[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 61 (Monday, March 31, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 15159]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-8046]
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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
Suspension of the Group II Restriction for Certain Man-Made Fiber
Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in India and Request for
Public Comment
March 26, 1997.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).
ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs suspending
the Group II restriction for certain products from India.
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EFFECTIVE DATE: March 31, 1997.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janet Heinzen, International Trade
Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of
Commerce, (202) 482-4212.
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 purpose of this notice is to advise the public that, effective
on March 31, 1997, the Group II restriction is suspended for rayon
filament yarn in HTS number 5403.31.0040 in Category 606 from India.
The United States has conferred with the Government of India and
interested parties regarding this action. A visa is still required for
this product.
The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements is
considering eliminating permanently the restriction on these products
from India at the beginning of the next agreement year (January 1,
1998), pursuant to Article 2:15 of the Agreement on Textiles and
Clothing (ATC).
Anyone wishing to comment or provide data or information regarding
the treatment of imports in HTS number 5403.31.0040 from India or to
comment on domestic production or availability of products included in
HTS number 5403.31.0040 is invited to submit 10 copies of such comments
or information to Troy H. Cribb, Chairman, Committee for the
Implementation of Textile Agreements, U.S. Department of Commerce,
Washington, DC 20230; ATTN: Helen L. LeGrande.
Comments or information submitted in response to this notice will
be available for public inspection in the Office of Textiles and
Apparel, room H3100, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th and Constitution
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC.
Further comments may be invited regarding particular comments or
information received from the public which the Committee for the
Implementation of Textile Agreements considers appropriate for further
consideration.
The solicitation of comments is not a waiver in any respect of the
exemption contained in 5 U.S.C. 553(a)(1) relating to matters which
constitute ``a foreign affairs function of the United States.''
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).
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
March 26, 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 India and exported during the twelve-
month period which began on January 1, 1997 and extends through
December 31, 1997.
Effective on March 31, 1997, man-made fiber textile products in
HTS 5403.31.0040 in Category 606, in Group II, produced or
manufactured in India and exported during the period March 31, 1997
through December 31, 1997, shall not be charged to the Group II
restraint level. A visa is still required for this product. Import
charges already made to this HTS number shall be retained.
For U.S. Customs' administrative purposes, the remaining HTS
numbers in Category 606 shall be designated Category 606(1) \1\.
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\1\ Category 606(1): all HTS numbers except 5403.31.0040
(Category 606(2)).
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To facilitate implementation of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act
and the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC), I
request that, effective on March 31, 1997, entry/entry summary
procedures be required, and that you count imports for consumption
and withdrawals from warehouse for consumption of textile products
in HTS number 5403.31.0040 in Category 606(2) \2\, produced or
manufactured in India and exported during the period March 31, 1997
through December 31, 1997.
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\2\ Category 606(2): only HTS number 5403.31.0040.
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Inasmuch as these imports may later be charged against the Group
II level, it is important that an accurate count be taken.
This letter will be published in the Federal Register.
Sincerely,
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
[FR Doc. 97-8046 Filed 3-28-97; 8:45 am]
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