[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 206 (Wednesday, October 23, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54985-54986]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-27085]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Announcement of an Import Restraint Limit for Certain Cotton and 
Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Fiji

October 16, 1996.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs establishing 
a limit.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ross Arnold, International Trade 
Specialist, Office of Textiles and 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) 927-5850. 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 import restraint limit for textile products, produced or 
manufactured in Fiji and exported during the period January 1, 1997 
through December 31, 1997 is based on the limit notified to the 
Textiles Monitoring Body pursuant to the Uruguay Round Agreements Act 
and the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC).
    In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the 
Commissioner of Customs to establish the limit for the 1997 period.
    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,

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published on December 19, 1995). Information regarding the 1997 
CORRELATION will be published in the Federal Register at a later date.
    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
October 16, 1996.

Commissioner of Customs,
Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.

    Dear Commissioner: Pursuant to section 204 of the Agricultural 
Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1854), the Uruguay Round 
Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and 
Clothing (ATC); and in accordance with the provisions of Executive 
Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as amended, you are directed to 
prohibit, effective on January 1, 1997, entry into the United States 
for consumption and withdrawal from warehouse for consumption of 
cotton and man-made fiber textile products in Categories 338/339/
638/639, produced or manufactured in Fiji and exported during the 
twelve-month period beginning on January 1, 1997 and extending 
through December 31, 1997, in excess of 1,168,614 dozen of which not 
more than 973,846 dozen shall be in Categories 338-S/339-S/638-S/
639-S \1\.
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    \1\ 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; Category 638-S: all HTS numbers except 6109.90.1007, 
6109.90.1009, 6109.90.1013 and 6109.90.1025; Category 639-S: all HTS 
numbers except 6109.90.1050, 6109.90.1060, 6109.90.1065 and 
6109.90.1070.
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    Imports charged to this category limit for the period January 1, 
1996 through December 31, 1996 shall be charged against that level 
of restraint to the extent of any unfilled balance. In the event the 
limit established for that period has been exhausted by previous 
entries, such goods shall be subject to the level set forth in this 
directive.
    The limit set forth above is subject to adjustment in the future 
pursuant to the provisions of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act, the 
Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing and any 
administrative arrangements notified to the Textiles Monitoring 
Body.
    In carrying out the above directions, the Commissioner of 
Customs should construe entry into the United States for consumption 
to include entry for consumption into the Commonwealth of Puerto 
Rico.
    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. 96-27085 Filed 10-22-96; 8:45 am]
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