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

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

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

Fiber Textile Products and Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Apparel

Produced or Manufactured in the Philippines

June 5, 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: June 10, 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 special shift and carryover.

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 64361, published on December 5, 1997.

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

June 5, 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 1, 1997, by the Chairman,

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That

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

fiber textiles and textile products and silk blend and other

vegetable fiber apparel, produced or manufactured in the Philippines

and exported during the twelve-

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month period beginning on January 1, 1998 and extending through

December 31, 1998.

Effective on June 10, 1998, you are directed to adjust the

current limits for the following categories, as provided for under

the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing:

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Adjusted twelve-month limit

Category \1\

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Levels in Group I

237....................................... 1,817,489 dozen.

333/334................................... 263,650 dozen of which not

more than 40,002 dozen

shall be in Category 333.

335....................................... 149,539 dozen.

336....................................... 732,608 dozen.

338/339................................... 2,697,955 dozen.

340/640................................... 1,065,809 dozen.

341/641................................... 980,968 dozen.

342/642................................... 631,710 dozen.

347/348................................... 2,549,633 dozen.

350....................................... 167,054 dozen.

351/651................................... 691,142 dozen.

352/652................................... 2,714,293 dozen.

431....................................... 189,349 dozen pairs.

447....................................... 7,821 dozen.

633....................................... 40,830 dozen.

634....................................... 522,477 dozen.

635....................................... 336,350 dozen.

636....................................... 1,909,220 dozen.

638/639................................... 1,806,331 dozen.

643....................................... 975,264 numbers.

645/646................................... 837,678 dozen.

647/648................................... 940,180 dozen.

649....................................... 8,453,784 dozen.

650....................................... 119,566 dozen.

659-H \2\................................. 1,573,173 kilograms.

847....................................... 843,455 dozen.

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

exported after December 31, 1997.

\2\ Category 659-H: only HTS numbers 6502.00.9030, 6504.00.9015,

6504.00.9060, 6505.90.5090, 6505.90.6090, 6505.90.7090 and

6505.90.8090.

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. 98-15467 Filed 6-9-98; 8:45 am]

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