[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 178 (Thursday, September 12, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48133-48134]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-23393]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

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

September 9, 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: September 16, 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) 927-6705. 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 and special shift.
    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
September 9, 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 September 16, 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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218.......................................  14,055,844 square meters.   
313.......................................  41,144,053 square meters.   
314.......................................  5,678,026 square meters.    
315.......................................  13,332,512 square meters.   
317.......................................  32,644,657 square meters.   
326.......................................  7,608,828 square meters.    
334/634...................................  135,821 dozen.              

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335/635...................................  461,513 dozen.              
336/636...................................  837,398 dozen.              
338/339...................................  3,807,699 dozen.            
340/640...................................  1,869,892 dozen.            
341.......................................  4,065,343 dozen of which not
                                             more than 2,346,540 dozen  
                                             shall be in Category 341-Y 
                                             \2\.                       
342/642...................................  1,333,793 dozen.            
345.......................................  160,606 dozen.              
347/348...................................  656,234 dozen.              
351/651...................................  258,829 dozen.              
363.......................................  39,420,106 numbers.         
641.......................................  1,170,973 dozen.            
647/648...................................  428,188 dozen.              
Group II                                                                
200, 201, 220-229, 237, 239, 300, 301, 330- 104,339,969 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 \3\, 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 665-O: all HTS numbers except 5702.10.9030, 5702.42.2020,  
  5702.92.0010 and 5703.20.1000.                                        

    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.96-23393 Filed 9-11-96; 8:45 am]
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