Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Honduras

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool and Man-Made

Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Honduras

November 7, 1996.

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

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs increasing

limits.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: November 14, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Aldrich, 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) 927-5850. 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 increased for

carryover.

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

61 FR 38237, published on July 23, 1996.

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: This directive amends, but does not cancel,

the directive issued to you on July 18, 1996, by the Chairman,

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That

directive concerns imports of certain cotton, wool and man-made

fiber textile products, produced or manufactured in Honduras and

exported during the twelve-month period which began on January 1,

1996 and extends through December 31, 1996.

Effective on November 14, 1996., you are directed to increase

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 limit

Category \1\

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352/652................................... 11,077,000 dozen of which

not more than 8,162,000

dozen shall be in

Categories 352-K/652-K \2\.

435....................................... 16,157 dozen.

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

exported after December 31, 1995.

\2\ Category 352-K: only HTS numbers 6107.11.0010, 6107.11.0020,

6108.19.9010, 6108.21.0010, 6108.21.0020, 6108.91.0005, 6108.91.0015,

6108.91.0025, 6109.10.0005, 6109.10.0007, 6109.10.0009, 6109.10.0037;

Category 652-K: only HTS numbers 6107.12.0010, 6107.12.0020,

6108.11.0010, 6108.11.0020, 6108.22.9020, 6108.22.9030, 6108.22.9020,

6108.22.9030, 6108.92.0005, 6108.92.0015, 6108.92.0025, 6109.90.1047

and 6109.90.1075.

The guaranteed access levels for Categories 352/652 and 435

remain unchanged.

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.96-29205 Filed 11-13-96; 8:45 am]

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