[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 117 (Monday, June 17, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30596-30597]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-15351]



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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Extension of Staged Entry Period for Certain Cotton, Wool, Man-
Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textiles and Textile 
Products and Silk Apparel Products Produced or Manufactured in the 
People's Republic of China

June 12, 1996.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs amending 
earlier directives with respect to textile products from China.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: June 14, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Aldrich, International Trade 
Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, (202) 482-4212.

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).

    At the request of the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, a 
notice published in the Federal Register on May 17, 1996 (61 FR 24919) 
amended previous directives which established limits for certain 
textile products, produced or manufactured in China and exported during 
1996. (Also see 61 FR 25000, published on May 17, 1996.)
    The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has decided to extend 
the staged entry period of certain goods produced or manufactured in 
China and exported from China for an additional 30-day period beginning 
on June 14, 1996.
    This action is being taken to facilitate implementation of a 
further request to CITA from the Office of the U.S. Trade 
Representative in accordance with section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, 
as amended.
    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).
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
June 12, 1996.

Commissioner of Customs,
Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.

    Dear Commissioner: This directive amends, but does not cancel, 
the directives issued to you on November 30, 1995 and December 13, 
1995, by the Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements (CITA). Those directives concern imports of certain silk 
apparel and certain cotton, wool, man-made fiber, silk blend and 
other vegetable fiber textile products, produced or manufactured in 
the People's Republic of China and exported from China during the 
twelve-month period beginning on January 1, 1996 and extending 
through December 31, 1996.
    The above directives are hereby amended to the extent necessary 
to facilitate implementation of the directive of the Office of the 
U.S. Trade Representative to the Commissioner of Customs regarding 
textile products from China dated June 12, 1996, issued pursuant to 
section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended. For your 
information, entry of the following categories of textile products, 
produced or manufactured in the People's Republic of China, is 
hereby limited, over the 30-day period (commencing with exports from 
China on or after June 14, 1996) to the following amounts:

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                 Category                       Amount to be entered    
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Sublevels in Group I                                                    
218.......................................  1,631,752 square meters.    
317/326...................................  2,961,510 square meters.    
338/339...................................  355,559 dozen.              
341.......................................  97,889 dozen.               
347/348...................................  360,698 dozen.              
352.......................................  270,175 dozen.              
359-V \1\.................................  122,273 kilograms.          
360.......................................  1,076,438 numbers.          
361.......................................  601,945 numbers.            
447.......................................  11,595 dozen.               
448.......................................  3,259 dozen.                
638/639...................................  354,776 dozen.              
641.......................................  194,097 dozen.              
642.......................................  45,002 dozen.               
647.......................................  226,428 dozen.              
648.......................................  161,781 dozen.              
649.......................................  131,463 dozen.              
650.......................................  16,367 dozen.               
652.......................................  376,963 dozen.              
659-S \2\.................................  87,044 kilograms.           
840.......................................  69,473 dozen.               
842.......................................  38,367 dozen.               
847.......................................  183,392 dozen.              
Silk Apparel Group                                                      
733, 734, 735, 736, 738, 739, 740, 741,     51,915,694 square meters    
 742, 743, 744, 745, 746, 747, 748, 750,     equivalent.                
 751, 752, 758 and 759, as a group.                                     
Specific Limit within Group                                             
740 (Men's and boys' shirts, not knit)....  495,543 dozen.              
741 (Women's and girls' shirts/blouses,     1,236,580 dozen.            
 not knit).                                                             
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  \1\ Category 359-V: only HTS numbers 6103.19.2030, 6103.19.9030,      
6104.12.0040, 6104.19.8040, 6110.20.1022, 6110.20.1024, 6110.20.2030,   
6110.20.2035, 6110.90.9044, 6110.90.9046, 6201.92.2010, 6202.92.2020,   
6203.19.1030, 6203.19.9030, 6204.12.0040, 6204.19.8040, 6211.32.0070 and
6211.42.0070.                                                           
  \2\ Category 659-S: only HTS numbers 6112.31.0010, 6112.31.0020,      
6112.41.0010, 6112.41.0020, 6112.41.0030, 6112.41.0040, 6211.11.1010,   
6211.11.1020, 6211.12.1010 and 6211.12.1020.                            
                                                                        

    Goods exported in excess of the amounts allowed during the 
previous 30-day staged entry period, beginning on May 15, 1996 and 
extending through June 13, 1996 (see letter dated May 15, 1996) may 
be entered during the June 14, 1996 through July 13, 1996 period.
    Textile products in the above group and categories will be 
sublimits to the calendar year limits for the same group and 
categories established in the directives dated November 30, 1995 and 
December 13, 1995.
    Categories 740 and 741 will be subject to specific limits for 
the June 14, 1996 through July 13, 1996 period,and subject to the 
Silk Group limit for the same period. The June 14, 1996 through July 
13, 1996 period for the Silk Group, however, shall be a sublevel of 
the Silk Group for the 1996 calendar year. Charges for the 1996 
calendar year limits for Categories 740 and 741 will be provided by 
CITA for goods exported during the June 14, 1996 through July 13, 
1996 period.
    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. 96-15351 Filed 6-13-96; 8:45 am]
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