Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool and Man-Made Fiber Textiles and Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Korea

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

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

Fiber Textiles and Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Korea

August 13, 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: August 19, 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 adjusted,

variously, for swing, special swing, special shift, carryover,

carryforward, carryforward used and recrediting unused carryforward.

In accordance with the special swing provision contained in the

exchange of notes dated April 2 and 8, 1997 between the Governments of

the United States and Korea, 2,842,990 square meters equivalent is

being charged to the 1998 Group II limit.

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 67833, published on December 30, 1997.

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

August 13, 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 Korea and exported during the period

beginning January 1, 1998 and extending through December 31, 1998.

Effective on August 19, 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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Category Adjusted limit \1\

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Group I

200-223, 224-V \2\, 224-O \3\, 225, 226, 382,368,721 square meters

227, 300-326, 360-363, 369pt. \4\, 400- equivalent.

414, 464, 469pt. \5\, 600-629, 666, 669-

P \6\, 669pt. \7\, and 670-O \8\, as a

group.

Sublevel within Group I

619/620................................... 94,459,400 square meters.

Sublevels within Group II

336....................................... 69,035 dozen.

338/339................................... 1,421,090 dozen.

340....................................... 813,305 dozen of which not

more than 415,800 dozen

shall be in Category 340-D

\9\.

342/642................................... 252,425 dozen.

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347/348................................... 590,225 dozen.

350....................................... 20,079 dozen.

435....................................... 39,282 dozen.

443....................................... 352,651 numbers.

633/634/635............................... 1,439,681 dozen of which not

more than 163,256 dozen

shall be in Category 633

and not more than 608,408

dozen shall be in Category

635.

640-D \10\................................ 3,071,785 dozen.

647/648................................... 1,235,782 dozen.

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

exported after December 31, 1997.

\2\ Category 224-V: only HTS numbers 5801.21.0000, 5801.23.0000,

5801.24.0000, 5801.25.0010, 5801.25.0020, 5801.26.0010, 5801.26.0020,

5801.31.0000, 5801.33.0000, 5801.34.0000, 5801.35.0010, 5801.35.0020,

5801.36.0010 and 5801.36.0020.

\3\ Category 224-O: all remaining HTS numbers in Category 224.

\4\ Category 369pt.: all HTS numbers except 4202.12.4000, 4202.12.8020,

4202.12.8060, 4202.92.1500, 4202.92.3016, 4202.92.6091, 6307.90.9905,

(Category 369-L); 5601.10.1000, 5601.21.0090, 5701.90.1020,

5701.90.2020, 5702.10.9020, 5702.39.2010, 5702.49.1020, 5702.49.1080,

5702.59.1000, 5702.99.1010, 5702.99.1090, 5705.00.2020 and

6406.10.7700.

\5\ Category 469pt.: all HTS numbers except 5601.29.0020, 5603.94.1010

and 6406.10.9020.

\6\ Category 669-P: only HTS numbers 6305.32.0010, 6305.32.0020,

6305.33.0010, 6305.33.0020 and 6305.39.0000.

\7\ Category 669pt.: all HTS numbers except 6305.32.0010, 6305.32.0020,

6305.33.0010, 6305.33.0020, 6305.39.0000 (Category 669-P);

5601.10.2000, 5601.22.0090, 5607.49.3000, 5607.50.4000 and

6406.10.9040.

\8\ Category 670-O: all HTS numbers except 4202.12.8030, 4202.12.8070,

4202.92.3020, 4202.92.3031, 4202.92.9026 and 6307.90.9907 (Category

670-L).

\9\Category 340-D: only HTS numbers 6205.20.2015, 6205.20.2020,

6205.20.2025 and 6205.20.2030.

\10\Category 640-D: only HTS numbers 6205.30.2010, 6205.30.2020,

6205.30.2030, 6205.30.2040, 6205.90.3030 and 6205.90.4030.

In accordance with exchange of notes dated April 2 and April 8,

1997 between the Governments of the United States and Korea, for

products exported in 1998, you are directed to charge 2,842,990

square meters equivalent to the Group II limit.

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. 98-22281 Filed 8-18-98; 8:45 am]

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