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

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool and Man-Made

Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Turkey

April 15, 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 21, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roy Unger, 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 swing, carryover, carryforward, special shift and

recrediting of 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 62 FR 66057, published on December 17, 1997). Also see

62 FR 67839, published on December 30, 1997.

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

April 15, 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, wool and man-made

fiber textile products, produced or manufactured in Turkey and

exported during the twelve-month period which began on January 1,

1998 and extends through December 31, 1998.

Effective on April 21, 1998, you are directed to adjust the

limits for the following categories, as provided for under the

Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC):

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Category Twelve-month limit \1\

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Fabric Group

219, 313, 314, 315, 317, 326, 617, 625/626/ 166,793,151 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 49,114,466

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

8,538,363 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

335....................................... 290,989 dozen.

338/339/638/639........................... 5,907,500 dozen of which not

more than 4,214,201 dozen

shall be in Categories 338-

S/339-S/638-S/639-S \2\.

350....................................... 652,031 dozen.

351/651................................... 919,577 dozen.

361....................................... 2,013,921 numbers.

410/624................................... 1,302,343 square meters of

which not more than 793,896

square meters shall be in

Category 410.

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

exported after December 31, 1997.

\2\ 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.

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,

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

[FR Doc. 98-10443 Filed 4-20-98; 8:45 am]

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