[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 250 (Friday, December 27, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68245-68246]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-32982]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton and 
Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Pakistan

December 20, 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: Ross Arnold, 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) 927-6714. 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 Pakistan 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 1997 limit 
for Category 338 is reduced for carryforward applied to the 1996 limit.
    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 61 FR 66263, published on December 17, 1996).
    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

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implementation of certain of their provisions.
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: 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 and man-made fiber textile products in the following 
categories, produced or manufactured in Pakistan and exported during 
the twelve-month period beginning on January 1, 1997 and extending 
through December 31, 1997, in excess of the following limits:

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                 Category                   Twelve-month restraint limit
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Specific limits                                                         
219.......................................  7,438,144 square meters.    
226/313...................................  109,549,784 square meters.  
237.......................................  361,764 dozen.              
239.......................................  1,703,186 kilograms.        
314.......................................  5,409,559 square meters.    
315.......................................  72,910,978 square meters.   
317/617...................................  29,070,061 square meters.   
331/631...................................  2,215,537 dozen pairs.      
334/634...................................  213,678 dozen.              
335/635...................................  329,983 dozen.              
336/636...................................  434,117 dozen.              
338.......................................  4,309,390 dozen.            
339.......................................  1,229,704 dozen.            
340/640...................................  578,823 dozen of which not  
                                             more than 217,058 dozen    
                                             shall be in Categories 340-
                                             D/640-D \1\.               
341/641...................................  651,176 dozen.              
342/642...................................  322,298 dozen.              
347/348...................................  719,579 dozen.              
351/651...................................  289,411 dozen.              
352/652...................................  723,528 dozen.              
359-C/659-C \2\...........................  1,302,351 kilograms.        
360.......................................  4,649,160 numbers.          
361.......................................  5,406,000 numbers.          
363.......................................  42,493,480 numbers.         
369-F/369-P \3\...........................  2,170,586 kilograms.        
369-R \4\.................................  10,129,400 kilograms.       
369-S \5\.................................  662,695 kilograms.          
613/614...................................  21,691,862 square meters    
615.......................................  23,076,443 square meters.   
625/626/627/628/629.......................  70,972,838 square meters of 
                                             which not more than        
                                             35,486,420 square meters   
                                             shall be in Category 625;  
                                             not more than 35,486,420   
                                             square meters shall be in  
                                             Category 626; not more than
                                             35,486,420 square meters   
                                             shall be in Category 627;  
                                             not more than 7,342,018    
                                             square meters shall be in  
                                             Category 628; and not more 
                                             than 35,486,420 square     
                                             meters shall be in Category
                                             629.                       
638/639...................................  412,475 dozen.              
647/648...................................  782,036 dozen.              
666-P \6\.................................  720,800 kilograms.          
666-S \7\.................................  3,816,000 kilograms.        
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\1\ Category 340-D: only HTS numbers 6205.20.2015, 6205.20.2020,        
  6205.20.2025 and 6205.20.2030; Category 640-D: only HTS numbers       
  6205.30.2010, 6205.30.2020, 6205.30.2030, 6205.30.2040, 6205.90.3030  
  and 6205.90.4030.                                                     
\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 369-F: only HTS number 6302.91.0045; Category 369-P: only  
  HTS numbers 6302.60.0010 and 6302.91.0005.                            
\4\ Category 369-R: only HTS number 6307.10.2020.                       
\5\ Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.                       
\6\ Category 666-P: only HTS numbers 6302.22.1010, 6302.22.1020,        
  6302.22.2010, 6302.32.1010, 6302.32.1020, 6302.32.2010 and            
  6302.32.2020.                                                         
\7\ Category 666-S: only HTS numbers 6302.22.1030, 6302.22.1040,        
  6302.22.2020, 6302.32.1030, 6302.32.1040, 6302.32.2030 and            
  6302.32.2040.                                                         

    Imports charged to these category limits for the periods January 
1, 1996 through December 31, 1996 and March 22, 1996 through 
December 31, 1996 (Categories 666-P and 666-S) shall be charged 
against those levels of restraint to the extent of any unfilled 
balances. In the event the limits established for those periods 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 according 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,
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.
[FR Doc. 96-32982 Filed 12-26-96; 8:45 am]
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