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

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

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

Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textiles and Textile

Products Produced or Manufactured in Indonesia

November 4, 1997.

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

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs increasing

limits.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: November 12, 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

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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 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

61 FR 64505, published on December 5, 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

November 4, 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 29, 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 Indonesia and exported during the

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

through December 31, 1997.

Effective on November 12, 1997, you are directed to increase 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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Levels in Group I

200....................................... 786,654 kilograms.

300/301................................... 3,894,448 kilograms.

331/631................................... 2,128,878 dozen pairs.

336/636................................... 630,648 dozen.

340/640................................... 1,616,682 dozen.

341....................................... 1,025,902 dozen.

342/642................................... 386,921 dozen.

350/650................................... 136,526 dozen.

369-S \2\................................. 930,324 kilograms.

447....................................... 19,392 dozen.

Group II

201, 218, 220, 222-224, 226, 227, 229, 98,670,420 square meters

237, 239, 330, 332, 333, 349, 352-354, equivalent.

359-O \3\, 362, 363, 369-O \4\, 400, 410,

414, 431, 432, 434, 435, 436, 438, 439,

440, 442, 444, 459, 464, 465, 469, 603,

604-O \5\, 606, 607, 621, 622, 624, 630,

632, 633, 649, 652-654, 659-O \6\, 665,

666, 669-O \7\, 670-O \8\, 831-836, 838,

839, 840, 842-846, 850-852, 858 and 859,

as a group.

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

exported after December 31, 1996.

\2\ Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.

\3\ Category 359-O: all HTS numbers except 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 359-C); 6112.39.0010, 6112.49.0010,

6211.11.8010, 6211.11.8020, 6211.12.8010 and 6211.12.8020 (Category

359-S).

\4\ Category 369-O: all HTS numbers except 6307.10.2005 (Category 369-

S).

\5\ Category 604-O: all HTS numbers except 5509.32.0000 (Category 604-

A).

\6\ Category 659-O: all HTS numbers except 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, 6211.43.0010 (Category 659-

C); 6112.31.0010, 6112.31.0020, 6112.41.0010, 6112.41.0020,

6112.41.0030, 6112.41.0040, 6211.11.1010, 6211.11.1020, 6211.12.1010

and 6211.12.1020 (Category 659-S).

\7\ Category 669-O: all HTS numbers except 6305.32.0010, 6305.32.0020,

6305.33.0010, 6305.33.0020 and 6305.39.0000 (Category 669-P).

\8\ Category 670-O: all HTS numbers except 4202.12.8030, 4202.12.8070,

4202.92.3020, 4202.92.3030 and 4202.92.9025 (Category 670-L).

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. 97-29619 Filed 11-7-97; 8:45 am]

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