Extension of an Import Limit for Certain Wool Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Extension of an Import Limit for Certain Wool Textile Products

Produced or Manufactured in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

May 21, 1996.

AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs establishing

a limit.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: May 28, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Naomi Freeman, International Trade

Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of

Commerce, (202) 482-4212. For information on the quota status of this

limit, refer to the Quota Status Reports posted on the bulletin boards

of each Customs port or call (202) 927-5850. 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).

Pursuant to section 204 of the Agricultural Act of 1956, as

amended, the Government of the United States is extending the current

limit on Category 434 for an additional one-year period beginning on

May 26, 1996 and extending through May 25, 1997 at a level of 8,391

dozen.

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 57853, published on November 22, 1995.

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

May 21, 1996.

Commissioner of Customs,

Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.

Dear Commissioner: Under the terms of section 204 of the

Agricultural Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1854); and in

accordance with the provisions of Executive Order 11651 of March 3,

1972, as amended, you are directed to prohibit, effective on May

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28, 1996, entry into the United States for consumption and

withdrawal from warehouse for consumption of wool textile products

in Category 434, produced or manufactured in the Former Yugoslav

Republic of Macedonia and exported during the twelve-month period

beginning on May 26, 1996 and extending through May 25, 1997, in

excess of 8,391 dozen.

Imports charged to Category 434 for the period May 26, 1995

through May 25, 1996 shall be charged against that level of

restraint to the extent of any unfilled balance. In the event the

limit established for that period has been exhausted by previous

entries, such goods shall be subject to the level set forth in this

directive.

In carrying out the above directions, the Commissioner of

Customs should construe entry into the United States for consumption

to include entry for consumption into the Commonwealth of Puerto

Rico.

The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has

determined that this action falls 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.96-13182 Filed 5-23-96; 8:45 am]

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