Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the Republic of Turkey

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool

and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the

Republic of Turkey

December 22, 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: Roy Unger, International Trade

Specialist,

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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 Turkey and exported during the periods January 1, 1998

through March 27, 1998 and 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), and

Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) dated July 19, 1995, between the

Governments of the United States and the Republic of Turkey.

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

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

certain categories have been reduced for carryforward applied in 1997.

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 62 FR 66057, published on December 17, 1997).

J. Hayden Boyd,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

December 22, 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); and Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs)

dated July 19, 1995 between the Governments of the United States and

the Republic of Turkey, 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, wool and man-

made fiber textile products in the following categories, produced or

manufactured in Turkey and exported during the periods January 1,

1998 through March 27, 1998 (Categories 352/652) and January 1, 1998

through December 31, 1998, in excess of the following levels of

restraint:

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Category Restraint limit

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Fabric Group

219, 313, 314, 315, 317, 326, 617, 625/626/ 175,846,733 square meters of

627/628/629, as a group. which not more than

40,184,564 square meters

shall be in Category 219;

not more than 48,114,466

square meters shall be in

Category 313; not more than

28,575,690 square meters

shall be in Category 314;

not more than 38,398,585

square meters shall be in

Category 315; not more than

40,184,564 square meters

shall be in Category 317;

not more than 4,464,950

square meters shall be in

Category 326, and not more

than 26,789,711 square

meters shall be in Category

617.

Sublevel in Fabric Group

625/626/627/628/629....................... 18,089,753 square meters of

which not more than

7,235,901 square meters

shall be in Category 625;

not more than 7,235,901

square meters shall be in

Category 626; not more than

7,235,901 square meters

shall be in Category 627;

not more than 7,235,901

square meters shall be in

Category 628; and not more

than 7,235,901 square

meters shall be in Category

629.

Limits not in a group

200....................................... 1,695,542 kilograms.

300/301................................... 8,255,474 kilograms.

335....................................... 356,446 dozen.

336/636................................... 839,628 dozen.

338/339/638/639........................... 4,939,309 dozen of which not

more than 3,704,483 dozen

shall be in Categories 338-

S/339-S/638-S/639-S \1\.

340/640................................... 1,568,112 dozen of which not

more than 445,991 dozen

shall be in Categories 340-

Y/640-Y \2\.

341/641................................... 1,548,584 dozen of which not

more than 542,004 dozen

shall be in Categories 341-

Y/641-Y \3\.

342/642................................... 934,681 dozen.

347/348................................... 5,085,297 dozen of which not

more than 1,768,887 dozen

shall be in Categories 347-

T/348-T \4\.

350....................................... 500,846 dozen.

351/651................................... 800,767 dozen.

352/652................................... 617,370 dozen.

361....................................... 1,782,231 numbers.

369-S \5\................................. 1,842,488 kilograms.

410/624................................... 1,103,680 square meters of

which not more than 671,909

square meters shall be in

Category 410.

448....................................... 37,871 dozen.

604....................................... 2,126,771 kilograms.

611....................................... 53,205,155 square meters.

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\1\ Category 338-S: only HTS numbers 6103.22.0050, 6105.10.0010,

6105.10.0030, 6105.90.8010, 6109.10.0027, 6110.20.1025, 6110.20.2040,

6110.20.2065, 6110.90.9068, 6112.11.0030 and 6114.20.0005; Category

339-S: only HTS numbers 6104.22.0060, 6104.29.2049, 6106.10.0010,

6106.10.0030, 6106.90.2510, 6106.90.3010, 6109.10.0070, 6110.20.1030,

6110.20.2045, 6110.20.2075, 6110.90.9070, 6112.11.0040, 6114.20.0010

and 6117.90.9020; Category 638-S: all HTS numbers except 6109.90.1007,

6109.90.1009, 6109.90.1013 and 6109.90.1025; Category 639-S: all HTS

numbers except 6109.90.1050, 6109.90.1060, 6109.90.1065 and

6109.90.1070.

\2\ Category 340-Y: only HTS numbers 6205.20.2015, 6205.20.2020,

6205.20.2046, 6205.20.2050 and 6205.20.2060; Category 640-Y: only HTS

numbers 6205.30.2010, 6205.30.2020, 6205.30.2050 and 6205.30.2060.

\3\ Category 341-Y: only HTS numbers 6204.22.3060, 6206.30.3010,

6206.30.3030 and 6211.42.0054; Category 641-Y: only HTS numbers

6204.23.0050, 6204.29.2030, 6206.40.3010 and 6206.40.3025.

\4\ Category 347-T: only HTS numbers 6103.19.2015, 6103.19.9020,

6103.22.0030, 6103.42.1020, 6103.42.1040, 6103.49.8010, 6112.11.0050,

6113.00.9038, 6203.19.1020, 6203.19.9020, 6203.22.3020, 6203.42.4005,

6203.42.4010, 6203.42.4015, 6203.42.4025, 6203.42.4035, 6203.42.4045,

6203.49.8020, 6210.40.9033, 6211.20.1520, 6211.20.3810 and

6211.32.0040; Category 348-T: only HTS numbers 6104.12.0030,

6104.19.8030, 6104.22.0040, 6104.29.2034, 6104.62.2006, 6104.62.2011,

6104.62.2026, 6104.62.2028, 6104.69.8022, 6112.11.0060, 6113.00.9042,

6117.90.9060, 6204.12.0030, 6204.19.8030, 6204.22.3040, 6204.29.4034,

6204.62.3000, 6204.62.4005, 6204.62.4010, 6204.62.4020, 6204.62.4030,

6204.62.4040, 6204.62.4050, 6204.69.6010, 6304.69.9010. 6210.50.9060,

6211.20.1550, 6211.20.6810, 6211.42.0030 and 6217.90.9050.

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

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 October 16, 1996) to the

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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.

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,

J. Hayden Boyd,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements.

[FR Doc. 97-33918 Filed 12-29-97; 8:45 am]

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