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

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.

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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:

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Adjusted twelve-month limit

Category \1\

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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.

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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.

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\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]

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