[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 221 (Thursday, November 14, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 58386]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-29205]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool and Man-Made 
Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Honduras

November 7, 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: November 14, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Aldrich, 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 certain categories 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 
61 FR 38237, published on July 23, 1996.
    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
November 7, 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 July 18, 1996, by the Chairman, 
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That 
directive concerns imports of certain cotton, wool and man-made 
fiber textile products, produced or manufactured in Honduras and 
exported during the twelve-month period which began on January 1, 
1996 and extends through December 31, 1996.
    Effective on November 14, 1996., you are directed to increase 
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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352/652...................................  11,077,000 dozen of which   
                                             not more than 8,162,000    
                                             dozen shall be in          
                                             Categories 352-K/652-K \2\.
435.......................................  16,157 dozen.               
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports        
  exported after December 31, 1995.                                     
\2\ Category 352-K: only HTS numbers 6107.11.0010, 6107.11.0020,        
  6108.19.9010, 6108.21.0010, 6108.21.0020, 6108.91.0005, 6108.91.0015, 
  6108.91.0025, 6109.10.0005, 6109.10.0007, 6109.10.0009, 6109.10.0037; 
  Category 652-K: only HTS numbers 6107.12.0010, 6107.12.0020,          
  6108.11.0010, 6108.11.0020, 6108.22.9020, 6108.22.9030, 6108.22.9020, 
  6108.22.9030, 6108.92.0005, 6108.92.0015, 6108.92.0025, 6109.90.1047  
  and 6109.90.1075.                                                     

    The guaranteed access levels for Categories 352/652 and 435 
remain unchanged.
    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.96-29205 Filed 11-13-96; 8:45 am]
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