[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 242 (Wednesday, December 17, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66056-66057]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-32895]
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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
Textile and Apparel Categories With the Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States; Changes to the 1997 Correlation
December 11, 1997.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).
ACTION: Changes to the 1997 Correlation
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lori E. Mennitt, International Trade
Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of
Commerce, (202) 482-3400.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The Correlation: Textile and Apparel Categories based on the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (1997) presents the
harmonized tariff numbers under each of the cotton, wool, man-made
fiber, silk blend and other vegetable fiber categories used by the
United States in monitoring imports of these textile products and in
the administration of the textile program. The Correlation should be
amended to include the following changes:
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Changes to the 1997 Correlation
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The following changes for certain discharged printed cotton fabrics were
effective on October 1, 1997:
Category 313
Delete 5208.52.3040.
Add 5208.52.3035--Woven fabrics of cotton, containing 85 percent or more
by weight of cotton, plain weave, weighing more than 100 g/m2, of
number 42 or lower number, sheeting, discharge printed.
Add 5208.52.3045--Woven fabrics of cotton, containing 85 percent or more
by weight of cotton, plain weave, weighing more than 100 g/m2, of
number 42 or lower number, sheeting, other than discharge printed.
Delete 5208.52.4040.
Add 5208.52.4035--Woven fabrics of cotton, containing 85 percent or more
by weight of cotton, plain weave, weighing more than 100 g/m2, of
numbers 43 to 68, sheeting, discharge printed.
Add 5208.52.4045--Woven fabrics of cotton, containing 85 percent or more
by weight of cotton, plain weave, weighing more than 100 g/m2, of
numbers 43 to 68, sheeting, other than discharge printed.
Delete 5209.51.6030.
Add 5209.51.6032--Woven fabrics of cotton, containing 85 percent or more
by weight of cotton, weighing more than 200 g/m2, plain weave,
sheeting, not napped, discharge printed.
Add 5209.51.6035--Woven fabrics of cotton, containing 85 percent or more
by weight of cotton, weighing more than 200 g/m2, plain weave,
sheeting, not napped, other than discharge printed.
Category 314
Delete 5209.51.6020.
Add 5209.51.6015--Woven fabrics of cotton, containing 85 percent or more
by weight of cotton, weighing more than 200 g/m2, plain weave, poplin
or broadcloth, discharge printed.
Add 5209.51.6025--Woven fabrics of cotton, containing 85 percent or more
by weight of cotton, weighing more than 200 g/m2, plain weave, poplin
or broadcloth, other than discharge printed.
Category 315
Delete 5208.52.4060.
Add 5208.52.4055--Woven fabrics of cotton, containing 85 percent or more
by weight of cotton, plain weave, weighing more than 100 g/m2, of
numbers 43 to 68, printcloth, discharge printed.
Add 5208.52.4065--Woven fabrics of cotton, containing 85 percent or more
by weight of cotton, plain weave, weighing more than 100 g/m2, of
numbers 43 to 68, printcloth, other than discharged printed.
Category 317
Delete 5208.59.2090.
Add 5208.59.2085--Woven fabrics of cotton, containing 85 percent or more
by weight of cotton, weighing not more than 200 g/m2, other fabrics,
satin weave or twill weave, other than sateens, discharged printed.
Add 5208.59.2095--Woven fabrics of cotton, containing 85 percent or more
by weight of cotton, weighing not more than 200 g/m2, other fabrics,
satin weave or twill weave, other than sateens, other than discharged
printed.
Category 326
Delete 5208.59.2020.
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Add 5208.59.2015--Woven fabrics of cotton, containing 85 percent or more
by weight of cotton, weighing not more than 200 g/m2, other fabrics,
satin weave or twill weave, sateens, discharged printed.
Add 5208.59.2025--Woven fabrics of cotton, containing 85 percent or more
by weight of cotton, weighing not more than 200 g/m2, other fabrics,
satin weave or twill weave, sateens, other than discharge printed.
Delete 5209.59.0020.
Add 5209.59.0015--Woven fabrics, containing 85 percent or more by weight
of cotton, weighing more than 200 g/m2, printed, other fabrics, satin
weave or twill weave, sateens, discharge printed.
Add 5209.59.0025--Woven fabrics, containing 85 percent or more by weight
of cotton, weighing more than 200 g/m2, printed, other fabrics, satin
weave or twill weave, sateens, other than discharge printed.
Delete 5211.59.0020.
Add 5211.59.0015--Woven fabrics of cotton, containing less than 85
percent by weight of cotton, mixed mainly or solely with manmade
fibers, weighing more than 200 g/m2, printed, other fabrics, satin
weave or twill weave, sateens, discharge printed.
Add 5211.59.0025--Woven fabrics of cotton, containing less than 85
percent by weight of cotton, mixed mainly or solely with manmade
fibers, weighing more than 200 g/m2, printed, other fabrics, satin
weave or twill weave, sateens, other than discharge printed.
The following changes were effective on August 1, 1997:
Category 622
Delete 7019.40.4000.
Add 7019.40.4030--Other woven fiberglass fabrics, not colored, silica
filament fabric of filaments with a silica content greater than 93
percent.
Add 7019.40.4060--Other woven fiberglass fabrics, not colored, other
than silica filament fabric of filaments with a silica content greater
than 93 percent.
Delete 7019.40.9000.
Add 7019.40.9030--Other colored woven fiberglass fabrics, silica
filament fabric of filaments with a silica containing greater than 93
percent.
Add 7019.40.9060--Other colored woven fiberglass fabrics, other than
silica filament fabric of filaments with a silica containing greater
than 93 percent.
Category 359
Delete 6117.80.9010.
Replace with 6117.80.9510--definition remains unchanged.
Delete 6217.10.9010.
Replace with 6217.10.9510--definition remains unchanged.
Category 459
Delete 6117.80.9020.
Replace with 6117.80.9520--definition remains unchanged.
Delete 6117.80.9030.
Replace with 6117.80.9530--definition remains unchanged.
Delete 6217.10.9020.
Replace with 6217.10.9520--definition remains unchanged.
Category 659
Delete 6117.80.9040.
Replace with 6117.80.9540--definition remains unchanged.
Delete 6217.10.9030.
Replace with 6217.10.9530--definition remains unchanged.
Category 859
Delete 6117.80.9070.
Replace with 6117.80.9570--definition remains unchanged.
Delete 6217.10.9050.
Replace with 6217.10.9550--definition remains unchanged.
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Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
[FR Doc. 97-32895 Filed 12-16-97; 8:45 am]
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