[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 235 (Thursday, December 5, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64507-64508]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-30965]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool 
and Man-Made Fiber Textiles and Textile Products and Silk Blend and 
Other Vegetable Fiber Apparel Produced or Manufactured in the 
Philippines

November 29, 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) 927-6713. 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 the Philippines 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. The limits for 
certain

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categories have been reduced for carryforward applied in 1996.
    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
November 29, 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 textiles and textile products and 
silk blend and other vegetable fiber apparel in the following 
categories, produced or manufactured in the Philippines 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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Levels in Group I                                                       
237.......................................  1,636,359 dozen.            
239.......................................  9,873,305 kilograms.        
331/631...................................  5,299,047 dozen pairs.      
333/334...................................  256,338 dozen of which not  
                                             more than 36,800 dozen     
                                             shall be in Category 333.  
335.......................................  166,850 dozen.              
336.......................................  573,122 dozen.              
338/339...................................  1,965,057 dozen.            
340/640...................................  925,678 dozen.              
341/641...................................  835,307 dozen.              
342/642...................................  495,722 dozen.              
345.......................................  156,398 dozen.              
347/348...................................  1,736,735 dozen.            
350.......................................  138,454 dozen.              
351/651...................................  540,683 dozen.              
352/652...................................  2,249,594 dozen.            
359-C/659-C \1\...........................  734,598 kilograms.          
361.......................................  1,748,892 numbers.          
369-S \2\.................................  396,430 kilograms.          
431.......................................  168,147 dozen pairs.        
433.......................................  3,115 dozen.                
443.......................................  37,660 numbers.             
445/446...................................  27,345 dozen.               
447.......................................  7,603 dozen.                
611.......................................  4,954,143 square meters.    
633.......................................  33,840 dozen.               
634.......................................  419,863 dozen.              
635.......................................  337,476 dozen               
636.......................................  1,582,353 dozen.            
638/639...................................  2,141,438 dozen.            
643.......................................  808,294 numbers.            
645/646...................................  703,650 dozen.              
647/648...................................  1,047,928 dozen.            
649.......................................  7,101,186 dozen.            
650.......................................  99,096 dozen.               
659-H \3\.................................  1,303,839 kilograms.        
847.......................................  864,812 dozen.              
Group II                                                                
200-229, 300-326, 330, 332, 349, 353, 354,  147,367,002 square meters   
 359-O \4\, 360, 362, 363, 369-O \5\, 400-   equivalent.                
 414, 432, 434-442, 444, 448, 459, 464-                                 
 469, 600-607, 613-629, 630, 632, 644,                                  
 653, 654, 659-O \6\, 665, 666, 669-O \7\,                              
 670-O \8\, 831-846 and 850-859, as a                                   
 group.                                                                 
Sublevel in Group II                                                    
604.......................................  1,854,158 kilograms.        
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\1\ 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.                                                         
\2\ Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.                       
\3\ 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.                                                         
\4\ Category 359-O: all HTS numbers except 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 359-C).                                        
\5\ Category 369-O: all HTS numbers except 6307.10.2005 (Category 369-  
  S).                                                                   
\6\ Category 659-O: all HTS numbers except 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, 6211.43.0010 (Category 659- 
  C); 6502.00.9030, 6504.00.9015, 6504.00.9060, 6505.90.5090,           
  6505.90.6090, 6505.90.7090 and 6505.90.8090 (Category 659-H).         
\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).         
\8\ Category 670-O: all HTS numbers except 4202.12.8030, 4202.12.8070,  
  4202.92.3020, 4202.92.3030 and 4202.92.9025 (Category 670-L).         

    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. 96-30965 Filed 12-4-96; 8:45 am]
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