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 Sri Lanka

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 Sri Lanka

July 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: July 20, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Helen L. LeGrande, 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, special shift, carryover, carryforward, special

carryforward, and allowance for handloomed products.

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 67837, published on December 30, 1997.

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

July 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, man-made fiber,

silk blend and other vegetable fiber textiles and textile products,

produced or manufactured in Sri Lanka and exported during the

twelve-month period which began on January 1, 1998 and extends

through December 31, 1998.

Effective on July 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 limit

Category \1\

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237....................................... 378,494 dozen.

314....................................... 5,410,964 square meters.

331/631................................... 3,712,107 dozen pairs.

333/633................................... 13,359 dozen.

334/634................................... 904,824 dozen.

335/835................................... 204,058 dozen.

336/636/836............................... 588,478 dozen.

338/339................................... 1,597,383 dozen.

340/640................................... 1,569,583 dozen.

341/641................................... 2,220,363 dozen of which not

more than 1,554,376 dozen

shall be in Category 341

and not more than 1,554,376

dozen shall be in Category

641.

342/642/842............................... 727,287 dozen.

345/845................................... 98,476 dozen.

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347/348/847............................... 1,800,291 dozen.

350/650................................... 123,097 dozen.

351/651................................... 438,549 dozen.

352/652................................... 1,412,105 dozen.

359-C/659-C \2\........................... 1,181,402 kilograms.

360....................................... 1,771,732 numbers.

363....................................... 13,515,567 numbers.

369-D \3\................................. 650,016 kilograms.

369-S \4\................................. 1,005,426 kilograms.

434....................................... 8,160 dozen.

435....................................... 17,486 dozen.

440....................................... 11,657 dozen.

611....................................... 6,820,144 square meters.

635....................................... 491,479 dozen.

638/639/838............................... 1,053,988 dozen.

644....................................... 361,695 numbers.

645/646................................... 118,096 dozen.

647/648................................... 1,191,177 dozen.

840....................................... 128,067 dozen.

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

exported after December 31, 1997.

\2\ Category 359-C: only HTS numbers 6103.42.2025, 6103.49.8034,

6104.62.1020, 6104.69.8010, 6114.20.0048, 6114.20.0052, 6203.42.2010,

6203.42.2090, 6204.62.2010, 6211.32.0010, 6211.32.0025, and

6211.42.0010; Category 659-C: only HTS numbers 6103.23.0055,

6103.43.2020, 6103.43.2025, 6103.49.2000, 6103.49.8038, 6104.63.1020,

6104.63.1030, 6104.69.1000, 6104.69.8014, 6114.30.3044, 6114.30.3054,

6203.43.2010, 6203.43.2090, 6203.49.1010, 6203.49.1090, 6204.63.1510,

6204.69.1010, 6210.10.9010, 6211.33.0010, 6211.33.0017 and

6211.43.0010.

\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.

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. 98-19220 Filed 7-17-98; 8:45 am]

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