96-13182. Extension of an Import Limit for Certain Wool Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 102 (Friday, May 24, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26165-26166]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-13182]



=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Extension of an Import Limit for Certain Wool Textile Products 
Produced or Manufactured in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

May 21, 1996.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs establishing 
a limit.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 28, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Naomi Freeman, International Trade 
Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, [phone]. For information on the quota status of this 
limit, refer to the Quota Status Reports posted on the bulletin boards 
of each Customs port or call [phone]. For information on 
embargoes and quota re-openings, call [phone].

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).

    Pursuant to section 204 of the Agricultural Act of 1956, as 
amended, the Government of the United States is extending the current 
limit on Category 434 for an additional one-year period beginning on 
May 26, 1996 and extending through May 25, 1997 at a level of 8,391 
dozen.
    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 57853, published on November 22, 1995.
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
May 21, 1996.

Commissioner of Customs,
Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.

    Dear Commissioner: Under the terms of section 204 of the 
Agricultural Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1854); and in 
accordance with the provisions of Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 
1972, as amended, you are directed to prohibit, effective on May

[[Page 26166]]

28, 1996, entry into the United States for consumption and 
withdrawal from warehouse for consumption of wool textile products 
in Category 434, produced or manufactured in the Former Yugoslav 
Republic of Macedonia and exported during the twelve-month period 
beginning on May 26, 1996 and extending through May 25, 1997, in 
excess of 8,391 dozen.
    Imports charged to Category 434 for the period May 26, 1995 
through May 25, 1996 shall be charged against that level of 
restraint to the extent of any unfilled balance. In the event the 
limit established for that period has been exhausted by previous 
entries, such goods shall be subject to the level set forth in this 
directive.
    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 this action falls within the foreign affairs 
exception to the rulemaking provisions of 5 U.S.C.553(a)(1).
    Sincerely,
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
[FR Doc.96-13182 Filed 5-23-96; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-DR-F