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

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

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

Textiles and Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Indonesia

November 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: November 30, 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 limits for certain categories are being adjusted,

variously, for swing and special shift.

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 67625, published on December 29, 1997.

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

November 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 19, 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 Indonesia and exported during the

twelve-month period which began on January 1, 1998 and extends

through December 31, 1998.

Effective on November 30, 1998, you are directed to adjust the

limits for the categories listed below, 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

219....................................... 8,828,362 square meters.

225....................................... 6,384,614 square meters.

313-O \2\................................. 13,330,756 square meters.

314-O \3\................................. 66,417,908 square meters.

317-O/617/326-O \4\....................... 28,716,274 square meters of

which not more than

3,834,249 square meters

shall be in Category 326-O.

331/631................................... 2,158,543 dozen pairs.

340/640................................... 1,706,087 dozen.

359-S/659-S \5\........................... 764,946 kilograms.

369-S \6\................................. 945,251 kilograms.

604-A \7\................................. 528,781 kilograms.

618-O \8\................................. 500,005 square meters.

641....................................... 1,723,343 dozen.

643....................................... 245,404 numbers.

644....................................... 202,130 numbers.

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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 617; Category 317-O: all HTS numbers except 5208.59.2085;

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

5211.59.0015.

\5\ Category 359-S: only HTS numbers 6112.39.0010, 6112.49.0010,

6211.11.8010, 6211.11.8020, 6211.12.8010 and 6211.12.8020; Category

659-S: only HTS numbers 6112.31.0010, 6112.31.0020, 6112.41.0010,

6112.41.0020, 6112.41.0030, 6112.41.0040, 6211.11.1010, 6211.11.1020,

6211.12.1010 and 6211.12.1020.

\6\ Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.

\7\ Category 604-A: only HTS number 5509.32.0000.

\8\ Category 618-O: all HTS numbers except 5408.24.9010 and

5408.24.9040.

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,

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

[FR Doc. 98-31770 Filed 11-27-98; 8:45 am]

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