[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 110 (Monday, June 9, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 31415]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-14993]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


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

June 3, 1997.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

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

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EFFECTIVE DATE: June 11, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Helen L. LeGrande, 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 adjusted, 
variously, for swing, special shift, carryover, carryforward, special 
carryforward, allowance for handloomed products and recrediting of 
unused carryforward and special carryforward.
    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 68246, 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.
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
June 3, 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, wool, man-made fiber, 
silk blend and other vegetable fiber textiles and textile products, 
produced or manufactured in Sri Lanka and exported during the period 
which began on January 1, 1997 and extends through December 31, 
1997.
    Effective on June 11, 1997, you are directed to adjust 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                                         348,201 dozen.              
314.......................................  4,889,784 square meters.    
331/631...................................  3,413,769 dozen pairs.      
333/633...................................  6,789 dozen.                
334/634...................................  930,823 dozen.              
335/835...................................  236,415 dozen.              
338/339...................................  1,593,341 dozen.            
340/640...................................  1,582,463 dozen.            
341/641...................................  2,408,975 dozen of which not
                                             more than 1,605,982 dozen  
                                             shall be in Category 341   
                                             and not more than 1,605,982
                                             dozen shall be in Category 
                                             641.                       
342/642/842...............................  783,189 dozen.              
345/845...................................  156,107 dozen.              
350/650...................................  134,871 dozen.              
351/651...................................  373,215 dozen.              
352/652...................................  1,366,230 dozen.            
359-C/659-C \2\...........................  1,077,651 kilograms.        
360.......................................  366,089 numbers.            
363.......................................  9,767,844 numbers.          
369-D \3\.................................  656,633 kilograms.          
369-S \4\.................................  658,118 kilograms.          
434.......................................  7,036 dozen.                
435.......................................  18,012 dozen.               
440.......................................  12,009 dozen.               
611.......................................  2,419,785 square meters.    
635.......................................  507,896 dozen.              
638/639/838...............................  969,631 dozen.              
644.......................................  326,622 numbers.            
645/646...................................  141,375 dozen.              
647/648...................................  1,218,930 dozen.            
840.......................................  213,976 dozen.              
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports        
  exported after December 31, 1996.                                     
\2\ Category 359-C: only HTS numbers 6103.42.2025, 6103.49.8034,        
  6104.62.1020, 6104.69.8010, 6114.20.0048, 6114.20.0052, 6203.42.2010, 
  6203.42.2090, 6204.62.2010, 6211.32.0010, 6211.32.0025 and            
  6211.42.0010; Category 659-C: only HTS numbers 6103.23.0055,          
  6103.43.2020, 6103.43.2025, 6103.49.2000, 6103.49.8038, 6104.63.1020, 
  6104.63.1030, 6104.69.1000, 6104.69.8014, 6114.30.3044, 6114.30.3054, 
  6203.43.2010, 6203.43.2090, 6203.49.1010, 6203.49.1090, 6204.63.1510, 
  6204.69.1010, 6210.10.9010, 6211.33.0010, 6211.33.0017 and            
  6211.43.0010.                                                         
\3\ Category 369-D: only HTS numbers 6302.60.0010, 6302.91.0005 and     
  6302.91.0045.                                                         
\4\ 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,
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.
[FR Doc.97-14993 Filed 6-6-97; 8:45 am]
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