[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 148 (Wednesday, July 31, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 40060]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-19437]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool, Man-Made 
Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textiles and Textile 
Products Produced or Manufactured in Indonesia

July 25, 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 30, 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) 927-6704. 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 swing, carryforward, carryover and recrediting of unused 
carryforward.
    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.
    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 25, 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 30, 1995, by the Chairman, 
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That 
directive concerns imports of certain cotton, wool, man-made fiber, 
silk blend and other vegetable fiber textiles and textile products, 
produced or manufactured in Indonesia and exported during the 
twelve-month period which began on January 1, 1996 and extends 
through December 31, 1996.
    Effective on July 30, 1996, you are directed to amend the 
directive dated November 30, 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 limit
                 Category                                \1\            
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Levels in Group I                                                       
200.......................................  816,519 kilograms.          
219.......................................  8,909,688 square meters.    
300/301...................................  3,881,478 kilograms.        
313.......................................  14,666,535 square meters.   
314.......................................  49,006,182 square meters.   
315.......................................  24,149,599 square meters.   
317/617/326...............................  23,773,815 square meters.   
334/335...................................  217,865 dozen.              
336/636...................................  589,613 dozen.              
338/339...................................  1,231,193 dozen.            
340/640...................................  1,336,502 dozen.            
341.......................................  877,091 dozen.              
342/642...................................  368,475 dozen.              
345.......................................  392,243 dozen.              
347/348...................................  1,758,686 dozen.            
350/650...................................  113,609 dozen.              
359-C/659-C \2\...........................  1,259,114 kilograms.        
359-S/659-S \3\...........................  1,386,464 kilograms.        
360.......................................  1,233,948 numbers.          
361.......................................  1,233,948 numbers.          
369-S \4\.................................  766,732 kilograms.          
443.......................................  88,751 numbers.             
445/446...................................  61,809 dozen.               
447.......................................  16,621 dozen.               
448.......................................  22,718 dozen.               
604-A \5\.................................  661,941 kilograms.          
611.......................................  5,879,023 square meters.    
613/614/615...............................  21,500,578 square meters.   
618.......................................  3,440,211 square meters.    
619/620...................................  8,750,966 square meters.    
625/626/627/628/629.......................  25,303,602 square meters.   
634/635...................................  279,792 dozen.              
638/639...................................  1,320,911 dozen.            
641.......................................  2,137,493 dozen.            
643.......................................  308,488 numbers.            
644.......................................  431,882 numbers.            
645/646...................................  729,656 dozen.              
847.......................................  381,931 dozen.              
Subgroup in Group II                                                    
400, 410, 414, 431, 432, 434, 435, 436,     3,256,340 square meters     
 438, 439, 440, 442, 444, 459, 464, 465      equivalent.                
 and 469, as a group.                                                   
In Group II subgroup                                                    
435.......................................  51,116 dozen.               
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports        
  exported after December 31, 1995.                                     
\2\ Category 359-C: only HTS numbers 6103.42.2025, 6103.49.8034,        
  6104.62.1020, 6104.69.8010, 6114.20.0048, 6114.20.0052, 6203.42.2010, 
  6203.42.2090, 6204.62.2010, 6211.32.0010, 6211.32.0025 and            
  6211.42.0010; Category 659-C: only HTS numbers 6103.23.0055,          
  6103.43.2020, 6103.43.2025, 6103.49.2000, 6103.49.8038, 6104.63.1020, 
  6104.63.1030, 6104.69.1000, 6104.69.8014, 6114.30.3044, 6114.30.3054, 
  6203.43.2010, 6203.43.2090, 6203.49.1010, 6203.49.1090, 6204.63.1510, 
  6204.69.1010, 6210.10.9010, 6211.33.0010, 6211.33.0017 and            
  6211.43.0010.                                                         
\3\ Category 359-S: only HTS numbers 6112.39.0010, 6112.49.0010,        
  6211.11.8010, 6211.11.8020, 6211.12.8010 and 6211.12.8020; 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.                                        
\4\ Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.                       
\5\ Category 604-A: only HTS number 5509.32.0000.                       

    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.96-19437 Filed 7-30-96; 8:45 am]
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