Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton, Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textiles and Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Thailand

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

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

Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textiles and Textile Products

Produced or Manufactured in Thailand

August 24, 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 31, 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, carryforward, carryforward used 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 65246, published on December 11, 1997.

J. Hayden Boyd,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

August 24, 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 5, 1997, as amended on May

1, 1998, 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 Thailand

and exported during the period January 1, 1998 through December 31,

1998.

Effective on August 31, 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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Levels in Group I

200....................................... 1,277,030 kilograms.

218....................................... 18,917,426 square meters.

219....................................... 5,338,772 square meters.

313-O \2\................................. 18,081,320 square meters.

314-O \3\................................. 59,819,574 square meters.

369-D \4\................................. 255,993 kilograms.

603....................................... 2,344,650 kilograms.

619....................................... 7,698,100 square meters.

620....................................... 7,718,303 square meters.

Sublevels in Group II

334/634................................... 688,486 dozen.

336/636................................... 358,030 dozen.

338/339................................... 2,059,408 dozen.

347/348/847............................... 893,006 dozen.

638/639................................... 2,316,695 dozen.

647/648................................... 1,227,746 dozen.

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

exported after December 31, 1997.

\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 369-D: only HTS numbers 6302.60.0010, 6302.91.0005 and

6302.91.0045.

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,

J. Hayden Boyd,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements.

[FR Doc. 98-23216 Filed 8-27-98; 8:45 am]

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