Textile and Apparel Categories With the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States; Changes to the 1997 Correlation

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Textile and Apparel Categories With the Harmonized Tariff

Schedule of the United States; Changes to the 1997 Correlation

December 11, 1997.

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

ACTION: Changes to the 1997 Correlation

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lori E. Mennitt, International Trade

Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of

Commerce, (202) 482-3400.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The Correlation: Textile and Apparel Categories based on the

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (1997) presents the

harmonized tariff numbers under each of the cotton, wool, man-made

fiber, silk blend and other vegetable fiber categories used by the

United States in monitoring imports of these textile products and in

the administration of the textile program. The Correlation should be

amended to include the following changes:

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Changes to the 1997 Correlation

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The following changes for certain discharged printed cotton fabrics were

effective on October 1, 1997:

Category 313

Delete 5208.52.3040.

Add 5208.52.3035--Woven fabrics of cotton, containing 85 percent or more

by weight of cotton, plain weave, weighing more than 100 g/m2, of

number 42 or lower number, sheeting, discharge printed.

Add 5208.52.3045--Woven fabrics of cotton, containing 85 percent or more

by weight of cotton, plain weave, weighing more than 100 g/m2, of

number 42 or lower number, sheeting, other than discharge printed.

Delete 5208.52.4040.

Add 5208.52.4035--Woven fabrics of cotton, containing 85 percent or more

by weight of cotton, plain weave, weighing more than 100 g/m2, of

numbers 43 to 68, sheeting, discharge printed.

Add 5208.52.4045--Woven fabrics of cotton, containing 85 percent or more

by weight of cotton, plain weave, weighing more than 100 g/m2, of

numbers 43 to 68, sheeting, other than discharge printed.

Delete 5209.51.6030.

Add 5209.51.6032--Woven fabrics of cotton, containing 85 percent or more

by weight of cotton, weighing more than 200 g/m2, plain weave,

sheeting, not napped, discharge printed.

Add 5209.51.6035--Woven fabrics of cotton, containing 85 percent or more

by weight of cotton, weighing more than 200 g/m2, plain weave,

sheeting, not napped, other than discharge printed.

Category 314

Delete 5209.51.6020.

Add 5209.51.6015--Woven fabrics of cotton, containing 85 percent or more

by weight of cotton, weighing more than 200 g/m2, plain weave, poplin

or broadcloth, discharge printed.

Add 5209.51.6025--Woven fabrics of cotton, containing 85 percent or more

by weight of cotton, weighing more than 200 g/m2, plain weave, poplin

or broadcloth, other than discharge printed.

Category 315

Delete 5208.52.4060.

Add 5208.52.4055--Woven fabrics of cotton, containing 85 percent or more

by weight of cotton, plain weave, weighing more than 100 g/m2, of

numbers 43 to 68, printcloth, discharge printed.

Add 5208.52.4065--Woven fabrics of cotton, containing 85 percent or more

by weight of cotton, plain weave, weighing more than 100 g/m2, of

numbers 43 to 68, printcloth, other than discharged printed.

Category 317

Delete 5208.59.2090.

Add 5208.59.2085--Woven fabrics of cotton, containing 85 percent or more

by weight of cotton, weighing not more than 200 g/m2, other fabrics,

satin weave or twill weave, other than sateens, discharged printed.

Add 5208.59.2095--Woven fabrics of cotton, containing 85 percent or more

by weight of cotton, weighing not more than 200 g/m2, other fabrics,

satin weave or twill weave, other than sateens, other than discharged

printed.

Category 326

Delete 5208.59.2020.

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Add 5208.59.2015--Woven fabrics of cotton, containing 85 percent or more

by weight of cotton, weighing not more than 200 g/m2, other fabrics,

satin weave or twill weave, sateens, discharged printed.

Add 5208.59.2025--Woven fabrics of cotton, containing 85 percent or more

by weight of cotton, weighing not more than 200 g/m2, other fabrics,

satin weave or twill weave, sateens, other than discharge printed.

Delete 5209.59.0020.

Add 5209.59.0015--Woven fabrics, containing 85 percent or more by weight

of cotton, weighing more than 200 g/m2, printed, other fabrics, satin

weave or twill weave, sateens, discharge printed.

Add 5209.59.0025--Woven fabrics, containing 85 percent or more by weight

of cotton, weighing more than 200 g/m2, printed, other fabrics, satin

weave or twill weave, sateens, other than discharge printed.

Delete 5211.59.0020.

Add 5211.59.0015--Woven fabrics of cotton, containing less than 85

percent by weight of cotton, mixed mainly or solely with manmade

fibers, weighing more than 200 g/m2, printed, other fabrics, satin

weave or twill weave, sateens, discharge printed.

Add 5211.59.0025--Woven fabrics of cotton, containing less than 85

percent by weight of cotton, mixed mainly or solely with manmade

fibers, weighing more than 200 g/m2, printed, other fabrics, satin

weave or twill weave, sateens, other than discharge printed.

The following changes were effective on August 1, 1997:

Category 622

Delete 7019.40.4000.

Add 7019.40.4030--Other woven fiberglass fabrics, not colored, silica

filament fabric of filaments with a silica content greater than 93

percent.

Add 7019.40.4060--Other woven fiberglass fabrics, not colored, other

than silica filament fabric of filaments with a silica content greater

than 93 percent.

Delete 7019.40.9000.

Add 7019.40.9030--Other colored woven fiberglass fabrics, silica

filament fabric of filaments with a silica containing greater than 93

percent.

Add 7019.40.9060--Other colored woven fiberglass fabrics, other than

silica filament fabric of filaments with a silica containing greater

than 93 percent.

Category 359

Delete 6117.80.9010.

Replace with 6117.80.9510--definition remains unchanged.

Delete 6217.10.9010.

Replace with 6217.10.9510--definition remains unchanged.

Category 459

Delete 6117.80.9020.

Replace with 6117.80.9520--definition remains unchanged.

Delete 6117.80.9030.

Replace with 6117.80.9530--definition remains unchanged.

Delete 6217.10.9020.

Replace with 6217.10.9520--definition remains unchanged.

Category 659

Delete 6117.80.9040.

Replace with 6117.80.9540--definition remains unchanged.

Delete 6217.10.9030.

Replace with 6217.10.9530--definition remains unchanged.

Category 859

Delete 6117.80.9070.

Replace with 6117.80.9570--definition remains unchanged.

Delete 6217.10.9050.

Replace with 6217.10.9550--definition remains unchanged.

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Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

[FR Doc. 97-32895 Filed 12-16-97; 8:45 am]

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