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

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

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

Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textiles and Textile

Products Produced or Manufactured in Taiwan

November 25, 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: December 2, 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) 927-6719. 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).

The current limit for textile products in Group I is being

increased for special shift, reducing the limit for Group II to account

for the increase.

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 3004, published on January 30, 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 bilateral agreement, but are designed to assist only in the

implementation of certain of its provisions.

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

November 25, 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 January 24, 1996, by the Chairman,

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That

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

silk blend and other vegetable fiber textiles and textile products,

produced or manufactured in Taiwan and exported during the twelve-

month period which began on January 1, 1996 and extends through

December 31, 1996.

Effective on December 2, 1996, you are directed to adjust the

limits for the following categories, as provided under the terms of

the current bilateral textile agreement concerning textile products

from Taiwan:

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Adjusted twelve-month limit

Category \1\

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Group I

200-224, 225/317/326, 226, 227, 229, 300/ 608,459,521 square meters

301/607, 313-315, 360-363, 369-L/670-L/ equivalent.

870 \2\, 369-S \3\, 369-O \4\, 400-414,

464-469, 600-606, 611, 613/614/615/617,

618, 619/620, 621-624, 625/626/627/628/

629, 665, 666, 669-P \5\, 669-T \6\,

669-O \7\, 670-H \8\ and 670-O \9\, as

a group.

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Group II

237, 239, 330-332, 333/334/335, 336, 338/ 732,702,059 square meters

339, 340-345, 347/348, 349, 350/650, equivalent.

351, 352/652, 353, 354, 359-C/659-C

\10\, 359-H/659-H \11\, 359-O \12\, 431-

444, 445/446, 447/448, 459, 630-632,

633/634/635, 636, 638/639, 640, 641-

644, 645/646, 647/648, 649, 651, 653,

654, 659-S \13\, 659-O \14\, 831-844

and 846-859, 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 870; Category 369-L: only HTS numbers 4202.12.4000,

4202.12.8020, 4202.12.8060, 4202.92.1500, 4202.92.3015 and

4202.92.6090; Category 670-L: only HTS numbers 4202.12.8030,

4202.12.8070, 4202.92.3020, 4202.92.3030 and 4202.92.9025.

\3\ Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.

\4\ Category 369-O: all HTS numbers except 4202.12.4000, 4202.12.8020,

4202.12.8060, 4202.92.1500, 4202.92.3015, 4202.92.6090 (Category 369-

L); and 6307.10.2005 (Category 369-S).

\5\ Category 669-P: only HTS numbers 6305.32.0010, 6305.32.0020,

6305.33.0010, 6305.33.0020 and 6305.39.0000.

\6\ Category 669-T: only HTS numbers 6306.12.0000, 6306.19.0010 and

6306.22.9030.

\7\ Category 669-O: all HTS numbers except 6305.32.0010, 6305.32.0020,

6305.33.0010, 6305.33.0020 and 6305.39.0000 (Category 669-P);

6306.12.0000, 6306.19.0010 and 6306.22.9030 (Category 669-T).

\8\ Category 670-H: only HTS numbers 4202.22.4030 and 4202.22.8050.

\9\ Category 670-O: all HTS numbers except 4202.22.4030 4202.22.8050

(Category 670-H); 4202.12.8030, 4202.12.8070, 4202.92.3020,

4202.92.3030 and 4202.92.9025 (Category 670-L).

\10\ Category 359-C: only HTS numbers 6103.42.2025, 6103.49.8034,

6104.62.1020, 6104.69.8010, 6114.20.0048, 6114.20.0052, 6203.42.2010,

6203.42.2090, 6204.62.2010, 6211.32.0010, 6211.32.0025 and

6211.42.0010; Category 659-C: only HTS numbers 6103.23.0055,

6103.43.2020, 6103.43.2025, 6103.49.2000, 6103.49.8038, 6104.63.1020,

6104.63.1030, 6104.69.1000, 6104.69.8014, 6114.30.3044, 6114.30.3054,

6203.43.2010, 6203.43.2090, 6203.49.1010, 6203.49.1090, 6204.63.1510,

6204.69.1010, 6210.10.9010, 6211.33.0010, 6211.33.0017 and

6211.43.0010.

\11\ Category 359-H: only HTS numbers 6505.90.1540 and 6505.90.2060;

Category 659-H: only HTS numbers 6502.00.9030, 6504.00.9015,

6504.00.9060, 6505.90.5090, 6505.90.6090, 6505.90.7090 and

6505.90.8090.

\12\ Category 359-O: all HTS numbers except 6103.42.2025, 6103.49.8034,

6104.62.1020, 6104.69.8010, 6114.20.0048, 6114.20.0052, 6203.42.2010,

6203.42.2090, 6204.62.2010, 6211.32.0010, 6211.32.0025 and

6211.42.0010 (Category 359-C); 6505.90.1540 and 6505.90.2060 (Category

359-H).

\13\ Category 659-S: only HTS numbers 6112.31.0010, 6112.31.0020,

6112.41.0010, 6112.41.0020, 6112.41.0030, 6112.41.0040, 6211.11.1010,

6211.11.1020, 6211.12.1010 and 6211.12.1020.

\14\ Category 659-O: all HTS numbers except 6103.23.0055, 6103.43.2020,

6103.43.2025, 6103.49.2000, 6103.49.8038, 6104.63.1020, 6104.63.1030,

6104.69.1000, 6104.69.8014, 6114.30.3044, 6114.30.3054, 6203.43.2010,

6203.43.2090, 6203.49.1010, 6203.49.1090, 6204.63.1510, 6204.69.1010,

6210.10.9010, 6211.33.0010, 6211.33.0017 and 6211.43.0010 (Category

659-C); 6502.00.9030, 6504.00.9015, 6504.00.9060, 6505.90.5090,

6505.90.6090, 6505.90.7090, 6505.90.8090 (Category 659-H);

6112.31.0010, 6112.31.0020, 6112.41.0010, 6112.41.0020, 6112.41.0030,

6112.41.0040, 6211.11.1010, 6211.11.1020, 6211.12.1010 and

6211.12.1020 (Category 659-S).

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. 96-30456 Filed 11-27-96; 8:45 am]

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