[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 42 (Friday, March 1, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8043-8044]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-4852]



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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Adjustment of Import Restraint Levels for Certain Cotton, Wool 
and Man-Made Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Mexico

February 26, 1996.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

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

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EFFECTIVE DATE: March 4, 1996.


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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Naomi Freeman, International Trade 
Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, (202) 482-4212. For information on the quota status of these 
levels, 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 current levels for Categories 340/640 and 443 are being 
increased for carryover.
    These restrictions and consultation levels do not apply to NAFTA 
(North America Free Trade Agreement) originating goods, as defined in 
Annex 300-B, Chapter 4 and Annex 401 of the agreement. In addition, 
restrictions and consultation levels do not apply to textile and 
apparel goods that are assembled in Mexico from fabrics wholly formed 
and cut in the United States and exported from and re-imported into the 
United States under U.S. tariff item 9802.00.90.
    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). Also see 
60 FR 57404, published on November 15, 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 
Annex 300(B) of the North America Free Trade Agreement, but are 
designed to assist only in the implementation of certain of its 
provisions.
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
February 26, 1996.

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 November 8, 1995, 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 Mexico and 
exported during the twelve-month period beginning on January 1, 1996 
and extending through December 31, 1996. The levels established in 
that directive do not apply to NAFTA (North America Free Trade 
Agreement) originating goods, as defined in Annex 300-B, Chapter 4 
and Annex 401 of NAFTA or to goods assembled in Mexico from fabrics 
wholly formed and cut in the United States and exported from and re-
imported into the United States under U.S. tariff item 9802.00.90.
    Effective on March 4, 1996, you are directed to increase the 
levels for the following categories, pursuant to the provisions of 
the agreement between the Governments of the United States, Mexico 
and Canada:

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                                            Twelve-month restraint level
                 Category                                \1\            
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340/640...................................  152,945 dozen.              
443.......................................  180,086 numbers.            
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\1\ The levels have not been adjusted to account for any imports        
  exported after December 31, 1995.                                     

    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,
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.
[FR Doc. 96-4852 Filed 2-29-96; 8:45 am]
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