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

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

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

Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textiles and Textile

Products Produced or Manufactured in Thailand.

May 20, 1998.

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

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs reducing

limits.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: May 27, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ross Arnold, 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 reduced for

carryforward used.

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 65246, published on December 11, 1997.

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

May 20, 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 5, 1997, by the Chairman,

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That

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

silk blend and other vegetable fiber textiles and textile products,

produced or manufactured in Thailand and exported during the period

January 1, 1998 through December 31, 1998.

Effective on May 27, 1998, you are directed to reduce the limits

for 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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Levels in Group I

200....................................... 1,122,570 kilograms.

604....................................... 704,073 kilograms of which

not more than 475,261

kilograms shall be in

Category 604-A \2\.

619....................................... 6,771,341 square meters.

620....................................... 6,791,544 square meters.

Sublevels in Group II

334/634................................... 608,167 dozen.

338/339................................... 1,812,127 dozen.

347/348/847............................... 785,400 dozen.

435....................................... 54,015 dozen.

638/639................................... 2,159,202 dozen.

647/648................................... 1,081,112 dozen.

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

exported after December 31, 1997.

\2\Category 604-A: only HTS number 5509.32.0000.

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. 98-13944 Filed 5-26-98; 8:45 am]

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