[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 151 (Monday, August 5, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40701-40702]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-19777]
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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 Macau
July 30, 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 31, 1996.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Helen 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) 927-6704. 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, carryover and re-crediting 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 66268, published on December 21, 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 30, 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 December 15, 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 Macau and exported during the twelve-
month period which began on January 1, 1996 and extends through
December 31, 1996.
Effective on July 31, 1996, you are directed to amend the
directive dated December 15, 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
313....................................... 2,959,342 square meters.
314....................................... 1,223,775 square meters.
315....................................... 1,929,494 square meters.
333/334/335/833/834/835................... 248,718 dozen, of which not
more than 129,162 dozen
shall be in Categories 333/
335/833/835.
336/836................................... 58,951 dozen.
338....................................... 320,184 dozen.
339....................................... 1,341,138 dozen.
340....................................... 303,055 dozen.
341....................................... 206,188 dozen.
342....................................... 93,278 dozen.
345....................................... 62,499 dozen.
347/348/847............................... 757,868 dozen.
350/850................................... 68,578 dozen.
351/851................................... 70,743 dozen.
359-C/659-C \2\........................... 356,944 kilograms.
359-V \3\................................. 129,063 kilograms.
633/634/635............................... 566,257 dozen.
638/639/838............................... 1,659,998 dozen.
640....................................... 127,609 dozen.
641/840................................... 219,326 dozen.
642/842................................... 116,769 dozen.
645/646................................... 299,127 dozen.
647/648................................... 551,431 dozen.
659-S \4\................................. 137,159 kilograms.
Group II
400-469, as a group....................... 1,528,982 square meters
equivalent.
Sublevel in Group II
445/446................................... 84,030 dozen.
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports
exported after December 31, 1995.
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\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-V: only HTS numbers 6103.19.2030, 6103.19.9030,
6104.12.0040, 6104.19.8040, 6110.20.1022, 6110.20.1024, 6110.20.2030,
6110.20.2035, 6110.90.9044, 6110.90.9046, 6201.92.2010, 6202.92.2020,
6203.19.1030, 6203.19.9030, 6204.12.0040, 6204.19.8040, 6211.32.0070,
6211.42.0070.
\4\ 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, 6211.12.1020.
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.96-19777 Filed 8-2-96; 8:45 am]
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