[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 148 (Wednesday, July 31, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 40060]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-19437]
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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 Textiles and Textile
Products Produced or Manufactured in Indonesia
July 25, 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 30, 1996.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janet Heinzen, 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) 927-6704. 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 swing, carryforward, carryover and recrediting of unused
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 60 FR 65299, published on December 19, 1995). Also see
60 FR 62410, 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 25, 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 30, 1995, 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 Indonesia and exported during the
twelve-month period which began on January 1, 1996 and extends
through December 31, 1996.
Effective on July 30, 1996, you are directed to amend the
directive dated November 30, 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 limit
Category \1\
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Levels in Group I
200....................................... 816,519 kilograms.
219....................................... 8,909,688 square meters.
300/301................................... 3,881,478 kilograms.
313....................................... 14,666,535 square meters.
314....................................... 49,006,182 square meters.
315....................................... 24,149,599 square meters.
317/617/326............................... 23,773,815 square meters.
334/335................................... 217,865 dozen.
336/636................................... 589,613 dozen.
338/339................................... 1,231,193 dozen.
340/640................................... 1,336,502 dozen.
341....................................... 877,091 dozen.
342/642................................... 368,475 dozen.
345....................................... 392,243 dozen.
347/348................................... 1,758,686 dozen.
350/650................................... 113,609 dozen.
359-C/659-C \2\........................... 1,259,114 kilograms.
359-S/659-S \3\........................... 1,386,464 kilograms.
360....................................... 1,233,948 numbers.
361....................................... 1,233,948 numbers.
369-S \4\................................. 766,732 kilograms.
443....................................... 88,751 numbers.
445/446................................... 61,809 dozen.
447....................................... 16,621 dozen.
448....................................... 22,718 dozen.
604-A \5\................................. 661,941 kilograms.
611....................................... 5,879,023 square meters.
613/614/615............................... 21,500,578 square meters.
618....................................... 3,440,211 square meters.
619/620................................... 8,750,966 square meters.
625/626/627/628/629....................... 25,303,602 square meters.
634/635................................... 279,792 dozen.
638/639................................... 1,320,911 dozen.
641....................................... 2,137,493 dozen.
643....................................... 308,488 numbers.
644....................................... 431,882 numbers.
645/646................................... 729,656 dozen.
847....................................... 381,931 dozen.
Subgroup in Group II
400, 410, 414, 431, 432, 434, 435, 436, 3,256,340 square meters
438, 439, 440, 442, 444, 459, 464, 465 equivalent.
and 469, as a group.
In Group II subgroup
435....................................... 51,116 dozen.
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports
exported after December 31, 1995.
\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 359-S: only HTS numbers 6112.39.0010, 6112.49.0010,
6211.11.8010, 6211.11.8020, 6211.12.8010 and 6211.12.8020; Category
659-S: only HTS numbers 6112.31.0010, 6112.31.0020, 6112.41.0010,
6112.41.0020, 6112.41.0030, 6112.41.0040, 6211.11.1010, 6211.11.1020,
6211.12.1010 and 6211.12.1020.
\4\ Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.
\5\ Category 604-A: only HTS number 5509.32.0000.
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,
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
[FR Doc.96-19437 Filed 7-30-96; 8:45 am]
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