Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Egypt

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton Textile Products

Produced or Manufactured in Egypt

September 4, 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: September 10, 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 limit for Categories 300/301 is being increased for

swing, reducing the limit for Category 227 to account for the swing

being applied. In addition, the limit for Categories 300/301 is being

increased for 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 67829, published on December 30, 1997.

D. Michael Hutchinson,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

September 4, 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 and man-made

fiber textile products, produced or manufactured in the Arab

Republic of Egypt and exported during the twelve-month period which

began on January 1, 1998 and extends through December 31, 1998.

Effective on September 10, 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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Fabric Group

218-220, 224-227, 313-O \2\, 314-O \3\, 101,932,811 square meters

315-O \4\, 317-O \5\, and 326-O \6\, as equivalent.

a group.

Sublevel within Fabric Group

227....................................... 19,288,772 square meters.

Level not in a group

300/301................................... 11,721,127 kilograms of

which not more than

3,330,536 kilograms shall

be in Category 301.

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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 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.

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,

D. Michael Hutchinson,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements.

[FR Doc. 98-24342 Filed 9-9-98; 8:45 am]

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