[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 222 (Friday, November 15, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58539-58540]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-29347]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

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

November 12, 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: November 18, 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) 927-6719. 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).

    The current limits for certain categories are being adjusted, 
variously, for special shift and carryforward.
    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 3004, published on January 30, 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 bilateral agreement, but are designed to assist only in the 
implementation of certain of its provisions.
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
November 12, 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 January 24, 1996, by the Chairman, 
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That 
directive concerns imports of certain cotton, wool, man-made fiber, 
silk blend and other vegetable fiber textiles and textile products, 
produced or manufactured in Taiwan and exported during the twelve-
month period which began on January 1, 1996 and extends through 
December 31, 1996.
    Effective on November 18, 1996, you are directed to adjust the 
limits for the following categories, as provided under the terms of 
the current bilateral textile agreement concerning textile products 
from Taiwan:

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                 Category                      Twelve-month limit \1\   
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Group I                                                                 
200-224, 225/317/326, 226, 227, 229, 300/   606,699,521 square meters   
 301/607, 313-315, 360-363, 369-L/670-L/     equivalent.                
 870 \2\, 369-S \3\, 369-O \4\, 400-414,                                
 464-469, 600-606, 611, 613/614/615/617,                                
 618, 619/620, 621-624, 625/626/627/628/                                
 629, 665, 666, 669-P \5\, 669-T \6\, 669-                              
 O \7\, 670-H \8\ and 670-O \9\, as a                                   
 group.                                                                 
Sublevels in Group I                                                    
619/620...................................  14,405,591 square meters.   
625/626/627/628/629.......................  18,745,075 square meters.   
Sublevels in Group II                                                   
331.......................................  298,373 dozen pairs.        
336.......................................  117,920 dozen.              
338/339...................................  973,112 dozen.              
345.......................................  123,212 dozen.              
347/348...................................  1,535,616 dozen of which not
                                             more than 1,309,866 dozen  
                                             shall be in Categories 347-
                                             W/348-W \10\.              
359-H/659-H \11\..........................  5,080,174 kilograms.        
433.......................................  14,233 dozen.               
435.......................................  26,340 dozen.               
443.......................................  51,021 numbers.             
631.......................................  5,333,818 dozen pairs.      
633/634/635...............................  1,783,990 dozen of which not
                                             more than 1,047,094 dozen  
                                             shall be in Categories 633/
                                             634 and not more than      
                                             927,860 dozen shall be in  
                                             Category 635.              
638/639...................................  6,644,492 dozen.            
647/648...................................  5,404,466 dozen of which not
                                             more than 5,141,289 dozen  
                                             shall be in Categories 647-
                                             W/648-W \12\.              

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Within Group II Subgroup                                                
342.......................................  228,024 dozen.              
447/448...................................  21,068 dozen.               
636.......................................  405,737 dozen.              
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports        
  exported after December 31, 1995.                                     
\2\ Category 870; Category 369-L: only HTS numbers 4202.12.4000,        
  4202.12.8020, 4202.12.8060, 4202.92.1500, 4202.92.3015 and            
  4202.92.6090; Category 670-L: only HTS numbers 4202.12.8030,          
  4202.12.8070, 4202.92.3020, 4202.92.3030 and 4202.92.9025.            
\3\ Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.                       
\4\ Category 369-O: all HTS numbers except 4202.12.4000, 4202.12.8020,  
  4202.12.8060, 4202.92.1500, 4202.92.3015, 4202.92.6090 (Category 369- 
  L); and 6307.10.2005 (Category 369-S).                                
\5\ Category 669-P: only HTS numbers 6305.32.0010, 6305.32.0020,        
  6305.33.0010, 6305.33.0020 and 6305.39.0000.                          
\6\ Category 669-T: only HTS numbers 6306.12.0000, 6306.19.0010 and     
  6306.22.9030.                                                         
\7\ Category 669-O: all HTS numbers except 6305.32.0010, 6305.32.0020,  
  6305.33.0010, 6305.33.0020 and 6305.39.0000 (Category 669-P);         
  6306.12.0000, 6306.19.0010 and 6306.22.9030 (Category 669-T).         
\8\ Category 670-H: only HTS numbers 4202.22.4030 and 4202.22.8050.     
\9\ Category 670-O: all HTS numbers except 4202.22.4030 4202.22.8050    
  (Category 670-H); 4202.12.8030, 4202.12.8070, 4202.92.3020,           
  4202.92.3030 and 4202.92.9025 (Category 670-L).                       
\10\ Category 347-W: only HTS numbers 6203.19.1020, 6203.19.9020,       
  6203.22.3020, 6203.22.3030, 6203.42.4005, 6203.42.4010, 6203.42.4015, 
  6203.42.4025, 6203.42.4035, 6203.42.4045, 6203.42.4050, 6203.42.4060, 
  6203.49.8020, 6210.40.9033, 6211.20.1520, 6211.20.3810 and            
  6211.32.0040; Category 348-W: only HTS numbers 6204.12.0030,          
  6204.19.8030, 6204.22.3040, 6204.22.3050, 6204.29.4034, 6204.62.3000, 
  6204.62.4005, 6204.62.4010, 6204.62.4020, 6204.62.4030, 6204.62.4040, 
  6204.62.4050, 6204.62.4055, 6204.62.4065, 6204.69.6010, 6204.69.9010, 
  6210.50.9060, 6211.20.1550, 6211.20.6810, 6211.42.0030 and            
  6217.90.9050.                                                         
\11\ Category 359-H: only HTS numbers 6505.90.1540 and 6505.90.2060;    
  Category 659-H: only HTS numbers 6502.00.9030, 6504.00.9015,          
  6504.00.9060, 6505.90.5090, 6505.90.6090, 6505.90.7090 and            
  6505.90.8090.                                                         
\12\ Category 647-W: only HTS numbers 6203.23.0060, 6203.23.0070,       
  6203.29.2030, 6203.29.2035, 6203.43.2500, 6203.43.3500, 6203.43.4010, 
  6203.43.4020, 6203.43.4030, 6203.43.4040, 6203.49.1500, 6203.49.2015, 
  6203.49.2030, 6203.49.2045, 6203.49.2060, 6203.49.8030, 6210.40.5030, 
  6211.20.1525, 6211.20.3820 and 6211.33.0030; Category 648-W: only HTS 
  numbers 6204.23.0040, 6204.23.0045, 6204.29.2020, 6204.29.2025,       
  6204.29.4038, 6204.63.2000, 6204.63.3000, 6204.63.3510, 6204.63.3530, 
  6204.63.3532, 6204.63.3540, 6204.69.2510, 6204.69.2530, 6204.69.2540, 
  6204.69.2560, 6204.69.6030, 6204.69.9030, 6210.50.5035, 6211.20.1555, 
  6211.20.6820, 6211.43.0040 and 6217.90.9060.                          

    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. 96-29347 Filed 11-14-96; 8:45 am]
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