[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 18 (Tuesday, January 28, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 4033]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-2049]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton, Man-Made Fiber, 
Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textile Products Produced or 
Manufactured in Bangladesh

January 22, 1997.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs reducing 
limits.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: January 28, 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) 927-5850. 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 current limits for certain categories are being reduced for 
carryforward applied in 1996.
    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). Also see 
61 FR 68241, published on December 27, 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 Uruguay Round Agreement on 
Textiles and Clothing, 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: This directive amends, but does not cancel, 
the directive issued to you on December 20, 1996, by the Chairman, 
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That 
directive concerns imports of certain cotton, man-made fiber, silk 
blend and other vegetable fiber textiles and textile products, 
produced or manufactured in Bangladesh and exported during the 
twelve-month period which began on January 1, 1997 and extends 
through December 31, 1997.
    Effective on January 28, 1997, you are directed to reduce 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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237.......................................  416,177 dozen.              
331.......................................  1,054,366 dozen pairs.      
334.......................................  126,966 dozen.              
335.......................................  227,968 dozen.              
336/636...................................  407,955 dozen.              
341.......................................  2,213,122 dozen.            
342/642...................................  382,905 dozen.              
351/651...................................  608,132 dozen.              
352/652...................................  9,072,698 dozen.            
369-S \2\.................................  1,519,427 kilograms.        
634.......................................  444,196 dozen.              
635.......................................  287,786 dozen.              
641.......................................  926,697 dozen.              
647/648...................................  1,252,711 dozen.            
847.......................................  665,143 dozen.              
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports        
  exported after December 31, 1996.                                     
\2\ 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,
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
[FR Doc.97-2049 Filed 1-27-97; 8:45 am]
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