[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 75 (Wednesday, April 17, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16761-16762]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-9380]



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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 the United Arab Emirates

April 11, 1996.
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: April 18, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janet Heinzen, 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

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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 limits for certain categories are being increased, 
variously, for carryforward and carryover.
    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 9982, published on March 12, 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 Uruguay Round Agreement on 
Textiles and Clothing, 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 11, 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 March 5, 1996, by the Chairman, 
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That 
directive concerns imports of certain cotton, man-made fiber, silk 
blend and other vegetable fiber textile products, produced or 
manufactured in the United Arab Emirates and exported during the 
twelve-month period which began on January 1, 1996 and extends 
through December 31, 1996.
    Effective on April 18, 1996, you are directed to amend the 
directive dated March 5, 1996 to adjust the limits for the following 
categories, as provided for under the Uruguay Round Agreements Act 
and the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing:

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                                             Adjusted twelve-month limit
                 Category                                \1\            
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336/636...................................  195,471 dozen.              
338/339...................................  584,161 dozen of which not  
                                             more than 371,897 dozen    
                                             shall be in Categories 338-
                                             S/339-S \2\.               
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\1\ The limits have 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.                                                     

    The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has 
determined that these actions fall 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.96-9380 Filed 4-16-96; 8:45 am]
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