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

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton and

Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Pakistan

November 25, 1997.

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

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs establishing

limits.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 1998.

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: Section 204 of the Agricultural Act of 1956, as

amended (7 U.S.C. 1854); Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as

amended.

The import restraint limits for textile products, produced or

manufactured in Pakistan and exported during the period January 1, 1998

through December 31, 1998 are based on limits notified to the Textiles

Monitoring Body pursuant to the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and

Clothing (ATC).

Pursuant to the provisions of the ATC, the second stage of the

integration commences on January 1, 1998 (see 60 FR 21075, published on

May 1, 1995). Accordingly, certain previously restrained categories may

have been modified or eliminated and certain limits may have been

revised. Integrated products will no longer be subject to quota. CITA

has informed Pakistan of its intent to continue the bilateral visa

arrangement for those products.

In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the

Commissioner of Customs to establish the 1998 limits. The limits for

Categories 334/634, 338, 339, 340/640, 363, 369-F/369-P and 369-S are

being reduced for carryforward applied to the 1997 limits.

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 51832, published on October 3, 1997. Information regarding the

1998 CORRELATION will be published in the Federal Register at a later

date.

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

November 25, 1997.

Commissioner of Customs,

Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.

Dear Commissioner: Pursuant to section 204 of the Agricultural

Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1854); Executive Order 11651 of

March 3, 1972, as amended; and the Uruguay Round Agreement on

Textiles and Clothing (ATC), you are directed to prohibit, effective

on January 1, 1998, entry into the United States for consumption and

withdrawal from warehouse for consumption of cotton and man-made

fiber textile products in the following categories, produced or

manufactured in Pakistan and exported during the twelve-month period

beginning on January 1, 1998 and extending through December 31,

1998, in excess of the following limits:

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Category Twelve-month restraint limit

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Specific limits

219....................................... 8,193,116 square meters.

226/313................................... 119,080,615 square meters.

237....................................... 398,483 dozen.

239pt. \1\................................ 1,720,941 kilograms.

314....................................... 5,958,629 square meters.

315....................................... 78,725,628 square meters.

317/617................................... 32,020,672 square meters.

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331/631................................... 2,440,414 dozen pairs.

334/634................................... 222,545 dozen.

335/635................................... 363,476 dozen.

336/636................................... 478,180 dozen.

338....................................... 4,625,578 dozen.

339....................................... 1,280,737 dozen.

340/640................................... 626,093 dozen of which not

more than 239,089 dozen

shall be in Categories 340-

D/640-D \2\.

341/641................................... 717,270 dozen.

342/642................................... 355,011 dozen.

347/348................................... 792,616 dozen.

351/651................................... 318,786 dozen.

352/652................................... 796,966 dozen.

359-C/659-C \3\........................... 1,434,540 kilograms.

360....................................... 5,121,050 numbers.

361....................................... 5,954,709 numbers.

363....................................... 43,024,648 numbers.

369-F/369-P \4\........................... 2,260,665 kilograms.

369-R \5\................................. 11,157,534 kilograms.

369-S \6\................................. 690,197 kilograms.

613/614................................... 23,579,054 square meters

615....................................... 25,084,096 square meters.

625/626/627/628/629....................... 77,147,475 square meters of

which not more than

38,573,739 square meters

shall be in Category 625;

not more than 38,573,739

square meters shall be in

Category 626; not more than

38,573,739 square meters

shall be in Category 627;

not more than 7,980,774

square meters shall be in

Category 628; and not more

than 38,573,739 square

meters shall be in Category

629.

638/639................................... 448,360 dozen.

647/648................................... 850,073 dozen.

666-P \7\................................. 764,048 kilograms.

666-S \8\................................. 4,044,960 kilograms.

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\1\ Category 239pt.: only HTS number 6209.20.5040 (diapers).

\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.

\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 limits set forth above are subject to adjustment pursuant to

the provisions of the ATC and administrative arrangements notified

to the Textiles Monitoring Body.

Products in the above categories exported during 1997 shall be

charged to the applicable category limits for that year (see

directive dated December 20, 1996) to the extent of any unfilled

balances. In the event the limits established for that period have

been exhausted by previous entries, such products shall be charged

to the limits set forth in this directive.

Products for integration in 1998 listed in the Federal Register

notice published on May 1, 1995 (60 FR 21075) which are exported

during 1997 shall be charged to the applicable limits to the extent

of any unfilled balances. After January 1, 1998, should those

unfilled balances be exhausted, such products shall no longer be

charged to any limit, due to integration of these products into GATT

1994.

CITA has informed Pakistan of its intent to continue the

bilateral visa arrangement for those products. An export visa will

continue to be required, if applicable, for products integrated on

and after January 1, 1998, before entry is permitted into the United

States.

In carrying out the above directions, the Commissioner of

Customs should construe entry into the United States for consumption

to include entry for consumption into the Commonwealth of Puerto

Rico.

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. 97-31433 Filed 11-28-97; 8:45 am]

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