[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 147 (Tuesday, July 30, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39688-39689]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-19274]
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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton Textile Products
Produced or Manufactured in India
July 24, 1996.
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: July 24, 1996.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janet Heinzen, International Trade
Specialist, Office of Textiles and
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Apparel, U.S. Department of Commerce, (202) 482-4212. 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 (202) 927-
6704. 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 an additional five percent handloomed fabrics allowance,
swing, carryover, carryforward and carryforward used in 1995.
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 62399, published on December 6, 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.
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
July 24, 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 November 29, 1995, by the Chairman,
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That
directive concerns imports of certain cotton, man-made fiber, silk
blend and other vegetable fiber textiles and textile products,
produced or manufactured in India and exported during the twelve-
month period which began on January 1, 1996 and extends through
December 31, 1996.
Effective on July 24, 1996, you are directed to amend the
directive dated November 29, 1995 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 Level
Category \1\
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219....................................... 61,838,518 square meters.
313....................................... 35,679,609 square meters.
314....................................... 7,269,833 square meters.
317....................................... 40,108,127 square meters.
326....................................... 8,748,359 square meters.
334/634................................... 127,332 dozen.
335/635................................... 626,270 dozen.
336/636................................... 785,061 dozen.
340/640................................... 1,746,791 dozen.
341....................................... 3,874,365 dozen, of which
not more than 2,346,540
shall be in Category 341-Y
\2\.
342/642................................... 1,147,937 dozen.
345....................................... 178,273 dozen.
347/348................................... 542,556 dozen.
351/651................................... 242,652 dozen.
369-D \3\................................. 1,069,492 kilograms.
369-S \4\................................. 724,317 kilograms.
Group II
200, 201, 220-229, 237, 239, 300, 301, 330- 105,968,941 square meters
333, 349, 350, 352, 359-362, 600-607, 611- equivalent.
629, 630-633, 638, 639, 643-646, 649,
650, 652, 659, 665-O \4\, 666, 669, 670,
and 831-859, as a group.
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports
exported after December 31, 1995.
\2\ Category 341-Y: only HTS numbers 6204.22.3060, 6206.30.3010,
6206.30.3030 and 6211.42.0054.
\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 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. 96-19274 Filed 7-29-96; 8:45 am]
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