[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 250 (Friday, December 27, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68248-68249]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-32983]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Establishment of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton, Man-
Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textile Products 
Produced or Manufactured in the United Arab Emirates

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: 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) 927-5850. 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 United Arab Emirates 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 limits for the 1997 period. The 
1997 levels for Categories 315 and 361 are zero. The levels for certain 
categories have been reduced for carryforward applied to the 1996 
limits.
    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 notices 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 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 and extended, 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, man-made fiber, silk blend and other 
vegetable fiber textiles and textile products in the following 
categories, produced or manufactured in the United Arab Emirates 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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219.......................................  1,138,253 square meters.    
226/313...................................  1,946,441 square meters.    
315.......................................  -0-.                        
317.......................................  31,400,061 square meters.   
326.......................................  1,837,444 square meters.    
334/634...................................  219,026 dozen.              
335/635/835...............................  150,357 dozen.              
336/636...................................  189,822 dozen.              
338/339...................................  573,747 dozen of which not  
                                             more than 361,148 dozen    
                                             shall be in Categories 338-
                                             S/339-S \1\.               
340/640...................................  335,839 dozen.              
341/641...................................  311,463 dozen.              
342/642...................................  245,650 dozen.              
347/348...................................  426,212 dozen of which not  
                                             more than 213,106 dozen    
                                             shall be in Categories 347-
                                             T/348-T \2\.               
351/651...................................  177,846 dozen.              
352.......................................  327,856 dozen.              
361.......................................  -0-.                        
363.......................................  6,021,317 numbers.          
369-S \3\.................................  80,499 kilograms.           
369-O \4\.................................  578,957 kilograms.          
638/639...................................  219,026 dozen.              
647/648...................................  332,495 dozen.              

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847.......................................  208,776 dozen.              
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\1\ Category 338-S: only HTS numbers 6103.22.0050, 6105.10.0010,        
  6105.10.0030, 6105.90.8010, 6109.10.0027, 6110.20.1025, 6110.20.2040, 
  6110.20.2065, 6110.90.9068, 6112.11.0030 and 6114.20.0005; Category   
  339-S: only HTS numbers 6104.22.0060, 6104.29.2049, 6106.10.0010,     
  6106.10.0030, 6106.90.2510, 6106.90.3010, 6109.10.0070, 6110.20.1030, 
  6110.20.2045, 6110.20.2075, 6110.90.9070, 6112.11.0040, 6114.20.0010  
  and 6117.90.9020.                                                     
\2\ Category 347-T: only HTS numbers 6103.19.2015, 6103.19.9020,        
  6103.22.0030, 6103.42.1020, 6103.42.1040, 6103.49.8010, 6112.11.0050, 
  6113.00.9038, 6203.19.1020, 6203.19.9020, 6203.22.3020, 6203.42.4005, 
  6203.42.4010, 6203.42.4015, 6203.42.4025, 6203.42.4035, 6203.42.4045, 
  6203.49.8020, 6210.40.9033, 6211.20.1520, 6211.20.3810 and            
  6211.32.0040; Category 348-T: only HTS numbers 6104.12.0030,          
  6104.19.8030, 6104.22.0040, 6104.29.2034, 6104.62.2010, 6104.62.2025, 
  6104.69.8022, 6112.11.0060, 6113.00.9042, 6117.90.9060, 6204.12.0030, 
  6204.19.8030, 6204.22.3040, 6204.29.4034, 6204.62.3000, 6204.62.4005, 
  6204.62.4010, 6204.62.4020, 6204.62.4030, 6204.62.4040, 6204.62.4050, 
  6204.69.6010, 6304.69.9010. 6210.50.9060, 6211.20.1550, 6211.20.6810, 
  6211.42.0030 and 6217.90.9050.                                        
\3\ Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.                       
\4\ Category 369-O: all HTS numbers except 6307.10.2005 (Category 369-  
  S).                                                                   

    Imports charged to these category limits for the period 
beginning January 1, 1996 and extending 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,
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.
[FR Doc. 96-32983 Filed 12-26-96; 8:45 am]
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