[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 250 (Friday, December 27, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68247-68248]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-32989]


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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 Thailand

December 20, 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 24, 1996.

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 of each Customs port or call (202) 927-6717. 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 carryforward, swing and shift subtracted.
    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 62396, 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.
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, 
the directive issued to you on November 29, 1995, by the Chairman, 
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That 
directive

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concerns imports of certain cotton, wool, man-made fiber, silk blend 
and other vegetable fiber textiles and textile products, produced or 
manufactured in Thailand and exported during the twelve-month period 
which began on January 1, 1996 and extends through December 31, 
1996.
    Effective on December 24, 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 limit
                 Category                                \1\            
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Levels in Group I                                                       
200.......................................  1,102,569 kilograms.        
219.......................................  3,706,230 square meters.    
300.......................................  4,032,180 kilograms.        
301-P \2\.................................  3,990,591 kilograms.        
301-O \3\.................................  923,827 kilograms.          
363.......................................  19,689,375 numbers.         
369-S\4\..................................  214,165 kilograms.          
611.......................................  14,296,887 square meters.   
619.......................................  6,584,737 square meters.    
620.......................................  6,928,693 square meters.    
Group II                                                                
237, 330-359, 431-459, 630-659 and 831-     267,245,923 square meters   
 859, as a group.                            equivalent.                
Sublevels in Group II                                                   
  331/631.................................  1,576,650 dozen pairs.      
  334/634.................................  600,486 dozen.              
  335/635/835.............................  477,310 dozen.              
  336/636.................................  307,492 dozen.              
  340.....................................  259,980 dozen.              
  341/641.................................  613,840 dozen.              
  342/642.................................  534,402 dozen.              
  345.....................................  274,422 dozen.              
  347/348/847.............................  804,498 dozen.              
  351/651.................................  216,649 dozen.              
647/648...................................  1,096,273 dozen.            
Level not in a Group                                                    
239.......................................  5,699,628 kilograms.        
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports        
  exported after December 31, 1995.                                     
\2\ Category 301-P: only HTS numbers 5206.21.0000, 5206.22.0000,        
  5206.23.0000, 5206.24.0000, 5206.25.0000, 5206.41.0000, 5206.42.0000, 
  5206.43.0000, 5206.44.0000 and 5206.45.0000.                          
\3\ Category 301-O: only HTS numbers 5205.21.0000, 5205.22.0000,        
  5205.23.0000, 5205.24.0000, 5205.25.0000, 5205.41.0000, 5205.42.0000, 
  5205.43.0000, 5205.44.0000 and 5205.45.0000.                          
\4\ Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.                       

    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.96-32989 Filed 12-26-96; 8:45 am]
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