Adjustment of an Import Limit for Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Honduras

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of an Import Limit for Certain Cotton and Man-Made

Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Honduras

February 18, 1998.

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

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

limit.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: February 24, 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 this

limit, 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 352/652 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 68261, published on December 31, 1997.

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

February 18, 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 23, 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 Honduras and exported

during the period which began on January 1, 1998 and extends through

March 26, 1998.

Effective on February 24, 1998, you are directed to increase the

limit for Categories

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352/652 to 2,898,411 dozen \1\ of which not more than 1,941,519

dozen shall be in Categories 352-K/652-K \2\, as provided for under

the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing.

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\1\ The limit has not been adjusted to account for any imports

exported after December 31, 1997.

\2\ Category 352-K: only HTS numbers 6107.11.0010, 6107.11.0020,

6108.19.9010, 6108.21.0010, 6108.21.0020, 6108.91.0005,

6108.91.0015, 6108.91.0025, 6109.10.0005, 6109.10.0007,

6109.10.0009, 6109.10.0037; Category 652-K: only HTS numbers

6107.12.0010, 6107.12.0020, 6108.11.0010, 6108.11.0020,

6108.22.9020, 6108.22.9030, 6108.22.9020, 6108.22.9030,

6108.92.0005, 6108.92.0015, 6108.92.0025, 6109.90.1047 and

6109.90.1075.

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The guaranteed access level for Categories 352/652 remains

unchanged.

The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has

determined that this action falls within the foreign affairs

exception of 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. 98-4625 Filed 2-23-98; 8:45 am]

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