[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 141 (Wednesday, July 23, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39500-39501]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-19329]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Announcing Establishment of an Import Limit for Certain Cotton 
Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Nepal

July 17, 1997.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs announcing 
the establishment of a limit.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: July 24, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janet Heinzen, 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 a Memeorandum of Understanding (MOU) dated June 20, 1997, the 
Governments of the United States and Nepal agreed, pursuant to Section 
204 of the Agricultural Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1854), to 
establish limits for Category 363 (cotton terry cloth towels) for 
twelve-month periods beginning on January 1, 1997 and extending through 
the remaining years of the bilateral agreement.
    In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the 
Commissioner of Customs to establish a limit for Category 363 for the 
period January 1, 1997 through December 31, 1997.
    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 
62 FR 26478, published on May 14, 1997; and 61 FR 65197, published on 
December 11, 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 June 20, 1997 MOU, 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
July 17, 1997.

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

    Dear Commissioner: This directive cancels, effective on July 24, 
1997, the directive issued to you on May 14, 1997, by the Chairman, 
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA), which 
directed you to count imports for consumption and withdrawals from 
warehouse for consumption of textile products in Category 363, 
produced or manufactured in Nepal and exported during the period 
April 23, 1997 through April 22, 1998. Import charges already made 
to Category 363 shall be retained and charged to the limit 
established in this directive for Category 363.
    This directive amends, but does not cancel, the directive issued 
to you on December 5, 1996, by the Chairman of CITA. That directive 
concerns imports of certain cotton and man-made fiber textile 
products, produced or manufactured in Nepal and exported during the 
twelve-month period which began on January 1, 1997 and extends 
through December 31, 1997.
    Effective on July 24, 1997, you are directed, pursuant to a 
Memorandum of Understanding dated June 20, 1997, between the 
Governments of the United States and Nepal, to establish a limit for 
Category 363 for the period January 1, 1997 through

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December 31, 1997 at a level of 6,500,000 numbers \1\.
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    \1\ The limit has not been adjusted to account for any imports 
exported after December 31, 1996.
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    For the import period January 1, 1997 through April 22, 1997, 
you are directed to charge 1,323,000 numbers to the limit 
established for Category 363. Additional charges will be provided as 
they become available.
    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.97-19329 Filed 7-22-97; 8:45 am]
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