[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 176 (Tuesday, September 10, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 47738]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-23025]


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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 Textile Products Produced 
or Manufactured in Bahrain

September 4, 1996.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

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

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EFFECTIVE DATE: September 9, 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); Uruguay Round Agreements Act.

    The current limits for Group I and Categories 338/339 are being 
increased for carryover.
    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 62398, 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
September 4, 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 of 
CITA. That directive concerns imports of certain cotton, wool, man-
made fiber, silk blend and other vegetable fiber textile products, 
produced or manufactured in Bahrain and exported during the twelve-
month period which began on January 1, 1996 and extends through 
December 31, 1996.
    Effective on September 9, 1996, you are directed to increase the 
limits for the following categories, as provided for in the Uruguay 
Round Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and 
Clothing:

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                 Category                      Twelve-month limit \1\   
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Group I                                                                 
237, 239, 330-336, 338, 339, 340-342, 345,  40,791,251 square meters    
 347, 348-354, 359, 431-436, 438-440, 442-   equivalent.                
 448, 459, 630-636, 638, 639, 640-647,                                  
 648, 649, 650-654, 659, 831-836, 838,                                  
 839, 840, 842-847, 850-852, 858, and 859,                              
 as a group.                                                            
Sublevel in Group I                                                     
338/339...................................  565,856 dozen.              
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports        
  exported after December 31, 1995.                                     


    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.96-23025 Filed 9-09-96; 8:45 am]
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