[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 239 (Wednesday, December 11, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65197-65198]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-31461]
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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton and
Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Nepal
December 5, 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 1, 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 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).
The Bilateral Textile Agreement, effected by exchange of notes
dated May 30 and June 1, 1986, as amended and extended, and a
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) dated November 6, 1996, between the
Governments of the United States and Nepal establish limits for the
period January 1, 1997 through December 31, 1997.
These limits are subject to revision pursuant to the Uruguay Round
Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing
(ATC). On the date that Nepal becomes a member of the World Trade
Organization the restraint limits will be modified in accordance with
the ATC.
In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the
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Commissioner of Customs to establish the 1997 limits. The limit for
Category 340 has been reduced for carryforward and special carryforward
applied in 1996.
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).
Information regarding the 1997 CORRELATION will be published in the
Federal Register at a later date.
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 and MOU, 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
December 5, 1996.
Commissioner of Customs,
Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.
Dear Commissioner: Pursuant to section 204 of the Agricultural
Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1854), the Bilateral Textile
Agreement, effected by exchange of notes datead May 30 and June 1,
1986, as amended and extended, and a Memorandum of Understanding
dated November 6, 1996 between the Governments of the United States
and Nepal; and in accordance with the provisions of Executive Order
11651 of March 3, 1972, as amended, you are directed to prohibit,
effective on January 1, 1997, entry into the United States for
consumption and withdrawal from warehouse for consumption of cotton
and man-made fiber textile products in the following categories,
produced or manufactured in Nepal and exported during the twelve-
month period beginning on January 1, 1997 and extending through
December 31, 1997, in excess of the following levels of restraint:
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Category Twelve-month restraint limit
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336/636................................... 220,957 dozen.
340....................................... 260,067 dozen.
341....................................... 1,025,084 dozen.
342/642................................... 278,530 dozen.
347/348................................... 718,826 dozen.
369-S \1\................................. 900,000 kilograms.
640....................................... 160,617 dozen.
641....................................... 362,151 dozen.
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\1\ Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.
Imports charged to these category limits, except Category 369-S,
for the period January 1, 1996 through December 31, 1996 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.
Should Nepal become a member of the World Trade Organization,
the limits set forth above will be subject to adjustment in the
future pursuant to the provisions of the Uruguay Round Agreements
Act, the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing and any
administrative arrangements notified to the Textiles Monitoring
Body.
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. 96-31461 Filed 12-10-96; 8:45 am]
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