[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 20 (Tuesday, January 30, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3003-3004]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-1744]



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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Announcement of an Import Restraint Limit for Certain Cotton and 
Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Fiji

January 24, 1996.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs establishing 
a limit.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: February 1, 1996.

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 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: Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as amended; 
section 204 of the Agricultural Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C. 
1854).

    The Governments of the United States and Fiji agreed to extend 
their current agreement for two consecutive one-year periods beginning 
on January 1, 1996 and extending through December 31, 1997.
    In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the 
Commissioner of Customs to establish limits for the 1996 period.
    This limit will be subject to revision pursuant to the Uruguay 
Round Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and 
Clothing (ATC) on the date that Fiji becomes a member of the World 
Trade Organization.
    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 60 FR 65299, published on December 19, 1995).
    The letter to the Commissioner of Customs and the actions taken 
pursuant to it are not designed to implement all of the provisions of 
the bilateral agreement, but are designed to assist only in the 
implementation of certain of its provisions.
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

January 24, 1996.
Commissioner of Customs,
Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.
    Dear Commissioner: Under the terms of section 204 of the 
Agricultural Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1854); pursuant to 
the Bilateral Textile Agreement, effected by exchange of notes dated 
May 24, 1991 and August 20, 1991, as amended and extended, between 
the Governments of the United States and Fiji; and in accordance 
with the provisions of Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as 
amended, you are directed to prohibit, effective on February 1, 
1996, entry into the United States for consumption and withdrawal 
from warehouse for consumption of cotton and manmade fiber textile 
products in Categories 338/339/638/639, produced or manufactured in 
Fiji and exported during the twelve-month period beginning on 
January 1, 1996 and extending through December 31, 1996, in excess 
of 1,071,914 dozen\1\ of which not more than 

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893,262 dozen shall be in Categories 338-S/339-S/638-S/639-S.\2\

    \1\The limit has not been adjusted to account for any imports 
exported after December 31, 1995.
    \2\Category 338-S: only HTS numbers 6103.22.0050, 6105.10.0010, 
6105.10.0030, 6105.90.8010, 6109.10.0027, 6110.20.1025, 
6110.20.2040, 6110.20.2065, 6110.90.9068, 6112.11.0030 and 
6114.20.0005; Category 339-S: only HTS numbers 6104.22.0060, 
6104.29.2049, 6106.10.0010, 6106.10.0030, 6106.90.2510, 
6106.90.3010, 6109.10.0070, 6110.20.1030, 6110.20.2045, 
6110.20.2075, 6110.90.9070, 6112.11.0040, 6114.20.0010 and 
6117.90.9020; Category 638-S: all HTS numbers except 6109.90.1007, 
6109.90.1009, 6109.90.1013 and 6109.90.1025; Category 639-S: all HTS 
numbers except 6109.90.1050, 6109.90.1060, 6109.90.1065 and 
6109.90.1070.
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    Imports charged to this category limit for the period January 1, 
1995 through December 31, 1995 shall be charged against that level 
of restraint to the extent of any unfilled balance. In the event the 
limit established for that period has been exhausted by previous 
entries, such goods shall be subject to the level set forth in this 
directive.
    Should Fiji become a member of the World Trade Organization 
(WTO), the limit set forth above will be subject to adjustment in 
the future pursuant to the provisions of the Uruguay Round 
Agreements Act, the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing 
and any administrative arrangements notified to the Textiles 
Monitoring Body.
    In carrying out the above directions, the Commissioner of 
Customs should construe entry into the United States for consumption 
to include entry for consumption into the Commonwealth of Puerto 
Rico.
    The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has 
determined that this action falls within the foreign affairs 
exception to 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. 96-1744 Filed 1-29-96; 8:45 am]
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