[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 112 (Monday, June 10, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29357-29358]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-14511]



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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool and Man-Made 
Fiber Textiles and Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Apparel 
Produced or Manufactured in Sri Lanka

June 3, 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:June 6, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Helen L. 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) 927-6708. 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, special shift, carryover, carryforward, special 
carryforward, allowance for handloomed products and recrediting of 
unused special carryforward.
    A description of the textile and apparel categories in terms of HTS

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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 66265, 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.
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
June 3, 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 and man-made 
fiber textile products and silk blend and other vegetable fiber 
apparel, produced or manufactured in Sri Lanka and exported during 
the twelve-month period which began on January 1, 1996 and extends 
through December 31, 1996.
    Effective on June 6, 1996, you are directed 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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237.......................................  311,749 dozen.              
314.......................................  4,790,948 square meters.    
331/631...................................  3,154,241 dozen pairs.      
333/633...................................  14,396 dozen.               
334/634...................................  748,539 dozen.              
335/835...................................  342,747 dozen.              
336/636/836...............................  500,864 dozen.              
338/339...................................  1,497,079 dozen.            
340/640...................................  1,439,483 dozen.            
341/641...................................  2,276,912 dozen of which not
                                             more than 1,579,647 dozen  
                                             shall be in Category 341   
                                             and not more than 1,456,237
                                             dozen shall be in Category 
                                             641.                       
345/845...................................  86,409 dozen.               
347/348/847...............................  1,627,871 dozen.            
350/650...................................  126,095 dozen.              
351/651...................................  402,744 dozen.              
352/652...................................  1,376,498 dozen.            
359-C/659-C \2\...........................  1,019,959 kilograms.        
360.......................................  1,523,867 numbers.          
363.......................................  6,677,066 numbers.          
369-D \3\.................................  609,887 kilograms.          
369-S \4\.................................  644,686 kilograms.          
434.......................................  8,309 dozen.                
435.......................................  17,807 dozen.               
440.......................................  11,871 dozen.               
611.......................................  5,309,390 square meters.    
635.......................................  456,996 dozen.              
638/639/838...............................  902,112 dozen.              
644.......................................  540,409 numbers.            
645/646...................................  112,922 dozen.              
647/648...................................  1,063,414 dozen.            
670-L \5\.................................  8,815,659 kilograms.        
840.......................................  208,065 dozen.              
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports        
  exported after December 31, 1995.                                     
\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 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 670-L: only HTS numbers 4202.12.8030, 4202.12.8070,        
  4202.92.3020, 4202.92.3030 and 4202.92.9025.                          

    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,
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.
[FR Doc. 96-14511 Filed 6-7-96; 8:45 am]
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