[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 252 (Tuesday, December 31, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69084-69085]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-33203]
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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber
Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Sri Lanka
December 23, 1996.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).
ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs adjusting
limits.
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EFFECTIVE DATE: December 31, 1996.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Helen L. LeGrande, International Trade
Specialist, Office of Textiles and
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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 current limit for Categories 351/651 is being adjusted for
special carryforward and to undo special shift previously applied.
Therefore, the special shift subtracted from the limit for Categories
352/652 is being cancelled.
In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the
Commissioner of Customs to increase the limit for Categories 352/652.
The limit for Categories 351/651 remains unchanged.
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). Also see
60 FR 66265, published on December 21, 1995; and 61 FR 29357, published
on June 10, 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 Uruguay Round Agreement on
Textiles and Clothing, 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 23, 1996.
Commissioner of Customs,
Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.
Dear Commissioner: This directive amends, but does not cancel,
the directive issued to you on December 15, 1995, by the Chairman,
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That
directive concerns imports of certain cotton, wool, man-made fiber,
silk blend and other vegetable fiber textiles and textile products,
produced or manufactured in Sri Lanka and exported during the period
which began on January 1, 1996 and extends through December 31,
1996.
Effective on December 31, 1996, you are directed to increase the
limit for Categories 352/652 to 1,497,620 dozen \1\.
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\1\ The limit has not been adjusted to account for any imports
exported after December 31, 1995.
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The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has
determined that this action falls within the foreign affairs
exception to 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.96-33203 Filed 12-30-96; 8:45 am]
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