Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton, Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textiles and Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in India

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton, Man-Made Fiber,

Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textiles and Textile Products

Produced or Manufactured in India

April 14, 1998.

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: April 20, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janet Heinzen, 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 current limits for certain categories are being adjusted,

variously, for carryforward applied to 1997 limits and additional

allowance for 100 percent cotton garments made of handloomed fabrics.

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). Also see

62 FR 67831, published on December 30, 1997.

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

April 14, 1998.

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 22, 1997, by the Chairman,

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That

directive concerns imports of certain cotton, man-made fiber, silk

blend and other vegetable fiber textiles and textile products,

produced or manufactured in India and exported during the twelve-

month period which began on January 1, 1998 and extends through

December 31, 1998.

Effective on April 20, 1998, you are directed to adjust the

limits for the following categories, as provided for under the

Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing:

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Adjusted twelve-month level

Category \1\

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218....................................... 13,528,087 square meters.

219....................................... 62,602,481 square meters.

313....................................... 36,196,154 square meters.

314....................................... 7,452,676 square meters.

315....................................... 12,923,785 square meters.

317....................................... 37,734,420 square meters.

334/634................................... 147,961 dozen.

335/635................................... 659,088 dozen.

336/636................................... 923,826 dozen.

340/640................................... 2,095,257 dozen.

341....................................... 4,228,602 dozen of which not

more than 2,393,276 dozen

shall be in Category 341-Y

\2\.

342/642................................... 1,264,493 dozen.

347/348................................... 646,153 dozen.

351/651................................... 282,120 dozen.

363....................................... 42,275,991 numbers.

369-D \3\................................. 1,242,592 kilograms.

369-S \4\................................. 677,777 kilograms.

641....................................... 1,398,200 dozen.

Group II

200, 201, 220-227, 237, 239pt. \5\, 300, 105,715,435 square meters

301, 331-333, 350, 352, 359pt. \6\, 360- equivalent.

362, 600-604, 606 \7\, 607, 611-629, 631,

633, 638, 639, 643-646, 649, 650, 652,

659pt. \8\, 666, 669pt. \9\, 670, 831,

833-838, 840-858 and 859pt. \10\, as a

group.

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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports

exported after December 31, 1997.

\3\ Category 369-D: only HTS numbers 6302.60.0010, 6302.91.0005 and

6302.91.0045.

\4\ Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.

\5\ Category 239pt.: only HTS number 6209.20.5040 (diapers).

\6\ Category 359pt.: all HTS numbers except 6406.99.1550.

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\7\ Category 606: all HTS numbers except 5403.31.0040 (for

administrative purposes Category 606 is designated as 606(1)).

\8\ Category 659pt.: all HTS numbers except 6406.99.1510 and

6406.99.1540.

\9\ Category 669pt.: all HTS numbers except 5601.10.2000, 5601.22.0090,

5607.49.3000, 5607.50.4000 and 6406.10.9040.

\10\ Category 859pt.: only HTS numbers 6115.19.8040, 6117.10.6020,

6212.10.5030, 6212.10.9040, 6212.20.0030, 6212.30.0030, 6212.90.0090,

6214.10.2000 and 6214.90.0090.

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. 98-10358 Filed 4-17-98; 8:45 am]

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