[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 112 (Monday, June 10, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29356-29357]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-14509]
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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
Establishment of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Wool and
Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Bulgaria
June 4, 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: June 12, 1996.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Naomi Freeman, 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).
The Governments of the United States and the Republic of Bulgaria
agreed to extend and amend their current Bilateral Textile Agreement,
effected by exchange of notes dated December 2 and December 23, 1993,
for three consecutive one-year periods beginning on January 1, 1996 and
extending through December 31, 1998.
In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the
Commissioner of Customs to establish 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 notice 60 FR 65299, published on December 19, 1995). Also see
60 FR 65292, published on December 19, 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 bilateral agreement, but are designed to assist only in the
implementation of certain of its provisions.
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
June 4, 1996.
Commissioner of Customs,
Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.
Dear Commissioner: This directive cancels and supersedes the
directive dated January 16, 1996 from the Chairman, Committee for
the Implementation of Textile Agreements, which directed you to
count imports for consumption and withdrawals from warehouse for
consumption of wool textile products in Category 444, produced or
manufactured in Bulgaria and exported during the period November 29,
1995 through November 28, 1996. Import charges already made to
Category 444 shall be retained.
Under the terms of section 204 of the Agricultural Act of 1956,
as amended (7 U.S.C. 1854); pursuant to the Bilateral Textile
Agreement, effected by exchange of notes dated December 2, 1993 and
December 23, 1993, between the Governments of the United States and
the Republic of Bulgaria, as amended and extended; and in accordance
with the provisions of Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as
amended, you are directed to prohibit, effective on June 12, 1996,
entry into the United States for consumption and withdrawal from
warehouse for consumption of wool and man-made fiber textile
products in the following categories, produced or manufactured in
Bulgaria and exported during the twelve-month period beginning on
January 1, 1996 and extending through December 31, 1996, in excess
of the following levels of restraint:
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Category Twelve-month limit \1\
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410/624................................... 2,123,662 square meters of
which not more than 813,529
square meters shall be in
Category 410.
433....................................... 12,000 dozen.
435....................................... 21,606 dozen.
442....................................... 14,000 dozen.
444....................................... 65,526 numbers.
448....................................... 24,727 dozen.
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports
exported after December 31, 1995.
Textile products in Categories 433, 442 and 624 which have been
exported to the United States prior to January 1, 1996 shall not be
subject to this directive.
Textile products in Categories 433, 442 and 624 which have been
released from the custody of the U.S. Customs Service under the
provisions of 19 U.S.C. 1448(b) or 1484(a)(1) prior to the effective
date of this directive shall not be denied entry under this
directive.
Imports charged to these category limits, except Categories 433,
442, 444 and 624, for the period January 1, 1995 through December
31, 1995 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.
For the import period January 1, 1996 through February 29, 1996,
there are zero charges for Categories 433 and 624. You are directed
to charge 139 dozen to the limit established in this directive for
Category 442 for the January 1, 1996 through February 29, 1996
import period. Additional adjustments will be provided at a later
date.
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,
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
[FR Doc. 96-14509 Filed 6-7-96; 8:45 am]
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