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

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## Record

- **Collection:** Federal Register
- **Document type:** Notice
- **Published:** November 30, 1998
- **Citation:** 63 FR 65754

## Text

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

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

November 24, 1998.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

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

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EFFECTIVE DATE: November 30, 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 increased for
carryforward.
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 63524, published on December 1, 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 November 25, 1997, by the Chairman,
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That
directive concerns imports of certain cotton and man-made fiber
textile products, produced or manufactured in Pakistan 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 increase 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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226/313................................... 126,225,452 square meters.
351/651................................... 360,228 dozen.
359-C/659-C \2\........................... 1,621,030 kilograms.
363....................................... 49,484,642 numbers.
369-F/369-P \3\........................... 2,644,511 kilograms.
369-S \4\................................. 799,188 kilograms.
613/614................................... 24,993,797 square meters.
615....................................... 26,637,611 square meters.
625/626/627/628/629....................... 81,776,324 square meters of
which not more than
40,888,163 square meters
shall be in Category 625;
not more than 40,888,163
square meters shall be in
Category 626; not more than
38,573,739 square meters
shall be in Category 627;
not more than 7,980,774
square meters shall be in
Category 628; and not more
than 38,573,739 square
meters shall be in Category
629.
666-P \5\................................. 809,891 kilograms.
666-S \6\................................. 4,489,906 kilograms.
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports
exported after December 31, 1997.
\2\ Category 359-C: only HTS numbers 6103.42.2025, 6103.49.8034,
6104.62.1020, 6104.69.8010, 6114.20.0048, 6114.20.0052, 6203.42.2010,
6203.42.2090, 6204.62.2010, 6211.32.0010, 6211.32.0025 and
6211.42.0010; Category 659-C: only HTS numbers 6103.23.0055,
6103.43.2020, 6103.43.2025, 6103.49.2000, 6103.49.8038, 6104.63.1020,
6104.63.1030, 6104.69.1000, 6104.69.8014, 6114.30.3044, 6114.30.3054,
6203.43.2010, 6203.43.2090, 6203.49.1010, 6203.49.1090, 6204.63.1510,
6204.69.1010, 6210.10.9010, 6211.33.0010, 6211.33.0017 and
6211.43.0010.
\3\ Category 369-F: only HTS number 6302.91.0045; Category 369-P: only
HTS numbers 6302.60.0010 and 6302.91.0005.
\4\ Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.
\5\ Category 666-P: only HTS numbers 6302.22.1010, 6302.22.1020,
6302.22.2010, 6302.32.1010, 6302.32.1020, 6302.32.2010 and
6302.32.2020.
\6\ Category 666-S: only HTS numbers 6302.22.1030, 6302.22.1040,
6302.22.2020, 6302.32.1030, 6302.32.1040, 6302.32.2030 and
6302.32.2040.

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).

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Sincerely,
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
[FR Doc. 98-31771 Filed 11-27-98; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-DR-F

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