[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 117 (Monday, June 17, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30596-30597]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-15351]
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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
Extension of Staged Entry Period for Certain Cotton, Wool, Man-
Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textiles and Textile
Products and Silk Apparel Products Produced or Manufactured in the
People's Republic of China
June 12, 1996.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).
ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs amending
earlier directives with respect to textile products from China.
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EFFECTIVE DATE: June 14, 1996.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Aldrich, International Trade
Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of
Commerce, (202) 482-4212.
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).
At the request of the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, a
notice published in the Federal Register on May 17, 1996 (61 FR 24919)
amended previous directives which established limits for certain
textile products, produced or manufactured in China and exported during
1996. (Also see 61 FR 25000, published on May 17, 1996.)
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has decided to extend
the staged entry period of certain goods produced or manufactured in
China and exported from China for an additional 30-day period beginning
on June 14, 1996.
This action is being taken to facilitate implementation of a
further request to CITA from the Office of the U.S. Trade
Representative in accordance with section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974,
as amended.
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).
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
June 12, 1996.
Commissioner of Customs,
Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.
Dear Commissioner: This directive amends, but does not cancel,
the directives issued to you on November 30, 1995 and December 13,
1995, by the Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile
Agreements (CITA). Those directives concern imports of certain silk
apparel and certain cotton, wool, man-made fiber, silk blend and
other vegetable fiber textile products, produced or manufactured in
the People's Republic of China and exported from China during the
twelve-month period beginning on January 1, 1996 and extending
through December 31, 1996.
The above directives are hereby amended to the extent necessary
to facilitate implementation of the directive of the Office of the
U.S. Trade Representative to the Commissioner of Customs regarding
textile products from China dated June 12, 1996, issued pursuant to
section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended. For your
information, entry of the following categories of textile products,
produced or manufactured in the People's Republic of China, is
hereby limited, over the 30-day period (commencing with exports from
China on or after June 14, 1996) to the following amounts:
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Category Amount to be entered
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Sublevels in Group I
218....................................... 1,631,752 square meters.
317/326................................... 2,961,510 square meters.
338/339................................... 355,559 dozen.
341....................................... 97,889 dozen.
347/348................................... 360,698 dozen.
352....................................... 270,175 dozen.
359-V \1\................................. 122,273 kilograms.
360....................................... 1,076,438 numbers.
361....................................... 601,945 numbers.
447....................................... 11,595 dozen.
448....................................... 3,259 dozen.
638/639................................... 354,776 dozen.
641....................................... 194,097 dozen.
642....................................... 45,002 dozen.
647....................................... 226,428 dozen.
648....................................... 161,781 dozen.
649....................................... 131,463 dozen.
650....................................... 16,367 dozen.
652....................................... 376,963 dozen.
659-S \2\................................. 87,044 kilograms.
840....................................... 69,473 dozen.
842....................................... 38,367 dozen.
847....................................... 183,392 dozen.
Silk Apparel Group
733, 734, 735, 736, 738, 739, 740, 741, 51,915,694 square meters
742, 743, 744, 745, 746, 747, 748, 750, equivalent.
751, 752, 758 and 759, as a group.
Specific Limit within Group
740 (Men's and boys' shirts, not knit).... 495,543 dozen.
741 (Women's and girls' shirts/blouses, 1,236,580 dozen.
not knit).
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\1\ Category 359-V: only HTS numbers 6103.19.2030, 6103.19.9030,
6104.12.0040, 6104.19.8040, 6110.20.1022, 6110.20.1024, 6110.20.2030,
6110.20.2035, 6110.90.9044, 6110.90.9046, 6201.92.2010, 6202.92.2020,
6203.19.1030, 6203.19.9030, 6204.12.0040, 6204.19.8040, 6211.32.0070 and
6211.42.0070.
\2\ Category 659-S: only HTS numbers 6112.31.0010, 6112.31.0020,
6112.41.0010, 6112.41.0020, 6112.41.0030, 6112.41.0040, 6211.11.1010,
6211.11.1020, 6211.12.1010 and 6211.12.1020.
Goods exported in excess of the amounts allowed during the
previous 30-day staged entry period, beginning on May 15, 1996 and
extending through June 13, 1996 (see letter dated May 15, 1996) may
be entered during the June 14, 1996 through July 13, 1996 period.
Textile products in the above group and categories will be
sublimits to the calendar year limits for the same group and
categories established in the directives dated November 30, 1995 and
December 13, 1995.
Categories 740 and 741 will be subject to specific limits for
the June 14, 1996 through July 13, 1996 period,and subject to the
Silk Group limit for the same period. The June 14, 1996 through July
13, 1996 period for the Silk Group, however, shall be a sublevel of
the Silk Group for the 1996 calendar year. Charges for the 1996
calendar year limits for Categories 740 and 741 will be provided by
CITA for goods exported during the June 14, 1996 through July 13,
1996 period.
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. 96-15351 Filed 6-13-96; 8:45 am]
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