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

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## Record

- **Collection:** Federal Register
- **Document type:** Notice
- **Published:** December 29, 1997
- **Citation:** 62 FR 67627

## Text

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.

[[Page 67628]]

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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