[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 83 (Monday, April 29, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18722-18723]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-10492]
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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
Cancellation of a Limit on Certain Wool Textile Products Produced
or Manufactured in India
April 23, 1996.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).
ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs cancelling a
limit.
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EFFECTIVE DATE: April 24, 1996.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Aldrich, International Trade
Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of
Commerce, (202) 482-4212.
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 United States Government has decided to rescind the restraint
on imports of women's and girls' wool coats in Category 435 from India
established on April 18, 1996, pursuant to Article 6.10 of the Uruguay
Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC).
In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the
Commissioner of Customs to cancel the limit established for Category
435 for the period April 18, 1996 through April 17, 1997.
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 20, 1995). Also see
61 FR 16760, published on April 17, 1996.
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile
Agreements.
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
April 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 April 11, 1996, by the Chairman,
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That
directive concerns imports of certain wool textile products,
produced or manufactured in India and exported during the period
which began
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on April 18, 1996 and extends through April 17, 1997.
Effective on April 24, 1996, you are directed to cancel the
limit established for Category 435 for the period April 18, 1996
through April 17, 1997.
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.96-10492 Filed 4-26-96; 8:45 am]
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