[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 141 (Monday, July 22, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37952-37953]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-18489]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Amendment of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton, Man-Made 
Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textile Products Produced 
or Manufactured in the United Arab Emirates

July 17, 1996.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

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

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EFFECTIVE DATE: July 23, 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).

    In accordance with the Uruguay Round Agreements Act and the Uruguay 
Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC), the current limits are 
being amended for certain textile products, produced or manufactured in 
the United Arab Emirates and exported during the period beginning on 
January 1, 1996 and extending through December 31, 1996. In accordance 
with the ATC, these amended limits are based on the limits notified to 
the Textiles Monitoring Body. These limits are amended because the 
United Arab Emirates 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 limits for the period 
January 1, 1996 through December 31, 1996. Previous adjustments applied 
to the 1996 limits have been adjusted accordingly.
    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 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
July 17, 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 beginning on January 1, 1996 and extending 
through December 31, 1996.
    Effective on July 23, 1996, you are directed, in accordance with 
the Uruguay Round Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round Agreement on 
Textiles and Clothing (ATC), to increase the limits for the 
following categories:

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                                             Amended twelve-month limit 
                 Category                                \1\            
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219.......................................  1,175,312 square meters.    
226/313...................................  2,009,814 square meters.    
315.......................................  -0-.                        
317.......................................  32,422,388 square meters.   
326.......................................  1,897,268 square meters.    
334/634...................................  228,736 dozen.              
335/635/835...............................  157,146 dozen.              
336/636...................................  209,459 dozen.              
338/339...................................  624,450 dozen of which not  
                                             more than 398,509 dozen    
                                             shall be in Categories 338-
                                             S/339-S \2\.               
340/640...................................  350,729 dozen.              
341/641...................................  321,604 dozen.              
342/642...................................  255,495 dozen.              
347/348...................................  463,877 dozen of which not  
                                             more than 231,938 dozen    
                                             shall be in Categories 347-
                                             T/348-T \3\.               
351/651...................................  183,636 dozen.              
352.......................................  232,892 dozen.              
361.......................................  -0-.                        
363.......................................  6,324,225 numbers.          
369-S \4\.................................  84,069 kilograms.           
369-O \5\.................................  604,625 kilogams.           
638/639...................................  237,065 dozen.              
647/648...................................  343,321 dozen.              
847.......................................  215,573 dozen.              
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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.                                                     
\3\ Category 347-T: only HTS numbers 6103.19.2015, 6103.19.9020,        
  6103.22.0030, 6103.42.1020, 6103.42.1040, 6103.49.8010, 6112.11.0050, 
  6113.00.9038, 6203.19.1020, 6203.19.9020, 6203.22.3020, 6203.42.4005, 
  6203.42.4010, 6203.42.4015, 6203.42.4025, 6203.42.4035, 6203.42.4045, 
  6203.49.8020, 6210.40.9033, 6211.20.1520, 6211.20.3810 and            
  6211.32.0040; Category 348-T: only HTS numbers 6104.12.0030,          
  6104.19.8030, 6104.22.0040, 6104.29.2034, 6104.62.2010, 6104.62.2025, 
  6104.69.8022, 6112.11.0060, 6113.00.9042, 6117.90.9060, 6204.12.0030, 
  6204.19.8030, 6204.22.3040, 6204.29.4034, 6204.62.3000, 6204.62.4005, 
  6204.62.4010, 6204.62.4020, 6204.62.4030, 6204.62.4040, 6204.62.4050, 
  6204.69.6010, 6304.69.9010. 6210.50.9060, 6211.20.1550, 6211.20.6810, 
  6211.42.0030 and 6217.90.9050.                                        
\4\ Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.                       
\5\ Category 369-O: all HTS numbers except 6307.10.2005 (Category 369-  
  S).                                                                   

    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).

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    Sincerely,
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
[FR Doc. 96-18489 Filed 7-19-96; 8:45 am]
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