Adjustment of Import Charges for Certain Cotton Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Pakistan

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of Import Charges for Certain Cotton Textile Products

Produced or Manufactured in Pakistan

November 7, 1996.

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

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs adjusting

import charges.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: November 14, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ross Arnold, 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) 927-6714. 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.

In response to a special request by the Government of Pakistan, the

U.S. Government has decided to restore 346,483 numbers to the charges

to the 1995 limit for Category 361, and to deduct this same quantity

from the charges to the 1996 limit for Category 361. The net result of

the adjustments is that total imports charged to the 1996 limit for

Category 361 will be reduced by 116,966 numbers.

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 9014, published on February 16, 1995; and 60 FR 62393, 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

November 7, 1996.

Commissioner of Customs,

Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.

Dear Commissioner: To facilitate implementation of the Uruguay

Round Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and

Clothing, I request that, effective on November 14, 1996, you charge

346,483 numbers, for goods exported during 1995, to the limit

established in the directive dated February 13, 1995 for cotton

textile products in Category 361, produced or manufactured in

Pakistan and exported during the period which began on January 1,

1995 and extended through

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December 31, 1995. This same amount, for goods exported in 1995,

shall be deducted from the charges made to Category 361 for the

period January 1, 1996 through December 31, 1996 (see directive

dated November 29, 1995).

This letter will be published in the Federal Register.

Sincerely,

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

[FR Doc. 96-29204 Filed 11-13-96; 8:45 am]

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