[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 47 (Tuesday, March 11, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11159-11160]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-6011]


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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 Pakistan

March 5, 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: March 11, 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 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 current limits for certain categories are being reduced for 
carryforward applied to 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 notice 61 FR 66263, published on December 17, 1996). Also see 
61 FR 68245, 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
March 5, 1997.

Commissioner of Customs,
Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.

    Dear Commissioner: This directive amends, but does not cancel, 
the directive

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issued to you on December 20, 1996, by the Chairman, Committee for 
the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That directive concerns 
imports of certain cotton and man-made fiber textile products, 
produced or manufactured in Pakistan and exported during the twelve-
month period which began on January 1, 1997 and extends through 
December 31, 1997.
    Effective on March 11, 1997, you are directed to reduce the 
limits 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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                 Category                        Adjusted limit \1\     
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331/631...................................  2,092,588 dozen pairs.      
360.......................................  4,391,160 numbers.          
363.......................................  40,083,642 numbers.         
369-S \2\.................................  625,920 kilograms.          
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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.97-6011 Filed 3-10-97; 8:45 am]
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