[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 75 (Wednesday, April 17, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16760-16761]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-9381]



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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Establishment of Import Limits for Certain Wool Textile Products 
Produced or Manufactured in India

April 11, 1996.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs establishing 
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 Quota Status Reports posted on the bulletin boards 
of each Customs port or call (202) 927-6705. For information on 
embargoes and quota re-openings, call (202) 482-3715. For information 
on categories on which consultations have been requested, call (202) 
482-3740.

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 United States Government has decided to continue the restraint 
limits on Categories 435 and 440 for an additional twelve-month period, 
beginning on April 18, 1996 and extending through April 17, 1997.
    This action is taken in accordance with the Uruguay Round Agreement 
on Textiles and Clothing and the Uruguay Round Agreements Act.
    The United States remains committed to finding a mutual solution 
concerning Categories 435 and 440. Should such a solution be reached in 
consultations with the Government of India, further notice will be 
published in the Federal Register.
    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 35899, published on July 12, 1995.
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: Under the terms of section 204 of the 
Agricultural Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1854), the Uruguay 
Round Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and 
Clothing; and in accordance with the provisions of Executive Order 
11651 of March 30, 1972, as amended, you are directed to prohibit, 
effective on April 18, 1996, entry into the United States for 
consumption and withdrawal from warehouse for consumption of wool 
textile products in the following categories, produced or 
manufactured in India and exported during the twelve-month period 
beginning on April 18, 1996 and extending through April 17, 1997, in 
excess of the following limits:

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                 Category                        Twelve-month limit     
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435.......................................  38,237 dozen.               
440.......................................  78,232 dozen.               
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    Imports charged to these category limits for the period April 
18, 1995 through April 17, 1996 shall be charged against those 
levels of restraint to the extent of any unfilled balances. Goods in 
excess of those limits will be subject to the limits established in 
this directive.

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    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 these actions fall within the foreign affairs 
exception of 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. 96-9381 Filed 4-16-96; 8:45 am]
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