96-23687. Adjustment of an Import Limit for Certain Wool Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Ukraine

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 181 (Tuesday, September 17, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48889-48890]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-23687]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of an Import Limit for Certain Wool Textile Products 
Produced or Manufactured in Ukraine

September 11, 1996.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs increasing a 
limit.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: September 12, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Naomi Freeman, International Trade 
Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, [phone]. 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 [phone]. For information on 
embargoes and quota re-openings, call [phone].

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 current limit for Category 435 is being increased for 
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 57405, published on November 15, 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
September 11, 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 8, 1995, by the Chairman, 
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That 
directive concerns imports of wool textile products in Category 435, 
produced or manufactured in Ukraine and exported during the twelve-
month period which began on January 1, 1996 and extends through 
December 31, 1996.
    Effective on September 12, 1996, you are directed to increase 
the current limit for Category 435 to 91,001 dozen \1\, as provided 
for under the provisions of the Memorandum of Understanding dated 
May 6, 1995, between the Governments of the United States and 
Ukraine.
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    \1\ The limit has not been adjusted to account for any imports 
exported after December 31, 1995.
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    The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has 
determined that this action falls 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. 96-23687 Filed 9-16-96; 8:45 am]
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