Textile and Apparel Categories With the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States; Changes to the 1998 Correlation

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Textile and Apparel Categories With the Harmonized Tariff

Schedule of the United States; Changes to the 1998 Correlation

August 3, 1998.

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

ACTION: Changes to the 1998 Correlation

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lori E. Mennitt, International Trade

Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of

Commerce, (202) 482-3400.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The Correlation: Textile and Apparel Categories based on the

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (1998) presents the

harmonized tariff numbers under each of the cotton, wool, man-made

fiber, silk blend and other vegetable fiber categories used by the

United States in monitoring imports of these textile products and in

the administration of the textile program. The Correlation should be

amended to include the changes indicated below. These changes were

effective on August 1, 1998:

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Changes to the 1998 Correlation

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Category 222:

Delete 6002.92.9000

Add 6002.92.9020-Other knitted or crocheted fabrics of cotton, of

single knit construction.

Add 6002.92.9080-Other knitted or crocheted fabrics of cotton, other

than of single knit construction.

Category 362:

Delete 6302.10.0010

Add 6302.10.0005-Pillowcases and bolster cases, knitted or crocheted,

of cotton.

Add 6302.10.0008-Sheets, knitted or crocheted, of cotton.

Add 6302.10.0015-Other bed linen, knitted or crocheted, of cotton.

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Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

[FR Doc. 98-21177 Filed 8-6-98; 8:45 am]

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