Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton, Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textiles and Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in India

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton, Man-Made Fiber,

Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textiles and Textile Products

Produced or Manufactured in India

September 9, 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: September 16, 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) 927-6705. 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 and special shift.

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 62399, 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

September 9, 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, man-made fiber, silk

blend and other vegetable fiber textiles and textile products,

produced or manufactured in India and exported during the twelve-

month period which began on January 1, 1996 and extends through

December 31, 1996.

Effective on September 16, 1996, you are directed to amend the

directive dated November 29, 1995 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 Level

Category \1\

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218....................................... 14,055,844 square meters.

313....................................... 41,144,053 square meters.

314....................................... 5,678,026 square meters.

315....................................... 13,332,512 square meters.

317....................................... 32,644,657 square meters.

326....................................... 7,608,828 square meters.

334/634................................... 135,821 dozen.

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335/635................................... 461,513 dozen.

336/636................................... 837,398 dozen.

338/339................................... 3,807,699 dozen.

340/640................................... 1,869,892 dozen.

341....................................... 4,065,343 dozen of which not

more than 2,346,540 dozen

shall be in Category 341-Y

\2\.

342/642................................... 1,333,793 dozen.

345....................................... 160,606 dozen.

347/348................................... 656,234 dozen.

351/651................................... 258,829 dozen.

363....................................... 39,420,106 numbers.

641....................................... 1,170,973 dozen.

647/648................................... 428,188 dozen.

Group II

200, 201, 220-229, 237, 239, 300, 301, 330- 104,339,969 square meters

333, 349, 350, 352, 359-362, 600-607, 611- equivalent.

629, 630-633, 638, 639, 643-646, 649,

650, 652, 659, 665-O \3\, 666, 669, 670,

and 831-859, as a group.

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

exported after December 31, 1995.

\2\ Category 341-Y: only HTS numbers 6204.22.3060, 6206.30.3010,

6206.30.3030 and 6211.42.0054.

\3\ Category 665-O: all HTS numbers except 5702.10.9030, 5702.42.2020,

5702.92.0010 and 5703.20.1000.

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,

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

[FR Doc.96-23393 Filed 9-11-96; 8:45 am]

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