[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 117 (Monday, June 17, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30597-30598]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-15260]



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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Establishment and Amendment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton 
and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Nepal

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

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs establishing 
and increasing limits.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: June 17, 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) 927-5850. 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 the Kingdom of Nepal 
agreed to amend and extend their current bilateral agreement for three 
additional years, until December 31, 2000. The two governments agreed 
to establish a limit for merged Categories 342/642 and to increase the 
1996 base limit for Categories 336/636.
    In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the 
Commissioner of Customs to establish a limit for newly merged 
Categories 342/642 for the period beginning on January 1, 1996 and 
extending through December 31, 1996 and to increase the current limit 
for Categories 336/636.
    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 62410, published on December 6, 1995; and 60 FR 66269, published 
on December 21, 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
June 11, 1996.

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

    Dear Commissioner: This directive cancels, effective on June 17, 
1996, the directive issued to you on December 15, 1995, by the 
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements 
(CITA), which directed you to count imports for consumption and 
withdrawals from warehouse for consumption of textile products in 
Category 642 produced or manufactured in Nepal and exported during 
the period November 28, 1995 through November 27, 1996. Import 
charges already made to Category 642 shall be retained.
    This directive amends, but does not cancel, the directive issued 
to you on November 29, 1995, by the Chairman of CITA. That directive 
concerns imports of certain cotton and man-made fiber textile 
products, produced or manufactured in Nepal and exported during the 
twelve-month period which began on January 1, 1996 and extends 
through December 31, 1996.
    Effective on June 17, 1996 , you are directed, pursuant to 
exchange of notes dated April 18, 1996 and April 30, 1996 between 
the Governments of the United States and the Kingdom of Nepal, to 
establish a limit for newly merged Categories 342/642 and increase 
the current limit for Categories 336/636 for the period January 1, 
1996 through December 31, 1996, as follows:

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                 Category                      Twelve-month limit \1\   
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342/642...................................  262,764 dozen.              
336/636...................................  208,450 dozen.              
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports        
  exported after December 31, 1995.                                     

    Adjustment to import charges for Category 642 will be provided 
at a later date.
    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. 96-15260 Filed 6-14-96; 8:45 am]
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