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

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Establishing and Increasing Import Limits for Certain Cotton,

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

Turkey

May 14, 1998.

AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs establishing

and increasing limits.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: May 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

in the quota status of these limits, refer to the Quota Status Reports

posted on the

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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.

In a Memorandum of Understanding dated April 24, 1998, the

Governments of the United States and Turkey agreed, among other things,

to establish a limit for cotton and man-made fiber textile products in

Categories 352/652 for periods beginning on June 1, 1998 and extending

through December 31, 2002. The first period will be prorated, June 1,

1998 through December 31, 1998, followed by four consecutive one-year

periods. Also, agreement was reached to increase the 1998 base limits

for Categories 338-S/339-S/638-S/639-S and 410. Flexibility adjustments

previously applied to Categories 338-S/339-S/638-S/639-S and 410 are

being adjusted accordingly.

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

Commissioner of Customs to establish a prorated limit for Categories

352/652 for the period June 1, 1998 through December 31, 1998 and to

adjust the current limits for Categories 338-S/339-S/638-S/639-S and

410.

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.

May 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, 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 May 21, 1998, you are directed to establish a limit

for Categories 352/652 for the period June 1, 1998 through December

31, 1998 and to increase the current limits for Categories 338-S/

339-S/638-S/639-S and 410, pursuant to a Memorandum of Understanding

dated April 24, 1998 between the Governments of the United States

and Turkey, and as provided for under the Uruguay Round Agreement on

Textiles and Clothing (ATC):

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Category New and adjusted limits \1\

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

more than 5,100,324 dozen

shall be in Categories 338-

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

352/652................................... 1,700,274 dozen.

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

which not more than 959,923

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 and May 31, 1998 (Categories 352/

652).

\2\ Category 338-S: only HTS numbers 6103.22.0050, 6105.10.0010,

6105.100030, 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, 6106.10.001,

6106.10.0030, 6106.90.2510, 6106.90.3010, 6109.10.0070, 6110.20.1030,

6110.20.2045, 6110.20.2075, 611090.9070, 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. 98-13466 Filed 5-20-98; 8:45 am]

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