Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the Republic of Turkey

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool

and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the

Republic of Turkey

October 16, 1996.

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

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs establishing

limits.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Naomi Freeman, 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) 927-6718. 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 import restraint limits for textile products, produced or

manufactured in Turkey and exported during the period January 1, 1997

through December 31, 1997 are based on limits notified to the Textiles

Monitoring Body pursuant to the Uruguay Round Agreements Act and the

Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC), and Memoranda

of Understanding (MOUs) dated July 19, 1995, between the Governments of

the United States and the Republic of Turkey.

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

Commissioner of Customs to establish the 1997 limits. The limits for

certain categories have been reduced for carryforward applied in 1996.

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

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Schedule of the United States (see Federal Register notice 60 FR 65299,

published on December 19, 1995). Information regarding the 1997

CORRELATION will be published in the Federal Register at a later date.

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, the ATC and MOUs, 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

October 16, 1996.

Commissioner of Customs,

Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.

Dear Commissioner: Pursuant to section 204 of the Agricultural

Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1854), the Uruguay Round

Agreements Act, the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing

(ATC) and Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) dated July 19, 1995

between the Governments of the United States and the Republic of

Turkey; and in accordance with the provisions of Executive Order

11651 of March 3, 1972, as amended, you are directed to prohibit,

effective on January 1, 1997, entry into the United States for

consumption and withdrawal from warehouse for consumption of cotton,

wool and man-made fiber textile products in the following

categories, produced or manufactured in Turkey and exported during

the twelve-month period beginning on January 1, 1997 and extending

through December 31, 1997, in excess of the following levels of

restraint:

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Category Twelve-month restraint limit

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Fabric Group

219, 313, 314, 315, 317, 326, 617, 625/626/ 161,772,523 square meters of

627/628/629, as a group. which not more than

36,968,320 square meters

shall be in Category 219;

45,183,501 square meters

shall be in Category 313;

26,288,583 square meters

shall be in Category 314;

35,325,285 square meters

shall be in Category 315;

36,968,320 square meters

shall be in Category 317;

4,107,590 square meters

shall be in Category 326,

and 24,645,548 square

meters shall be in Category

617.

Sublevel in Fabric Group

625/626/627/628/629....................... 16,641,907 square meters of

which not more than

6,283,347 square meters

shall be in Category 625;

not more than 6,656,763

square meters shall be in

Category 626; not more than

6,656,763 square meters

shall be in Category 627;

not more than 6,656,763

square meters shall be in

Category 628; and not more

than 6,656,763 square

meters shall be in Category

629.

Limits not in a group

200....................................... 1,559,836 kilograms.

300/301................................... 7,594,732 kilograms.

335....................................... 327,917 dozen.

336/636................................... 772,427 dozen.

338/339/638/639........................... 4,539,664 dozen of which not

more than 3,404,749 dozen

shall be in Categories 338-

S/339-S/638-S/639-S \1\.

340/640................................... 1,482,147 dozen of which not

more than 421,542 dozen

shall be in Categories 340-

Y/640-Y \2\.

341/641................................... 1,463,690 dozen of which not

more than 512,291 dozen

shall be in Categories 341-

Y/641-Y \3\.

342/642................................... 859,872 dozen.

347/348................................... 4,678,286 dozen of which not

more than 1,627,311 dozen

shall be in Categories 347-

T/348-T \4\.

350....................................... 460,322 dozen.

351/651................................... 735,976 dozen.

352/652................................... 2,471,920 dozen.

361....................................... 1,639,587 numbers.

369-S \5\................................. 1,695,021 kilograms.

410/624................................... 1,087,905 square meters of

which not more than 662,186

square meters shall be in

Category 410.

448....................................... 37,330 dozen.

604....................................... 1,956,551 kilograms.

611....................................... 48,946,785 square meters.

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\1\ 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; Category 638-S: all HTS numbers except 6109.90.1007,

6109.90.1009, 6109.90.1013 and 6109.90.1025; Category 639-S: all HTS

numbers except 6109.90.1050, 6109.90.1060, 6109.90.1065 and

6109.90.1070.

\2\ Category 340-Y: only HTS numbers 6205.20.2015, 6205.20.2020,

6205.20.2046, 6205.20.2050 and 6205.20.2060; Category 640-Y: only HTS

numbers 6205.30.2010, 6205.30.2020, 6205.30.2050 and 6205.30.2060.

\3\ Category 341-Y: only HTS numbers 6204.22.3060, 6206.30.3010,

6206.30.3030 and 6211.42.0054; Category 641-Y: only HTS numbers

6204.23.0050, 6204.29.2030, 6206.40.3010 and 6206.40.3025.

\4\ 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.

\5\ Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.

Imports charged to these category limits for the period January

1, 1996 through December 31, 1996 shall be charged against those

levels of restraint to the extent of any unfilled balances. In the

event the limits established for that period have been exhausted by

previous entries, such goods shall be subject to the levels set

forth in this directive.

The limits set forth above are subject to adjustment in the

future pursuant to the provisions of the Uruguay Round Agreements

Act, the ATC and any administrative arrangements notified to the

Textiles Monitoring Body.

In carrying out the above directions, the Commissioner of

Customs should construe entry into the United States for consumption

to include entry for consumption into the Commonwealth of Puerto

Rico.

The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has

determined that these actions fall within the foreign affairs

exception of 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. 96-27086 Filed 10-22-96; 8:45 am]

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