[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 128 (Tuesday, July 2, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34494-34495]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-16823]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------


COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

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

June 26, 1996.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs adjusting 
limits.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 2, 1996.

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 of each Customs port or call (202) 927-6714. 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 and recrediting of 
unused carryforward.
    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). Also see 
60 FR 62393, published on December 6, 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 26, 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 November 29, 1995, by the Chairman, 
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That 
directive concerns imports of certain cotton and man-made fiber 
textile products, produced or manufactured in Pakistan and exported 
during the twelve-month period which began on January 1, 1996 and 
extends through December 31, 1996.
    Effective on July 2, 1996, you are directed to amend the 
November 29, 1995 directive to adjust the limits for the following 
categories, as provided for under the terms of the Uruguay Round 
Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and 
Clothing:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                             Adjusted twelve-month limit
                 Category                                \1\            
------------------------------------------------------------------------
219.......................................  7,636,274 square meters.    
226/313...................................  113,687,603 square meters.  
237.......................................  296,468 dozen.              
239.......................................  1,157,963 kilograms.        
314.......................................  5,553,654 square meters.    
315.......................................  70,503,799 square meters.   
317/617...................................  29,844,402 square meters.   
331/631...................................  2,397,501 dozen pairs.      
334/634...................................  267,867 dozen.              
335/635...................................  328,892 dozen.              
336/636...................................  455,565 dozen.              
338.......................................  4,807,211 dozen.            
340/640...................................  609,142 dozen of which not  
                                             more than 200,757 dozen    
                                             shall be in Categories 340-
                                             D/640-D \2\.               
341/641...................................  668,522 dozen.              
342/642...................................  330,883 dozen.              
347/348...................................  845,231 dozen.              
351/651...................................  290,178 dozen.              
352/652...................................  716,033 dozen.              
359-C/659-C \3\...........................  1,230,909 kilograms.        
363.......................................  42,975,448 numbers.         

[[Page 34495]]

                                                                        
369-F/369-P \4\...........................  2,214,872 kilograms.        
369-R \5\.................................  10,024,470 kilograms.       
369-S \6\.................................  655,830 kilograms.          
613/614...................................  20,248,735 square meters.   
615.......................................  21,944,309 square meters.   
625/626/627/628/629.......................  66,884,707 square meters of 
                                             which not more than        
                                             33,177,281 square meters   
                                             shall be in Category 625;  
                                             not more than 33,177,281   
                                             square meters shall be in  
                                             Category 626; not more than
                                             33,177,281 square meters   
                                             shall be in Category 627;  
                                             not more than 6,864,265    
                                             square meters shall be in  
                                             Category 628; and not more 
                                             than 33,177,281 square     
                                             meters shall be in Category
                                             629.                       
638/639...................................  204,796 dozen.              
647/648...................................  678,467 dozen.              
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports        
  exported after December 31, 1995.                                     
\2\ Category 340-D: only HTS numbers 6205.20.2015, 6205.20.2020,        
  6205.20.2025 and 6205.20.2030; Category 640-D: only HTS numbers       
  6205.30.2010, 6205.30.2020, 6205.30.2030, 6205.30.2040, 6205.90.3030  
  and 6205.90.4030.                                                     
\3\ 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.                                                         
\4\ Category 369-F: only HTS number 6302.91.0045; Category 369-P: only  
  HTS numbers 6302.60.0010 and 6302.91.0005.                            
\5\ Category 369-R: only HTS number 6307.10.2020.                       
\6\ Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.                       


    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.96-16823 Filed 7-1-96; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-DR-F