[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 250 (Friday, December 27, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68248-68249]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-32983]
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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
Establishment of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton, Man-
Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textile Products
Produced or Manufactured in the United Arab Emirates
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: 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); Uruguay Round Agreements Act.
The import restraint limits for textile products, produced or
manufactured in the United Arab Emirates 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 limits for the 1997 period. The
1997 levels for Categories 315 and 361 are zero. The levels for certain
categories have been reduced for carryforward applied to the 1996
limits.
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 notices 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 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 and extended, 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, man-made fiber, silk blend and other
vegetable fiber textiles and textile products in the following
categories, produced or manufactured in the United Arab Emirates 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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219....................................... 1,138,253 square meters.
226/313................................... 1,946,441 square meters.
315....................................... -0-.
317....................................... 31,400,061 square meters.
326....................................... 1,837,444 square meters.
334/634................................... 219,026 dozen.
335/635/835............................... 150,357 dozen.
336/636................................... 189,822 dozen.
338/339................................... 573,747 dozen of which not
more than 361,148 dozen
shall be in Categories 338-
S/339-S \1\.
340/640................................... 335,839 dozen.
341/641................................... 311,463 dozen.
342/642................................... 245,650 dozen.
347/348................................... 426,212 dozen of which not
more than 213,106 dozen
shall be in Categories 347-
T/348-T \2\.
351/651................................... 177,846 dozen.
352....................................... 327,856 dozen.
361....................................... -0-.
363....................................... 6,021,317 numbers.
369-S \3\................................. 80,499 kilograms.
369-O \4\................................. 578,957 kilograms.
638/639................................... 219,026 dozen.
647/648................................... 332,495 dozen.
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847....................................... 208,776 dozen.
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\1\ Category 338-S: only HTS numbers 6103.22.0050, 6105.10.0010,
6105.10.0030, 6105.90.8010, 6109.10.0027, 6110.20.1025, 6110.20.2040,
6110.20.2065, 6110.90.9068, 6112.11.0030 and 6114.20.0005; Category
339-S: only HTS numbers 6104.22.0060, 6104.29.2049, 6106.10.0010,
6106.10.0030, 6106.90.2510, 6106.90.3010, 6109.10.0070, 6110.20.1030,
6110.20.2045, 6110.20.2075, 6110.90.9070, 6112.11.0040, 6114.20.0010
and 6117.90.9020.
\2\ Category 347-T: only HTS numbers 6103.19.2015, 6103.19.9020,
6103.22.0030, 6103.42.1020, 6103.42.1040, 6103.49.8010, 6112.11.0050,
6113.00.9038, 6203.19.1020, 6203.19.9020, 6203.22.3020, 6203.42.4005,
6203.42.4010, 6203.42.4015, 6203.42.4025, 6203.42.4035, 6203.42.4045,
6203.49.8020, 6210.40.9033, 6211.20.1520, 6211.20.3810 and
6211.32.0040; Category 348-T: only HTS numbers 6104.12.0030,
6104.19.8030, 6104.22.0040, 6104.29.2034, 6104.62.2010, 6104.62.2025,
6104.69.8022, 6112.11.0060, 6113.00.9042, 6117.90.9060, 6204.12.0030,
6204.19.8030, 6204.22.3040, 6204.29.4034, 6204.62.3000, 6204.62.4005,
6204.62.4010, 6204.62.4020, 6204.62.4030, 6204.62.4040, 6204.62.4050,
6204.69.6010, 6304.69.9010. 6210.50.9060, 6211.20.1550, 6211.20.6810,
6211.42.0030 and 6217.90.9050.
\3\ Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.
\4\ Category 369-O: all HTS numbers except 6307.10.2005 (Category 369-
S).
Imports charged to these category limits for the period
beginning January 1, 1996 and extending 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.
The limits set forth above are subject to adjustment in the
future pursuant 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. 96-32983 Filed 12-26-96; 8:45 am]
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