[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 250 (Friday, December 27, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68243-68244]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-32987]
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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton, Man-
Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textiles and Textile
Products Produced or Manufactured in India
December 20, 1996.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).
ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs establishing
limits.
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EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 1997.
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) 927-6705. 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
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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 India 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. The limit for
Categories 369-S has been reduced for carryforward applied in 1996.
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 61 FR 66263, published on December 17, 1996).
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.
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile
Agreements.
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
December 20, 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, man-made fiber, silk blend and other vegetable fiber
textiles and textile products in the following categories, produced
or manufactured in India and exported during the twelve-month period
beginning on January 1, 1997 and extending through December 31,
1997, in excess of the following levels of restraint:
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Category Twelve-month restraint limit
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Levels in Group I
218....................................... 12,989,042 square meters.
219....................................... 60,956,651 square meters.
313....................................... 34,753,868 square meters.
314....................................... 7,256,744 square meters.
315....................................... 12,188,423 square meters.
317....................................... 37,810,040 square meters.
326....................................... 8,593,191 square meters.
334/634................................... 129,709 dozen.
335/635................................... 577,464 dozen.
336/636................................... 804,052 dozen.
338/339................................... 3,723,716 dozen.
340/640................................... 1,860,590 dozen.
341....................................... 3,996,788 dozen of which not
more than 2,398,072 dozen
shall be in Category 341-Y
\1\.
342/642................................... 1,169,365 dozen.
345....................................... 173,647 dozen.
347/348................................... 558,678 dozen.
351/651................................... 247,181 dozen.
363....................................... 40,591,446 numbers.
369-D \2\................................. 1,209,925 kilograms.
369-S \3\................................. 622,938 kilograms.
641....................................... 1,361,441 dozen.
647/648................................... 790,576 dozen.
Group II
200, 201, 220-229, 237, 239, 300, 301, 330- 106,168,919 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\ Category 341-Y: only HTS numbers 6204.22.3060, 6206.30.3010,
6206.30.3030 and 6211.42.0054.
\2\ Category 369-D: only HTS numbers 6302.60.0010, 6302.91.0005 and
6302.91.0045.
\3\ Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.
\4\ Category 665-O: all HTS numbers except 5702.10.9030, 5702.42.2020,
5702.92.0010 and 5703.20.1000 (rugs).
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 pursuant to the provisions of the Uruguay Round Agreements
Act, the ATC and any administrative arrangements notified to the
Textiles Monitoring Body.
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).
Sincerely,
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile
Agreements.
[FR Doc. 96-32987 Filed 12-26-96; 8:45 am]
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