96-618. Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton, Man- Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Oman

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 13 (Friday, January 19, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 1361]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-618]



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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton, Man-
Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textile Products 
Produced or Manufactured in Oman

January 16, 1996.

AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

Action: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs establishing 
limits.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: January 23, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janet Heinzen, International Trade 
Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of Commerce 
[phone]. 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 [phone]. For information on embargoes and 
quota re-openings, call [phone].

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).

    The Governments of the United States and the Sultanate of Oman 
agreed to extend their Bilateral Textile Agreement, effected by 
exchange of notes dated December 13, 1993 and January 15, 1994, as 
amended, for two consecutive one-year periods, beginning on January 1, 
1996 and extending through December 31, 1997.

    In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the 
Commissioner of Customs to establish limits for the 1996 period.

    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 60 FR 65299, published on December 19, 1995).

    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.

D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
January 16, 1996.

Commissioner of Customs
Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.
    Dear Commissioner: Under the terms of section 204 of the 
Agricultural Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1854); pursuant to 
the Bilateral Textile Agreement, effected by exchange of notes dated 
December 13, 1993 and January 15, 1994, as amended and extended, 
between the Governments of the United States and the Sultanate of 
Oman; and in accordance with the provisions of Executive Order 11651 
of March 3, 1972, as amended, you are directed to prohibit, 
effective on January 23, 1996, entry into the United States for 
consumption and withdrawal from warehouse for consumption of cotton, 
man-made fiber, silk blend and other vegetable fiber textile 
products in the following categories, produced or manufactured in 
Oman and exported during the twelve-month period beginning on 
January 1, 1996 and extending through December 31, 1996, in excess 
of the following levels of restraint:

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                 Category                   Twelve-month restraint limit
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334/634...................................  150,000 dozen.              
335/635...................................  224,720 dozen.              
338/339...................................  466,294 dozen.              
340/640...................................  224,720 dozen.              
341/641...................................  168,540 dozen.              
347/348...................................  803,374 dozen.              
647/648/847...............................  344,500 dozen.              
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    Imports charged to these category limits for the period January 
1, 1995 through December 31, 1995, shall be charged against those 
levels of restraint to the extent of any unfilled balances. In the 
event the limits established for that period have been exhausted by 
previous entries, such goods shall be subject to the levels set 
forth in this directive.
    The limits set forth above are subject to adjustment in the 
future pursuant to the provisions of the current bilateral agreement 
between the Governments of the United States and Sultanate of Oman.
    In carrying out the above directions, the Commissioner of 
Customs should construe entry into the United States for consumption 
to include entry for consumption into the Commonwealth of Puerto 
Rico.
    The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has 
determined that these actions fall within the foreign affairs 
exception of 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.96-618 Filed 1-18-96; 8:45 am]
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