Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the Dominican Republic

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool and Man-Made

Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the Dominican

Republic

February 25, 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: March 3, 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 limits for certain categories are 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 67622, published on December 29, 1997.

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

February 25, 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 and man-made

fiber textile products, produced or manufactured in the Dominican

Republic and exported during the periods January 1, 1998 through

March 26, 1998 (Categories 352/652) and January 1, 1998 through

December 31, 1998.

Effective on March 3, 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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Category Adjusted limit \1\

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338/638................................... 964,072 dozen.

340/640................................... 992,459 dozen.

342/642................................... 636,449 dozen.

347/348/647/648........................... 2,158,406 dozen of which not

more than 1,148,820 dozen

shall be in Categories 647/

648.

352/652................................... 2,759,208 dozen.

433....................................... 24,131 dozen.

442....................................... 81,930 dozen.

443....................................... 142,253 numbers.

444....................................... 81,930 numbers.

448....................................... 42,207 dozen.

633....................................... 145,623 dozen.

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The guaranteed access levels for the foregoing categories remain

unchanged.

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,

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

[FR Doc. 98-5298 Filed 2-27-98; 8:45 am]

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