Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool and Man-Made Fiber Textiles and Textile Products and Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Apparel Produced or Manufactured in Malaysia

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

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

Fiber Textiles and Textile Products and Silk Blend and Other Vegetable

Fiber Apparel Produced or Manufactured in Malaysia

November 8, 1996.

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

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs adjusting

limits.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: November 15, 1995.

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) 927-6712. 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 adjusted,

variously, for swing, special swing, carryover and carryforward.

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 62394, 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 8, 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 November 29, 1995, by the Chairman,

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That

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

fiber textiles and textile products and silk blend and other

vegetable fiber apparel, produced or manufactured in Malaysia and

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

1996 and extends through December 31, 1996.

Effective on November 15, 1996, you are directed to adjust 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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Category Twelve-month limit \1\

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331/631................................... 2,081,302 dozen pairs.

336/636................................... 479,855 dozen.

338/339................................... 1,221,338 dozen.

341/641................................... 1,500,291 dozen of which not

more than 557,431 dozen

shall be in Category 341.

347/348................................... 495,673 dozen.

350/650................................... 118,373 dozen.

351/651................................... 255,452 dozen.

363....................................... 869,085 numbers.

438-W \2\................................. 14,526 dozen.

634/635................................... 809,495 dozen.

638/639................................... 506,926 dozen.

645/646................................... 146,509 dozen.

647/648................................... 1,515,568 dozen of which not

more than 1,082,389 dozen

shall be in Category 647-K

\3\ and not more than

1,082,389 dozen shall be in

Category 648-K \4\.

Group II

201, 222-224, 229, 239, 330, 332, 349, 352- 50,325,374 square meters

354, 359-362, 369, 400-434, 436, 438-O equivalent.

\5\, 439, 440, 443, 444, 447, 448, 459,

464-469, 600-603, 606, 607, 618, 621,

622, 624-630, 632, 633, 643, 644, 649,

652-654, 659, 665-670, 831-834, 836, 838,

839, 840 and 843-859, as a group.

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

exported after December 31, 1995.

\2\ Category 438-W: only HTS numbers 6104.21.0060, 6104.23.0020,

6104.29.2051, 6106.20.1010, 6106.20.1020, 6106.90.1010, 6106.90.1020,

6106.90.2520, 6106.90.3020, 6109.90.1540, 6109.90.8020, 6110.10.2080,

6110.30.1560, 6110.90.9074 and 6114.10.0040.

\3\ Category 647-K: only HTS numbers 6103.23.0040, 6103.23.0045,

6103.29.1020, 6103.29.1030, 6103.43.1520, 6103.43.1540, 6103.43.1550,

6103.43.1570, 6103.49.1020, 6103.49.1060, 6103.49.8014, 6112.12.0050,

6112.19.1050, 6112.20.1060 and 6113.00.9044.

\4\ Category 648-K: only HTS numbers 6104.23.0032, 6104.23.0034,

6104.29.1030, 6104.29.1040, 6104.29.2038, 6104.63.2010, 6104.63.2025,

6104.63.2030, 6104.63.2060, 6104.69.2030, 6104.69.2060, 6104.69.8026,

6112.12.0060, 6112.19.1060, 6112.20.1070, 6113.00.9052 and

6117.90.9070.

\5\ Category 438-O: only HTS numbers 6103.21.0050, 6103.23.0025,

6105.20.1000, 6105.90.1000, 6105.90.8020, 6109.90.1520, 6110.10.2070,

6110.30.1550, 6110.90.9072, 6114.10.0020 and 6117.90.9025.

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.96-29273 Filed 11-14-96; 8:45 am]

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