[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 86 (Monday, May 5, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24423-24424]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-11652]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Amendment of an Import Restraint Period and Limit for Certain 
Wool Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Russia

April 30, 1997.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs amending an 
import restraint period and limit.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: May 7, 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 this 
limit, 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).

    In exchange of letters dated March 18, 1997 and March 26, 1997, the 
Governments of the United States and the Russian Federation agreed to 
amend their Bilateral Textile Agreement, effected by exchange of notes 
dated August 13, 1996 and September 9, 1996. The new restraint periods 
shall be October 1, 1996 through December 31, 1997, followed by three 
consecutive twelve-month periods beginning on January 1, 1998 through 
December 31, 2000.
    In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the 
Commissioner of Customs to amend the current restraint period to end on 
December 31, 1997 at an increased level.
    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

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see 61 FR 50279, published on September 25, 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 bilateral agreement, but are designed to assist only in the 
implementation of certain of its provisions.
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
April 30, 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 September 19, 1996, by the Chairman, 
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That 
directive concerns imports of wool textile products in Category 435, 
produced or manufactured in Russia and exported during the twelve-
month period which began on October 1, 1996 and extends through 
September 30, 1997.
    Effective on May 7, 1997, pursuant to exchange of letters dated 
March 18 and March 26, 1997 between the Governments of the United 
States and the Federation of Russia, you are directed to amend the 
current restraint period for Category 435 to end on December 31, 
1997. Also, the limit shall be increased to 64,005 dozen \1\.
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    \1\ The limit has not been adjusted to account for any imports 
exported after September 30, 1996.
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    The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has 
determined that this action falls 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.97-11652 Filed 5-2-97; 8:45 am]
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