[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 58 (Wednesday, March 26, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 14404]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-7657]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber 
Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Indonesia

March 20, 1997.
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: March 27, 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) 927-6704. 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 special shift and traditional folklore products made 
from handloomed fabrics.
    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). Also see 
61 FR 64505, published on December 5, 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 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
March 20, 1997.

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 29, 1996, 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, 1997 and extends 
through December 31, 1997.
    Effective on March 27, 1997, you are directed to adjust the 
limits for the following categories, under the terms of 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                                                       
219.......................................  8,448,450 square meters.    
313.......................................  15,516,753 square meters.   
314.......................................  54,099,000 square meters.   
317/617/326...............................  23,566,026 square meters of 
                                             which not more than        
                                             3,527,368 square meters    
                                             shall be in Category 326.  
331/631...................................  1,821,018 dozen pairs.      
334/335...................................  210,930 dozen.              
336/636...................................  557,702 dozen.              
340/640...................................  1,443,002 dozen.            
341.......................................  843,718 dozen.              
342/642...................................  331,965 dozen.              
347/348...................................  1,460,645 dozen.            
350/650...................................  162,026 dozen.              
351/651...................................  455,911 dozen.              
625/626/627/628/629-O \2\.................  25,000,086 square meters.   
634/635...................................  280,561 dozen.              
641.......................................  2,138,856 dozen.            
647/648...................................  3,058,483 dozen.            
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports        
  exported after December 31, 1996.                                     
\2\ Categories 625/626/627/628; Category 629-O: all HTS numbers except  
  5408.34.9085 and 5516.24.0085.                                        

    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.97-7657 Filed 3-25-97; 8:45 am]
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