[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 56 (Thursday, March 21, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 11615]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-6866]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber
Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the Philippines
March 15, 1996.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).
ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs adjusting
limits.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
EFFECTIVE DATE: March 20, 1996.
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) 927-6713. 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 current limits for certain categories are being adjusted,
variously, for swing, special shift and carryforward.
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 62412, published on December 7, 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 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.
Donald R. Foote,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile
Agreements.
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
March 15, 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 Novembr 30, 1995, by the Chairman,
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That
directive concerns imports of certain cotton, wool and man-made
fiber textiles and textile products and silk blend and other
vegetable fiber apparel, produced or manufactured in the Philippines
and exported during the twelve-month period beginning on January 1,
1996 and extending through December 31, 1996.
Effective on March 20, 1996, you are directed to adjust the
limits for the following categories, as provided for under the
Uruguay Round Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round Agreement on
Textiles and Clothing:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Category Adjusted limit \1\
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Levels in Group I
338/339................................... 2,435,724 dozen.
342/642................................... 554,839 dozen.
350....................................... 74,760 dozen.
351/651................................... 628,673 dozen.
369-S \2\................................. 211,948 kilograms.
638/639................................... 1,747,658 dozen.
645/646................................... 612,130 dozen.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports
exported after December 31, 1995.
\2\ Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.
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,
Donald R. Foote,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile
Agreements.
[FR Doc. 96-6866 Filed 3-20-96; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-DR-F