533,121 dozen.

336/636................................... 342,208 dozen.

338/339................................... 2,001,511 dozen.

340....................................... 309,554 dozen.

341/641................................... 687,533 dozen.

342/642................................... 617,245 dozen.

345....................................... 326,752 dozen.

347/348/847............................... 857,173 dozen.

351/651................................... 247,031 dozen.

359-H/659-H \8\........................... 1,419,417 kilograms.

433....................................... 10,549 dozen.

434....................................... 13,023 dozen.

435....................................... 58,107 dozen.

438....................................... 20,414 dozen.

442....................................... 21,472 dozen.

638/639................................... 2,293,845 dozen.

640....................................... 533,849 dozen.

645/646................................... 323,545 dozen.

647/648................................... 1,128,278 dozen.

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

exported after December 31, 1996.

\2\ Category 301-P: only HTS numbers 5206.21.0000, 5206.22.0000,

5206.23.0000, 5206.24.0000, 5206.25.0000, 5206.41.0000, 5206.42.0000,

5206.43.0000, 5206.44.0000 and 5206.45.0000.

\3\ Category 301-O: only HTS numbers 5205.21.0020, 5205.21.0090,

5205.22.0020, 5205.22.0090, 5205.23.0020, 5205.23.0090, 5205.24.0020,

5205.24.0090, 5205.26.0020, 5205.26.0090, 5205.27.0020, 5205.27.0090,

5205.28.0020, 5205.28.0090, 5205.41.0020, 5205.41.0090, 5205.42.0020,

5205.42.0090, 5205.43.0020, 5205.43.0090, 5205.44.0020, 5205.44.0090,

5205.46.0020, 5205.46.0090, 5205.47.0020, 5205.47.0090, 5205.48.0020

and 5205.48.0090.

\4\ Category 369-D: only HTS numbers 6302.60.0010, 6302.91.0005 and

6302.91.0045.

\5\ Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.

\6\ Category 604-A: only HTS number 5509.32.0000.

\7\ Category 669-P: only HTS numbers 6305.32.0010, 6305.32.0020,

6305.33.0010, 6305.33.0020 and 6305.39.0000.

\8\ Category 359-H: only HTS numbers 6505.90.1540 and 6505.90.2060;

Category 659-H: only HTS numbers 6502.00.9030, 6504.00.9015,

6504.00.9060, 6505.90.5090, 6505.90.6090, 6505.90.7090 and

6505.90.8090.

The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has

determined that these actions fall within the foreign affairs

exception of 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. 97-27011 Filed 10-9-97; 8:45 am]

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