[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 219 (Tuesday, November 12, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58044-58046]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-28850]
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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool,
Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textiles and
Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Thailand
November 4, 1996.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).
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ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs establishing
limits.
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EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 1997.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ross Arnold, 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) 927-6717. 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 import restraint limits for textile products, produced or
manufactured in Thailand and exported during the period January 1, 1997
through December 31, 1997 are based on limits notified to the Textiles
Monitoring Body pursuant to the Uruguay Round Agreements Act and the
Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC).
In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the
Commissioner of Customs to establish the 1997 limits.
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).
Information regarding the 1997 CORRELATION will be published in the
Federal Register at a later date.
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 ATC, 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
November 4, 1996.
Commissioner of Customs,
Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.
Dear Commissioner: Pursuant to section 204 of the Agricultural
Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1854), the Uruguay Round
Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and
Clothing (ATC); and in accordance with the provisions of Executive
Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as amended, you are directed to
prohibit, effective on January 1, 1997, entry into the United States
for consumption and withdrawal from warehouse for consumption of
cotton, wool, man-made fiber, silk blend and other vegetable fiber
textiles and textile products in the following categories, produced
or manufactured in Thailand and exported during the twelve-month
period beginning on January 1, 1997 and extending through December
31, 1997, in excess of the following limits:
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Category Twelve-month restraint limit
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239....................................... 5,751,248 kilograms.
Levels in Group I
200....................................... 1,093,057 kilograms.
218....................................... 17,764,307 square meters.
219....................................... 5,829,641 square meters.
300....................................... 4,372,231 kilograms.
301-P \1\................................. 4,372,231 kilograms.
301-O \2\................................. 874,447 kilograms.
313....................................... 20,403,742 square meters.
314....................................... 46,637,124 square meters.
315....................................... 29,148,202 square meters.
317/326................................... 12,236,697 square meters.
363....................................... 18,946,331 numbers.
369-D \3\................................. 208,410 kilograms.
369-S \4\................................. 291,482 kilograms.
604....................................... 681,969 kilograms of which
not more than 437,223
kilograms shall be in
Category 604-A \5\.
607....................................... 2,914,819 kilograms.
611....................................... 12,798,876 square meters.
613/614/615............................... 44,052,107 square meters of
which not more than
25,650,419 square meters
shall be in Categories 613/
615 and not more than
25,650,419 square meters
shall be in Category 614.
617....................................... 15,907,705 square meters.
619....................................... 6,558,345 square meters.
620....................................... 6,558,345 square meters.
625/626/627/628/629....................... 12,848,531 square meters of
which not more than
10,201,870 square meters
shall be in Category 625.
669-P \6\................................. 6,147,593 kilograms.
Group II
237, 330-359, 431-459, 630-659 and 831- 269,675,837 square meters
859, as a group. equivalent.
Sublevels in Group II
331/631................................. 1,590,929 dozen pairs.
334/634................................. 568,390 dozen.
335/635/835............................. 451,797 dozen.
336/636................................. 291,482 dozen.
338/339................................. 1,804,353 dozen.
340..................................... 262,334 dozen.
341/641................................. 619,399 dozen.
342/642................................. 539,242 dozen.
345..................................... 276,908 dozen.
347/348/847............................. 761,496 dozen.
351/651................................. 218,611 dozen.
359-H/659-H \7\......................... 1,278,754 kilograms.
433..................................... 9,504 dozen.
434..................................... 11,732 dozen.
435..................................... 53,312 dozen.
438..................................... 17,598 dozen.
442..................................... 20,436 dozen.
638/639................................. 2,126,559 dozen.
640..................................... 480,945 dozen.
645/646................................. 291,482 dozen.
647/648................................. 1,037,676 dozen.
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\1\ Category 301-P: only HTS numbers 5206.21.0000, 5206.22.0000,
5206.23.0000, 5206.24.0000, 5206.25.0000, 5206.41.0000, 5206.42.0000,
5206.43.0000, 5206.44.0000 and 5206.45.0000.
\2\ Category 301-O: only HTS numbers 5205.21.0000, 5205.22.0000,
5205.23.0000, 5205.24.0000, 5205.25.0000, 5205.41.0000, 5205.42.0000,
5205.43.0000, 5205.44.0000 and 5205.45.0000.
\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.
\5\ Category 604-A: only HTS number 5509.32.0000.
\6\ Category 669-P: only HTS numbers 6305.32.0010, 6305.32.0020,
6305.33.0010, 6305.33.0020 and 6305.39.0000.
\7\ Category 359-H: only HTS numbers 6505.90.1540 and 6505.90.2060;
Category 659-H: only HTS numbers 6502.00.9030, 6504.00.9015,
6504.00.9060, 6505.90.5090, 6505.90.6090, 6505.90.7090 and
6505.90.8090.
Imports charged to these category limits for the period January
1, 1996 through December 31, 1996 shall be charged against those
levels of restraint to the extent of any unfilled balances. In the
event the limits established for that period have been exhausted by
previous entries, such goods shall be subject to the levels set
forth in this directive.
The limits set forth above are subject to adjustment in the
future according to the provisions of the Uruguay Round Agreements
Act and the ATC and any administrative arrangements notified to the
Textiles Monitoring Body.
The conversion factors for merged Categories 359-H/659-H and
638/639 are 11.5 and 12.96, respectively.
In carrying out the above directions, the Commissioner of
Customs should construe entry into the United States for consumption
to include entry for consumption into the Commonwealth of Puerto
Rico.
The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has
determined that these actions fall within the foreign affairs
exception of the rulemaking provisions of 5 U.S.C. 553(a)(1).
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Sincerely,
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
[FR Doc. 96-28850 Filed 11-8-96; 8:45 am]
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