Amendment of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton, Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the United Arab Emirates

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Amendment of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton, Man-Made

Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textile Products Produced

or Manufactured in the United Arab Emirates

July 17, 1996.

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

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs amending

limits.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: July 23, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janet Heinzen, 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) 927-5850. 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).

In accordance with the Uruguay Round Agreements Act and the Uruguay

Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC), the current limits are

being amended for certain textile products, produced or manufactured in

the United Arab Emirates and exported during the period beginning on

January 1, 1996 and extending through December 31, 1996. In accordance

with the ATC, these amended limits are based on the limits notified to

the Textiles Monitoring Body. These limits are amended because the

United Arab Emirates is now a member of the World Trade Organization

(WTO).

In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the

Commissioner of Customs to amend the current limits for the period

January 1, 1996 through December 31, 1996. Previous adjustments applied

to the 1996 limits have been adjusted accordingly.

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

61 FR 9982, published on March 12, 1996.

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 ATC, but are designed to

assist only in the implementation of certain of their provisions.

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

July 17, 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 March 5, 1996, by the Chairman,

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That

directive concerns imports of certain cotton, man-made fiber, silk

blend and other vegetable fiber textile products, produced or

manufactured in the United Arab Emirates and exported during the

twelve-month period beginning on January 1, 1996 and extending

through December 31, 1996.

Effective on July 23, 1996, you are directed, in accordance with

the Uruguay Round Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round Agreement on

Textiles and Clothing (ATC), to increase the limits for the

following categories:

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Amended twelve-month limit

Category \1\

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219....................................... 1,175,312 square meters.

226/313................................... 2,009,814 square meters.

315....................................... -0-.

317....................................... 32,422,388 square meters.

326....................................... 1,897,268 square meters.

334/634................................... 228,736 dozen.

335/635/835............................... 157,146 dozen.

336/636................................... 209,459 dozen.

338/339................................... 624,450 dozen of which not

more than 398,509 dozen

shall be in Categories 338-

S/339-S \2\.

340/640................................... 350,729 dozen.

341/641................................... 321,604 dozen.

342/642................................... 255,495 dozen.

347/348................................... 463,877 dozen of which not

more than 231,938 dozen

shall be in Categories 347-

T/348-T \3\.

351/651................................... 183,636 dozen.

352....................................... 232,892 dozen.

361....................................... -0-.

363....................................... 6,324,225 numbers.

369-S \4\................................. 84,069 kilograms.

369-O \5\................................. 604,625 kilogams.

638/639................................... 237,065 dozen.

647/648................................... 343,321 dozen.

847....................................... 215,573 dozen.

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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports

exported after December 31, 1995.

\2\ Category 338-S: only HTS numbers 6103.22.0050, 6105.10.0010,

6105.10.0030, 6105.90.8010, 6109.10.0027, 6110.20.1025, 6110.20.2040,

6110.20.2065, 6110.90.9068, 6112.11.0030 and 6114.20.0005; Category

339-S: only HTS numbers 6104.22.0060, 6104.29.2049, 6106.10.0010,

6106.10.0030, 6106.90.2510, 6106.90.3010, 6109.10.0070, 6110.20.1030,

6110.20.2045, 6110.20.2075, 6110.90.9070, 6112.11.0040, 6114.20.0010

and 6117.90.9020.

\3\ Category 347-T: only HTS numbers 6103.19.2015, 6103.19.9020,

6103.22.0030, 6103.42.1020, 6103.42.1040, 6103.49.8010, 6112.11.0050,

6113.00.9038, 6203.19.1020, 6203.19.9020, 6203.22.3020, 6203.42.4005,

6203.42.4010, 6203.42.4015, 6203.42.4025, 6203.42.4035, 6203.42.4045,

6203.49.8020, 6210.40.9033, 6211.20.1520, 6211.20.3810 and

6211.32.0040; Category 348-T: only HTS numbers 6104.12.0030,

6104.19.8030, 6104.22.0040, 6104.29.2034, 6104.62.2010, 6104.62.2025,

6104.69.8022, 6112.11.0060, 6113.00.9042, 6117.90.9060, 6204.12.0030,

6204.19.8030, 6204.22.3040, 6204.29.4034, 6204.62.3000, 6204.62.4005,

6204.62.4010, 6204.62.4020, 6204.62.4030, 6204.62.4040, 6204.62.4050,

6204.69.6010, 6304.69.9010. 6210.50.9060, 6211.20.1550, 6211.20.6810,

6211.42.0030 and 6217.90.9050.

\4\ Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.

\5\ Category 369-O: all HTS numbers except 6307.10.2005 (Category 369-

S).

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).

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Sincerely,

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

[FR Doc. 96-18489 Filed 7-19-96; 8:45 am]

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