[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 250 (Friday, December 27, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68245-68246]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-32982]
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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 Pakistan
December 20, 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: Ross Arnold, 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) 927-6714. 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 import restraint limits for textile products, produced or
manufactured in Pakistan and exported during the period January 1, 1997
through December 31, 1997 are based on limits notified to the Textiles
Monitoring Body pursuant to the Uruguay Round Agreements Act and the
Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC).
In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the
Commissioner of Customs to establish the 1997 limits. The 1997 limit
for Category 338 is reduced for carryforward applied to the 1996 limit.
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).
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 ATC, but are designed to
assist only in the
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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 20, 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 Uruguay Round
Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and
Clothing (ATC); 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 Pakistan and exported during
the twelve-month period beginning on January 1, 1997 and extending
through December 31, 1997, in excess of the following limits:
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Category Twelve-month restraint limit
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Specific limits
219....................................... 7,438,144 square meters.
226/313................................... 109,549,784 square meters.
237....................................... 361,764 dozen.
239....................................... 1,703,186 kilograms.
314....................................... 5,409,559 square meters.
315....................................... 72,910,978 square meters.
317/617................................... 29,070,061 square meters.
331/631................................... 2,215,537 dozen pairs.
334/634................................... 213,678 dozen.
335/635................................... 329,983 dozen.
336/636................................... 434,117 dozen.
338....................................... 4,309,390 dozen.
339....................................... 1,229,704 dozen.
340/640................................... 578,823 dozen of which not
more than 217,058 dozen
shall be in Categories 340-
D/640-D \1\.
341/641................................... 651,176 dozen.
342/642................................... 322,298 dozen.
347/348................................... 719,579 dozen.
351/651................................... 289,411 dozen.
352/652................................... 723,528 dozen.
359-C/659-C \2\........................... 1,302,351 kilograms.
360....................................... 4,649,160 numbers.
361....................................... 5,406,000 numbers.
363....................................... 42,493,480 numbers.
369-F/369-P \3\........................... 2,170,586 kilograms.
369-R \4\................................. 10,129,400 kilograms.
369-S \5\................................. 662,695 kilograms.
613/614................................... 21,691,862 square meters
615....................................... 23,076,443 square meters.
625/626/627/628/629....................... 70,972,838 square meters of
which not more than
35,486,420 square meters
shall be in Category 625;
not more than 35,486,420
square meters shall be in
Category 626; not more than
35,486,420 square meters
shall be in Category 627;
not more than 7,342,018
square meters shall be in
Category 628; and not more
than 35,486,420 square
meters shall be in Category
629.
638/639................................... 412,475 dozen.
647/648................................... 782,036 dozen.
666-P \6\................................. 720,800 kilograms.
666-S \7\................................. 3,816,000 kilograms.
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\1\ Category 340-D: only HTS numbers 6205.20.2015, 6205.20.2020,
6205.20.2025 and 6205.20.2030; Category 640-D: only HTS numbers
6205.30.2010, 6205.30.2020, 6205.30.2030, 6205.30.2040, 6205.90.3030
and 6205.90.4030.
\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-F: only HTS number 6302.91.0045; Category 369-P: only
HTS numbers 6302.60.0010 and 6302.91.0005.
\4\ Category 369-R: only HTS number 6307.10.2020.
\5\ Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.
\6\ Category 666-P: only HTS numbers 6302.22.1010, 6302.22.1020,
6302.22.2010, 6302.32.1010, 6302.32.1020, 6302.32.2010 and
6302.32.2020.
\7\ Category 666-S: only HTS numbers 6302.22.1030, 6302.22.1040,
6302.22.2020, 6302.32.1030, 6302.32.1040, 6302.32.2030 and
6302.32.2040.
Imports charged to these category limits for the periods January
1, 1996 through December 31, 1996 and March 22, 1996 through
December 31, 1996 (Categories 666-P and 666-S) shall be charged
against those levels of restraint to the extent of any unfilled
balances. In the event the limits established for those periods 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 according to the provisions of the Uruguay Round Agreements
Act, the ATC 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. 96-32982 Filed 12-26-96; 8:45 am]
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