Adjustment of an Import Limit and Sublimit for Certain Cotton Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the People's Republic of China

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of an Import Limit and Sublimit for Certain Cotton

Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the People's Republic of

China

October 19, 1998.

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

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs increasing a

limit and sublimit.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: October 23, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janet Heinzen, 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 338/339 and sublimit for

Categories 338-S/339-S are being increased for swing.

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 67827, published on December 30, 1997.

D. Michael Hutchinson,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

October 19, 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 China and exported during the twelve-

month period which began on January 1, 1998 and extends through

December 31, 1998.

Effective on October 23, 1998, you are directed to increase the

limit and sublimit for the following categories, as provided for

under the terms of the current bilateral textile agreement between

the Governments of the United States and the People's Republic of

China:

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Adjusted twelve-month limit

Category \1\

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338/339................................... 2,484,898 dozen of which not

more than 1,798,427 dozen

shall be in Categories 338-

S/339-S \2\.

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

exported after December 31, 1997.

\2\ Category 338-S: all HTS numbers except 6109.10.0012, 6109.10.0014,

6109.10.0018, and 6109.10.0023; Category 339-S: all HTS numbers except

6109.10.0040, 6109.10.0045, 6109.10.0060 and 6109.10.0065.

The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has

determined that these actions fall within the foreign affairs

exception to 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.98-28458 Filed 10-22-98; 8:45 am]

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