[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 18 (Tuesday, January 28, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4034-4035]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-2048]
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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool,
Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textiles and
Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Romania
January 22, 1997.
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 30, 1997.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Naomi Freeman, 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.
Pursuant to the Uruguay Round Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round
Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC), the Bilateral Textile and
Apparel Agreement of December 20, 1994, as amended and extended by a
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) dated December 15, 1995, between the
Governments of the United States and Romania, establishes limits for
the period beginning on January 1, 1997 and extending through December
31, 1997.
In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the
Commissioner of Customs to establish the 1997 limits. The limit for
Categories 433/434 has been 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, the Uruguay Round Agreement on
Textiles and Clothing, bilateral agreement and the MOU, 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
January 22, 1997.
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 the Bilateral Textile and Apparel Agreement of
December 20, 1994, as amended and extended by a Memorandum of
Understanding (MOU) dated December 15, 1995, between the Governments
of the United States and Romania; and in accordance with the
provisions of Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as amended,
you are directed to prohibit, effective on January 30, 1997, entry
into the United States for consumption and withdrawal from warehouse
for consumption of cotton, wool, man-made fiber, silk blend and
other vegetable fiber textiles and textile products in the following
categories, produced or manufactured in Romania 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 limit
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Cotton Group
200, 201, 218-220, 222-227, 229, 237, 239, 61,602,210 square meters
300, 301, 313-315, 317, 326, 330-342, equivalent.
345, 347-354, 359-363, 369, 800, 810, 831-
836, 838-840, 842-847, 850-852, 858, 859,
863, 870, 871 and 899, as a group.
Sublevels in Cotton Group
237....................................... 65,575 dozen.
313....................................... 1,797,674 square meters.
314....................................... 1,348,255 square meters.
315....................................... 3,244,578 square meters.
333/833................................... 128,503 dozen.
334....................................... 310,607 dozen.
335/835................................... 162,772 dozen.
338/339................................... 702,488 dozen.
340....................................... 306,631 dozen.
341/840................................... 128,503 dozen.
347/348................................... 548,284 dozen.
350....................................... 29,025 dozen.
352....................................... 195,454 dozen.
359....................................... 701,087 kilograms.
360....................................... 1,811,805 numbers.
361....................................... 1,207,870 numbers.
369....................................... 318,008 kilograms.
810....................................... 4,494,185 square meters.
836....................................... 60,394 dozen.
847....................................... 80,625 dozen.
Group III
431-436, 438-440, 442-448, 459, 630-654 70,245,156 square meters
and 659, as a group. equivalent.
Sublevels in Group III
433/434................................... 8,822 dozen.
435....................................... 9,809 dozen.
442....................................... 11,361 dozen.
443....................................... 87,639 numbers.
444....................................... 41,314 numbers.
447/448................................... 22,784 dozen.
459....................................... 34,444 kilograms.
633....................................... 48,066 dozen.
634....................................... 58,385 dozen.
638/639................................... 634,351 dozen.
640....................................... 87,245 dozen.
641....................................... 37,818 dozen.
647....................................... 87,801 dozen.
648....................................... 62,799 dozen.
659....................................... 110,673 kilograms.
Levels not in a group
410....................................... 169,315 square meters.
465....................................... 131,220 square meters.
604....................................... 1,616,275 kilograms.
618....................................... 1,818,577 square meters.
666....................................... 126,483 kilograms.
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Imports charged to these category limits for the period January
1, 1996 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 conversion factors for the following merged categories are
listed below:
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Conversion factor (square
Category meters equivalent/category
unit)
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341/840................................... 12.1.
433/434................................... 35.2.
638/639................................... 12.96.
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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).
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Sincerely,
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
[FR Doc. 97-2048 Filed 1-27-97; 8:45 am]
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