[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 234 (Wednesday, December 4, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64342-64343]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-30840]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Cancellation of a Limit on Certain Wool Textile Products Produced 
or Manufactured in India

November 27, 1996.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

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

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EFFECTIVE DATE: December 4, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janet Heinzen, International Trade 
Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, (202) 482-4212.

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 United States Government has decided to rescind the restraint 
on imports of woven wool shirts and blouses in Category 440 from India 
established on April 18, 1996, pursuant to Article 6.10 of the Uruguay 
Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC).
    In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the 
Commissioner of Customs to cancel the limit established for Category 
440 for the period April 18, 1996 through April 17, 1997.
    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 20, 1995). Also see 
61 FR 16760, published on April 17, 1996.
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
November 27, 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 April 11, 1996, by the Chairman, 
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That 
directive concerns imports of certain wool textile products, 
produced or manufactured in India and exported during the period 
which began

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on April 18, 1996 and extends through April 17, 1997.
    Effective on December 4, 1996, you are directed to cancel the 
limit established for Category 440 for the period April 18, 1996 
through April 17, 1997.
    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.96-30840 Filed 12-3-96; 8:45 am]
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