Textile and Apparel Categories With the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States; Changes to the 1996 Correlation

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Textile and Apparel Categories With the Harmonized Tariff

Schedule of the United States; Changes to the 1996 Correlation

November 1, 1996.

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

ACTION: Changes to the 1996 correlation.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: November 1, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lori E. Mennitt, International Trade

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

Commerce, (202) 482-3400.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Correlation: Textile and Apparel

Categories based on the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States

(1996) present the harmonized tariff numbers under each of the cotton,

wool, man-made fiber, silk blend and other vegetable fiber categories

used by the United States in monitoring imports of these textile

products and in the administration of the textile program. The

Correlation should be amended to include the following changes for

Categories 229, 611, 618 and 629 which are effective on November 1,

1996:

Changes to the 1996 Correlation

Delete 5408.24.9030 and 5408.24.9060 (618).

Add 5408.24.9010--Woven fabrics containing 85 percent or more by

weight of artificial filament or strip or the like, printed, weighing

not more than 170 g/m2, discharge printed (618).

Add 5408.24.9020--Woven fabrics containing 85 percent or more by

weight of artificial filament or strip or the like, printed, weighing

not more than 170 g/m2, other than discharge printed (618).

Add 5408.24.9040--Woven fabrics containing 85 percent or more by

weight of artificial filament or strip or the like, printed, weighing

more than 170 g/m2, discharge printed (618).

Add 5408.24.9050--Woven fabrics containing 85 percent or more by

weight of artificial filament or strip or the like, printed, weighing

more than 170 g/m2, other than discharge printed (618).

Delete 5408.34.9090 (629).

Add 5408.34.9085--Other woven fabrics of artificial filament yarn,

printed, not elsewhere specified or included, discharge printed (629).

Add 5408.34.9095--Other woven fabrics of artificial filament yarn,

printed, not elsewhere specified or included, other than discharge

printed (629).

Delete 5516.14.0010, 5516.14.0020 and 5516.14.0090 (611).

Add 5516.14.0005--Woven fabrics containing 85 percent or more by

weight of artificial staple fibers, printed, plain weave, discharge

printed (611).

Add 5516.14.0015--Woven fabrics containing 85 percent or more by

weight of artificial staple fibers, printed, plain weave, other than

discharge printed (611).

Add 5516.14.0025--Woven fabrics containing 85 percent or more by

weight of artificial staple fibers, printed, satin weave or twill

weave, discharge printed (611).

Add 5516.14.0030--Woven fabrics containing 85 percent or more by

weight of artificial staple fibers, printed, satin weave or twill

weave, other than discharge printed (611).

Add 5516.14.0085--Woven fabrics containing 85 percent or more by

weight of artificial staple fibers, printed, other than plain weave,

satin weave or twill weave, discharge printed (611).

Add 5516.14.0095--Woven fabrics containing 85 percent or more by

weight of artificial staple fibers, printed, other than plain weave,

satin weave or twill weave, other than discharge printed (611).

Delete 5516.24.0090 (629).

Add 5516.24.0085--Woven fabrics of artificial staple fibers

containing less than 85 percent by weight of artificial staple fibers,

mixed mainly or solely with man-made fiber filaments, discharge printed

(629).

Add 5516.24.0095--Woven fabrics of artificial staple fibers

containing less than 85 percent by weight of artificial staple fibers,

mixed mainly or solely with man-made fiber filaments, other than

discharge printed (629).

Delete 5810.91.0010, 5810.91.0020, 5810.92.9050 and 5810.92.0080

(229).

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

[FR Doc. 96-28570 Filed 11-5-96; 8:45 am]

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