[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 213 (Friday, November 1, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56523-56524]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-28042]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool 
and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in 
Singapore

October 28, 1996.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

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

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EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 1997.

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) 927-6716. 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 limits for textile products, produced or 
manufactured in Singapore and exported during the period January 1, 
1997 through December 31, 1997 are based on limits 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 1997 limits.
    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). 
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 28, 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, wool and man-made fiber textile products in the following 
categories, produced or manufactured in Singapore and exported 
during the twelve-month period beginning on January 1, 1997 and 
extending through December 31, 1997, in excess of the following 
levels of restraint:

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                 Category                   Twelve-month restraint limit
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222.......................................  463,457 kilograms.          
237.......................................  264,858 dozen.              
239.......................................  521,911 kilograms.          
331.......................................  470,414 dozen pairs.        
334.......................................  71,794 dozen.               
335.......................................  215,960 dozen.              
338/339...................................  1,292,577 dozen of which not
                                             more than 755,394 dozen    
                                             shall be in Category 338   
                                             and not more than 839,904  
                                             dozen shall be in Category 
                                             339.                       
340.......................................  904,613 dozen.              
341.......................................  227,466 dozen.              
342.......................................  139,978 dozen.              

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347/348...................................  1,010,647 dozen of which not
                                             more than 631,654 dozen    
                                             shall be in Category 347   
                                             and not more than 491,287  
                                             dozen shall be in Category 
                                             348.                       
435.......................................  6,813 dozen.                
604.......................................  904,109 kilograms.          
631.......................................  524,920 dozen pairs.        
634.......................................  274,100 dozen.              
635.......................................  280,497 dozen               
638.......................................  1,006,724 dozen.            
639.......................................  3,454,120 dozen.            
640.......................................  192,855 dozen.              
641.......................................  314,567 dozen.              
642.......................................  304,753 dozen.              
645/646...................................  154,405 dozen.              
647.......................................  594,397 dozen.              
648.......................................  1,529,794 dozen.            
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    Imports charged to these category limits for the period January 
1, 1996 through December 31, 1996 shall be charged against those 
levels of restraint to the extent of any unfilled balances. In the 
event the limits established for that period have been exhausted by 
previous entries, such goods shall be subject to the levels set 
forth in this directive.
    The limits set forth above are subject to adjustment in the 
future pursuant to the provisions of the Uruguay Round Agreements 
Act, the ATC 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 these actions fall within the foreign affairs 
exception of 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. 96-28042 Filed 10-31-96; 8:45 am]
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