# Adjustment of an Import Restraint Limit for Certain Wool Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the Arab Republic of Egypt > Briefs, arguments, decisions, and more. URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/documents/fr%3A96-21027 ## Record - **Collection:** Federal Register - **Document type:** Notice - **Published:** August 19, 1996 - **Citation:** 61 FR 42933 ## Text COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS Adjustment of an Import Restraint Limit for Certain Wool Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the Arab Republic of Egypt August 13, 1996. AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA). ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs increasing a limit. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- EFFECTIVE DATE: August 14, 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 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); the Uruguay Round Agreements Act. The current limit for Category 448 is being increased for 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 62401, 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. Troy H. Cribb, Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements August 13, 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, wool and man-made fiber textiles and textile products, produced or manufactured in Egypt and exported during the twelve-month period beginning on January 1, 1996 and extending through December 31, 1996. Effective on August 14, 1996, you are directed to increase the limit for Category 448 to 19,734 dozen \1\, as provided for under the Uruguay Round Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ The limit has not been adjusted to account for any imports exported after December 31, 1995. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has determined that this action falls within the foreign affairs exception of 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. 96-21027 Filed 8-16-96; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-DR-F --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/documents/fr%3A96-21027. Public record. Not legal advice.