[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 248 (Tuesday, December 24, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67772-67773]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-32617]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


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

December 18, 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: December 23, 1996.

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) 927-6705. 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 adjusted, 
variously, for special shift, swing 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 
60 FR 62399, published on December 6, 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
December 18, 1996.

Commissioner of Customs,
Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.

    Dear Commissioner: This directive amends, but does not cancel, 
the directive

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issued to you on November 29, 1995, by the Chairman, Committee for 
the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That directive concerns 
imports of certain cotton, man-made fiber, silk blend and other 
vegetable fiber textiles and textile products, produced or 
manufactured in India and exported during the twelve-month period 
which began on January 1, 1996 and extends through December 31, 
1996.
    Effective on December 23, 1996, you are directed to adjust 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 Level
                 Category                                \1\            
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341.......................................  4,485,495 dozen of which not
                                             more than 2,598,631 dozen  
                                             shall be in Category 341-Y 
                                             \2\.                       
347/348...................................  582,321 dozen.              
641.......................................  1,056,366 dozen.            
647/648...................................  546,449 dozen.              
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports        
  exported after December 31, 1995.                                     
\2\ Category 341-Y: only HTS numbers 6204.22.3060, 6206.30.3010,        
  6206.30.3030 and 6211.42.0054.                                        

    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. 96-32617 Filed 12-23-96; 8:45 am]
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