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

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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