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

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

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

Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Fiji

November 8, 1996.

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

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs increasing

limits.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

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 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 limit for Categories 338/339/638/639 and sublimit for

338-S/339-S/638-S/639-S are being increased for carryover and

carryforward, respectively.

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 3003, published on January 30, 1996; and 61 FR 15925, published

on April 10, 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 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 8, 1996.

Commissioner of Customs,

Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.

[[Page 58536]]

Dear Commissioner: This directive amends, but does not cancel,

the directive issued to you on January 24, 1996, as amended on April

5, 1996, by the Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of

Textile Agreements. That directive concerns imports of certain

cotton and man-made fiber textile products, produced or manufactured

in Fiji 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:

------------------------------------------------------------------------

Adjusted twelve-month limit

Category \1\

------------------------------------------------------------------------

338/339/638/639........................... 1,202,776 dozen of which not

more than 960,257 dozen

shall be in Categories 338-

S/339-S/638-S/639-S \2\.

------------------------------------------------------------------------

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

exported after December 31, 1995.

\2\ 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.

The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has

determined that this action falls 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.96-29271 Filed 11-14-96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510-DR-F