[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 250 (Friday, December 27, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 68249]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-32979]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Amendment of Coverage of Import Limits and Visa and Certification 
Requirements for Certain Part-Categories Produced or Manufactured in 
Various Countries

December 20, 1996.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs amending 
coverage for import limits and visa and certification requirements.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lori E. Mennitt, International Trade 
Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, (202) 482-3400.

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).

    To facilitate implementation of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act 
and the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC), and 
textile agreements and export visa arrangements based upon the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS), for goods entered into the United 
States for consumption or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption on 
and after January 1, 1997 for part-Categories 348-K, 348-T, 648-K and 
648-T, regardless of the date of export, certain HTS classification 
numbers are being changed on all import controls and on all visa and 
certification arrangements for countries with these part-categories. 
These changes will be published in the 1997 Harmonized Tariff Schedule.
    The changes in the HTS numbers will be reflected in the 1997 
CORRELATION: Textile and Apparel Categories with the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States.
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
December 20, 1996.

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

    Dear Commissioner: This directive amends, but does not cancel, 
all monitoring and import control directives issued to you by the 
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements, 
which include cotton and man-made fiber textile products in part-
Categories 348-K, 348-T, 648-K and 648-T, produced or manufactured 
in various countries and imported into the United States on and 
after January 1, 1997.
    Also, this directive amends, but does not cancel, all directives 
establishing visa and certification requirements for part-Categories 
348-K, 348-T, 648-K and 648-T for which visa arrangements are in 
place with the Government of the United States.
    Effective on January 1, 1997, you are directed to make the 
changes shown below in the aforementioned directives for goods 
entered in the United States for consumption or withdrawn from 
warehouse for consumption on and after January 1, 1997 for part-
Categories 348-K, 348-T, 648-K and 648-T, regardless of the date of 
export:

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       Category             Obsolete number             New number      
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348-K.................      6104.62.2010         6104.62.2006 and       
                                                    6104.62.2011.       
  ....................      6104.62.2025         6104.62.2026 and       
                                                    6104.62.2028.       
348-T.................      6104.62.2010         6104.62.2006 and       
                                                    6104.62.2011.       
  ....................      6104.62.2025         6104.62.2026 and       
                                                    6104.62.2028.       
648-K.................      6104.63.2010         6104.63.2006 and       
                                                    6104.63.2011.       
  ....................      6104.63.2025         6104.63.2026 and       
                                                    6104.63.2028.       
648-T.................      6104.63.2010         6104.63.2006 and       
                                                    6104.63.2011.       
  ....................      6104.63.2025         6104.63.2026 and       
                                                    6104.63.2028.       
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    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,
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.
[FR Doc.96-32979 Filed 12-26-96; 8:45 am]
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