[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 70 (Wednesday, April 10, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 15925]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-8966]



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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


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

April 5, 1996.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

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

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EFFECTIVE DATE: April 12, 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).

    In accordance with the Uruguay Round Agreements Act and the Uruguay 
Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC), the current limit is 
being amended for textile products in Categories 338/339/638/639, 
produced or manufactured in Fiji and exported during the period 
beginning on January 1, 1996 and extending through December 31, 1996. 
In accordance with the ATC, this amended limit is based on the limit 
notified to the Textiles Monitoring Body. This limit is amended because 
Fiji is now a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO).
    In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the 
Commissioner of Customs to amend the current limit for the period 
January 1, 1996 through December 31, 1996.
    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 
61 FR 3003, published on January 30, 1996.
    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 Uruguay Round Agreements Act and the ATC, but are designed to 
assist only in the implementation of certain of their provisions.
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
April 5, 1996.

Commissioner of Customs,
Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.

    Dear Commissioner: This directive amends, but does not cancel, 
the directive isued to you on January 24, 1996, by the Chairman, 
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That 
directive concerns imports of certain cotton and man-made fiber 
textile products, produced or manufactured in Fiji and exported 
during the twelve-month period beginning on January 1, 1996 and 
extending through December 31, 1996.
    Effective on April 12, 1996, you are directed, in accordancw 
with the Uruguay Round Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round 
Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC), to increase the limit for 
Categories 338/339/638/639 to 1,087,083 dozen \1\ of which not more 
than 905,903 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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    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. 96-8966 Filed 4-9-96; 8:45 am]
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