[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 180 (Thursday, September 17, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49688-49689]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-24964]
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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber
Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Malaysia
September 11, 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: September 17, 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);
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Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as amended.
The current limits for certain categories are being adjusted,
variously, for swing, special shift, carryover, carryforward and
recrediting unused 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 67834, published on December 30, 1997.
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
September 11, 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 and man-made
fiber textiles and textile products and silk blend and other
vegetable fiber apparel, produced or manufactured in Malaysia and
exported during the period January 1, 1998 through December 31,
1998.
Effective on September 17, 1998, you are directed to adjust 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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Sublevels within Fabric Group
619....................................... 5,320,516 square meters.
620....................................... 6,419,698 square meters.
Other specific limits
336/636................................... 485,387 dozen.
338/339................................... 1,161,688 dozen.
347/348................................... 652,799 dozen.
445/446................................... 35,242 dozen.
645/646................................... 363,916 dozen.
647/648................................... 1,721,282 dozen of which not
more than 1,258,445 dozen
shall be in Category 647-K
\2\ and not more than
1,258,445 dozen shall be in
Category 648-K \3\.
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports
exported after December 31, 1997.
\2\ Category 647-K: only HTS numbers 6103.23.0040, 6103.23.0045,
6103.29.1020, 6103.29.1030, 6103.43.1520, 6103.43.1540, 6103.43.1550,
6103.43.1570, 6103.49.1020, 6103.49.1060, 6103.49.8014, 6112.12.0050,
6112.19.1050, 6112.20.1060 and 6113.00.9044.
\3\ Category 648-K: only HTS numbers 6104.23.0032, 6104.23.0034,
6104.29.1030, 6104.29.1040, 6104.29.2038, 6104.63.2006, 6104.63.2011,
6104.63.2026, 6104.63.2028, 6104.63.2030, 6104.63.2060, 6104.69.2030,
6104.69.2060, 6104.69.8026, 6112.12.0060, 6112.19.1060, 6112.20.1070,
6113.00.9052 and 6117.90.9070.
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. 98-24964 Filed 9-16-98; 8:45 am]
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