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

December 19, 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: December 30, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ross Arnold, International Trade

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

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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: 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 current limits for certain categories are being adjusted,

variously, for cancelled swing, cancelled carryforward and recrediting

unused 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 68245, published on December 27, 1996.

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

December 19, 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 December 30, 1997, you are directed to adjust the

limits the following categories, as provided for under the Uruguay

Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing:

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Category Adjusted limit \1\

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334/634................................... 274,137 dozen.

338....................................... 4,905,754 dozen.

339....................................... 1,373,555 dozen.

340/640................................... 678,891 dozen of which not

more than 217,058 dozen

shall be in Categories 340-

D/640-D \2\.

347/348................................... 921,638 dozen.

363....................................... 46,485,918 numbers.

369-F/369-P \3\........................... 2,429,063 kilograms.

369-R \4\................................. 10,129,400 kilograms.

369-S \5\................................. 722,829 kilograms.

625/626/627/628/629....................... 48,981,664 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.

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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.

\3\ Category 369-F: only HTS number 6302.91.0045; Category 369-P: only

HTS numbers 6302.60.0010 and 6302.91.0005.

\4\ Category 369-R: only HTS number 6307.10.2020.

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

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. 97-33707 Filed 12-24-97; 8:45 am]

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