[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 110 (Monday, June 9, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 31415]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-14993]
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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool, Man-Made
Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textile Products Produced
or Manufactured in Sri Lanka
June 3, 1997.
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: June 11, 1997.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Helen L. LeGrande, 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); Uruguay Round Agreements Act.
The current limits for certain categories are being adjusted,
variously, for swing, special shift, carryover, carryforward, special
carryforward, allowance for handloomed products and recrediting of
unused carryforward and special 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 61 FR 66263, published on December 17, 1996). Also see
61 FR 68246, published on December 27, 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
June 3, 1997.
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 20, 1996, 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, 1997 and extends through December 31,
1997.
Effective on June 11, 1997, 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:
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Adjusted twelve-month limit
Category \1\
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237 348,201 dozen.
314....................................... 4,889,784 square meters.
331/631................................... 3,413,769 dozen pairs.
333/633................................... 6,789 dozen.
334/634................................... 930,823 dozen.
335/835................................... 236,415 dozen.
338/339................................... 1,593,341 dozen.
340/640................................... 1,582,463 dozen.
341/641................................... 2,408,975 dozen of which not
more than 1,605,982 dozen
shall be in Category 341
and not more than 1,605,982
dozen shall be in Category
641.
342/642/842............................... 783,189 dozen.
345/845................................... 156,107 dozen.
350/650................................... 134,871 dozen.
351/651................................... 373,215 dozen.
352/652................................... 1,366,230 dozen.
359-C/659-C \2\........................... 1,077,651 kilograms.
360....................................... 366,089 numbers.
363....................................... 9,767,844 numbers.
369-D \3\................................. 656,633 kilograms.
369-S \4\................................. 658,118 kilograms.
434....................................... 7,036 dozen.
435....................................... 18,012 dozen.
440....................................... 12,009 dozen.
611....................................... 2,419,785 square meters.
635....................................... 507,896 dozen.
638/639/838............................... 969,631 dozen.
644....................................... 326,622 numbers.
645/646................................... 141,375 dozen.
647/648................................... 1,218,930 dozen.
840....................................... 213,976 dozen.
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports
exported after December 31, 1996.
\2\ Category 359-C: only HTS numbers 6103.42.2025, 6103.49.8034,
6104.62.1020, 6104.69.8010, 6114.20.0048, 6114.20.0052, 6203.42.2010,
6203.42.2090, 6204.62.2010, 6211.32.0010, 6211.32.0025 and
6211.42.0010; Category 659-C: only HTS numbers 6103.23.0055,
6103.43.2020, 6103.43.2025, 6103.49.2000, 6103.49.8038, 6104.63.1020,
6104.63.1030, 6104.69.1000, 6104.69.8014, 6114.30.3044, 6114.30.3054,
6203.43.2010, 6203.43.2090, 6203.49.1010, 6203.49.1090, 6204.63.1510,
6204.69.1010, 6210.10.9010, 6211.33.0010, 6211.33.0017 and
6211.43.0010.
\3\ Category 369-D: only HTS numbers 6302.60.0010, 6302.91.0005 and
6302.91.0045.
\4\ 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 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.97-14993 Filed 6-6-97; 8:45 am]
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