Establishment of Staged Entry 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

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Establishment of Staged Entry 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

May 15, 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: May 15, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Aldrich, 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) 927-6703. 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).

Notices published in the Federal Register on December 6, 1995 and

December 19, 1995 (60 FR 62413 and 60

[[Page 24920]]

FR 65292, respectively) announce the establishment of import restraint

limits for 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 during

1996. The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has decided to stage

the entry of certain goods exported from China during the period

beginning on May 15, 1996.

This action is being taken to facilitate implementation of a

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

May 15, 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 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 regarding textile

products from China dated May 15, 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 May 15, 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.

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 May 15, 1996 through June 13, 1996 period, and subject to the

Silk Group limit for the same period. The May 15, 1996 through June

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 May 15, 1996 through June 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. 96-12657 Filed 5-15-96; 3:26 pm]

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