[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 235 (Thursday, December 5, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 64507]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-30962]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Adjustment and Correction of Import Limits for Certain Cotton, 
Wool, Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textiles and 
Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Macau

November 29, 1996.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs correcting 
and adjusting limits.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: December 6, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Helen LeGrande, 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) 927-6704. 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 
carryforward. The previously adjusted limit for Category 313 is being 
corrected.
    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 
60 FR 66268, published on December 21, 1995.
    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 29, 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 December 15, 1995, 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 Macau and exported during the twelve-
month period which began on January 1, 1996 and extends through 
December 31, 1996.
    Effective on December 6, 1996, you are directed to correct the 
current limit for Category 313 to 2,959,162 square meters and 
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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Levels in Group I                                                       
333/334/335/833/834/835...................  277,076 dozen, of which not 
                                             more than 129,162 dozen    
                                             shall be in Categories 333/
                                             335/833/835.               
336/836...................................  63,300 dozen.               
338.......................................  339,895 dozen.              
339.......................................  1,427,456 dozen.            
340.......................................  322,380 dozen.              
341.......................................  217,750 dozen.              
342.......................................  98,509 dozen.               
345.......................................  62,901 dozen.               
347/348/847...............................  818,041 dozen.              
351/851...................................  75,921 dozen.               
359-C/659-C \2\...........................  384,818 kilograms.          
359-V \3\.................................  136,037 kilograms.          
638/639/838...............................  1,827,093 dozen.            
642/842...................................  124,162 dozen.              
647/648...................................  614,303 dozen.              
Group II                                                                
400-469, as a group.......................  1,618,049 square meters     
                                             equivalent.                
445/446...................................  88,832 dozen.               
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports        
  exported after December 31, 1995.                                     
\2\ Category 359-C: only HTS numbers 6103.42.2025, 6103.49.8034,        
  6104.62.1020, 6104.69.8010, 6114.20.0048, 6114.20.0052, 6203.42.2010, 
  6203.42.2090, 6204.62.2010, 6211.32.0010, 6211.32.0025 and            
  6211.42.0010; Category 659-C: only HTS numbers 6103.23.0055,          
  6103.43.2020, 6103.43.2025, 6103.49.2000, 6103.49.8038, 6104.63.1020, 
  6104.63.1030, 6104.69.1000, 6104.69.8014, 6114.30.3044, 6114.30.3054, 
  6203.43.2010, 6203.43.2090, 6203.49.1010, 6203.49.1090, 6204.63.1510, 
  6204.69.1010, 6210.10.9010, 6211.33.0010, 6211.33.0017 and            
  6211.43.0010.                                                         
\3\ Category 359-V: only HTS numbers 6103.19.2030, 6103.19.9030,        
  6104.12.0040, 6104.19.8040, 6110.20.1022, 6110.20.1024, 6110.20.2030, 
  6110.20.2035, 6110.90.9044, 6110.90.9046, 6201.92.2010, 6202.92.2020, 
  6203.19.1030, 6203.19.9030, 6204.12.0040, 6204.19.8040, 6211.32.0070  
  and 6211.42.0070.                                                     

    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.96-30962 Filed 12-4-96; 8:45 am]
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