Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the Republic of Turkey

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber

Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the Republic of Turkey

August 17, 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 21, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roy Unger, 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 shift, 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 67839, published on December 30, 1997; and 63 FR 27923, published

on May 21, 1998.

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

August 17, 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, as amended on May

14, 1998 and May 18, 1998, by the Chairman, Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements. That directive, as amended,

concerns imports of certain cotton, wool and man-made fiber textile

products, produced or manufactured in the Republic of Turkey and

exported during the periods January 1, 1998 through December 31,

1998 and June 1, 1998 through December 31, 1998 (Categories 352/

652).

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Effective on August 21, 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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Category Adjusted limit \1\

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Fabric Group

219, 313-O \2\, 314-O \3\, 315-O \4\, 317- 165,959.749 square meters of

O \5\, 326-O \6\, 617, 625/626/627/628/ which not more than

629, as a group. 40,184,564 square meters

shall be in Category 219;

not more than 49,114,466

square meters shall be in

Category 313-O; not more

than 28,575,690 square

meters shall be in Category

314-O; not more than

38,398,585 square meters

shall be in Category 315-O;

not more than 40,184,564

square meters shall be in

Category 317-O; not more

than 4,464,950 square

meters shall be in Category

326-O; and not more than

26,789,711 square meters

shall be in Category 617.

Sublevel in Fabric Group

625/626/627/628/629....................... 18,089,753 square meters of

which not more than

8,538,363 shall be in

Category 625; not more than

7,235,901 square meters

shall be in Category 626;

not more than 7,235,901

square meters shall be in

Category 627; not more than

7,235,901 square meters

shall be in Category 628;

and not more than 7,235,901

square meters shall be in

Category 629.

Limits not in a group

351/651................................... 1,046,710 dozen.

352/652................................... 1,329,887 dozen.

361....................................... 2,281,256 numbers.

369-S \7\................................. 1,881,616 kilograms.

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

exported after December 31, 1997 and May 31, 1998 (352/652).

\2\ Category 313-O: all HTS numbers except 5208.52.3035, 5208.52.4035

and 5209.51.6032.

\3\ Category 314-O: all HTS numbers except 5209.51.6015.

\4\ Category 315-O: all HTS numbers except 5208.52.4055.

\5\ Category 317-O: all HTS numbers except 5208.59.2085.

\6\ Category 326-O: all HTS numbers except 5208.59.2015, 5209.59.0015

and 5211.59.0015.

\7\ 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. 98-22491 Filed 8-20-98; 8:45 am]

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