[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 147 (Tuesday, July 30, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39688-39689]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-19274]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton Textile Products 
Produced or Manufactured in India

July 24, 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: July 24, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janet Heinzen, International Trade 
Specialist, Office of Textiles and

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Apparel, U.S. Department of Commerce, (202) 482-4212. For information 
on the quota status of this limit, refer to the Quota Status Reports 
posted on the bulletin boards of each Customs port or call (202) 927-
6704. 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); Uruguay Round Agreements Act.

    The current limits for certain categories are being adjusted 
variously for an additional five percent handloomed fabrics allowance, 
swing, carryover, carryforward and carryforward used in 1995.
    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 62399, published on December 6, 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 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
July 24, 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 November 29, 1995, 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 textiles and textile products, 
produced or manufactured in India and exported during the twelve-
month period which began on January 1, 1996 and extends through 
December 31, 1996.
    Effective on July 24, 1996, you are directed to amend the 
directive dated November 29, 1995 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 Level
                 Category                                \1\            
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219.......................................  61,838,518 square meters.   
313.......................................  35,679,609 square meters.   
314.......................................  7,269,833 square meters.    
317.......................................  40,108,127 square meters.   
326.......................................  8,748,359 square meters.    
334/634...................................  127,332 dozen.              
335/635...................................  626,270 dozen.              
336/636...................................  785,061 dozen.              
340/640...................................  1,746,791 dozen.            
341.......................................  3,874,365 dozen, of which   
                                             not more than 2,346,540    
                                             shall be in Category 341-Y 
                                             \2\.                       
342/642...................................  1,147,937 dozen.            
345.......................................  178,273 dozen.              
347/348...................................  542,556 dozen.              
351/651...................................  242,652 dozen.              
369-D \3\.................................  1,069,492 kilograms.        
369-S \4\.................................  724,317 kilograms.          
Group II                                                                
200, 201, 220-229, 237, 239, 300, 301, 330- 105,968,941 square meters   
 333, 349, 350, 352, 359-362, 600-607, 611-  equivalent.                
 629, 630-633, 638, 639, 643-646, 649,                                  
 650, 652, 659, 665-O \4\, 666, 669, 670,                               
 and 831-859, as a group.                                               
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports        
  exported after December 31, 1995.                                     
\2\ Category 341-Y: only HTS numbers 6204.22.3060, 6206.30.3010,        
  6206.30.3030 and 6211.42.0054.                                        
\3\ Category 369-D: only HTS numbers 6302.60.0010, 6302.91.0005 and     
  6302.91.0045.                                                         
\4\ Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.                       

    The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has 
determined that this action falls 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. 96-19274 Filed 7-29-96; 8:45 am]
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