New Transshipment and Misclassification Charges for Certain Cotton, Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textiles and Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the People's Republic of China

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

New Transshipment and Misclassification Charges for Certain

Cotton, Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textiles

and Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the People's Republic

of China

September 5, 1996.

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

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs charging

transshipments and misclassified merchandise to 1996 limits.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: September 11, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Aldrich, International Trade

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

Commerce, (202) 482-4212.

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 a notice published in the Federal Register on May 3, 1995 (60 FR

21792), CITA announced that Customs would be conducting other

investigations of transshipments of textiles produced in China and

exported to the United States. Based on these investigations, the U.S.

Customs Service has determined that textile products in certain

categories, produced or manufactured in China and entered into the

United States with the incorrect country of origin or with the

incorrect classification, were entered in circumvention of the

Bilateral Textile Agreement, effected by exchange of notes dated March

29, 1995 and June 8, 1995, between the Governments of the United States

and the People's Republic of China. Consultations were held between the

Governments of the United States and the People's Republic of China on

this matter March 25 through March 27, 1996. Accordingly, in the letter

published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the Commissioner of

Customs to charge the following amounts to the 1996 quota levels for

the categories listed below. The quota levels for Categories 339-S,

348, 351, 641 and 840 have been triple charged in accordance with

paragraph 13(E) of the Bilateral Textile Agreement between the

Governments of the United States and the People's Republic of China.

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Category Amounts to be charged

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200....................................... 2,268 kilograms.

335....................................... 136 dozen.

338-S \1\................................. 73,420 dozen.

339....................................... 16,983 dozen.

339-S \2\................................. 5,120 dozen.

347....................................... 19,360 dozen.

348....................................... 37,699 dozen.

351....................................... 18,000 dozen.

369-D \3\................................. 15,511 kilograms.

369-S \4\................................. 116,250 kilograms.

433....................................... 520 dozen.

641....................................... 22,680 dozen.

840....................................... 1,083 dozen.

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\1\ Category 338-S: all HTS numbers except 6109.10.0012, 6109.10.0014,

6109.10.0018 and 6109.10.0023.

\2\ Category 339-S: all HTS numbers except 6109.10.0040, 6109.10.0045,

6109.10.0060 and 6109.10.0065.

\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.

U.S. Customs continues to conduct other investigations of such

transshipments of textiles produced in China and exported to the United

States. The charges resulting from these investigations will be

published in the Federal Register.

The U.S. Government is taking this action pursuant to U.S. letter

dated February 6, 1996, and the Bilateral Textile Agreement, effected

by exchange of notes dated May 29, 1995 and June 8, 1995, between the

Governments of the United States and the People's Republic of China.

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 65292, published on December 19, 1995.

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

September 5, 1996.

Commissioner of Customs,

Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.

Dear Commissioner: To facilitate implementation of the Bilateral

Textile Agreement, effected by exchange of notes dated May 29, 1995

and June 8, 1995, between the Governments of the United States and

the People's Republic of China, I request that, effective on

September 11, 1996, you charge the following amounts to the

following categories for the 1996 restraint period (see directive

dated December 13, 1995):

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Category Amounts to be charged

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200....................................... 2,268 kilograms.

335....................................... 136 dozen.

338-S a................................... 73,420 dozen.

339....................................... 16,983 dozen.

339-S b................................... 5,120 dozen.

347....................................... 19,360 dozen.

348....................................... 37,699 dozen.

351....................................... 18,000 dozen.

369-D c................................... 15,511 kilograms.

433....................................... 520 dozen.

641....................................... 22,680 dozen.

840....................................... 1,083 dozen.

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a Category 338-S: all HTS numbers except 6109.10.0012, 6109.10.0014,

6109.10.0018 and 6109.10.0023.

b Category 339-S: all HTS numbers except 6109.10.0040, 6109.10.0045,

6109.10.0060 and 6109.10.0065.

c Category 369-D: only HTS numbers 6302.60.0010, 6302.91.0005 and

6302.91.0045.

Also, you are directed to deduct 116,250 kilograms from the

charges made to Category 369-D for the 1996 quota period. This same

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amount should be charged to the 1996 limit for Category 369-S \1\.

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\1\ Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.

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This letter will be published in the Federal Register.

Sincerely,

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

[FR Doc. 96-23054 Filed 9-10-96; 8:45 am]

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