Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton, Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the United Arab Emirates

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

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

Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textile Products Produced or

Manufactured in the United Arab Emirates

November 29, 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 6, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janet Heinzen, 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

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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 adjusted for

swing.

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 9982, published on March 12, 1996 and 61 FR 37952 published on

July 22, 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 29, 1996.

Commissioner of Customs,

Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.

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

the directives issued to you on March 5, 1996 and July 22, 1996, by

the Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements. Those directives concern imports of certain cotton, man-

made fiber, silk blend and other vegetable fiber textile products,

produced or manufactured in the United Arab Emirates and exported

during the twelve-month period which began on January 1, 1996 and

extends through December 31, 1996.

Effective on December 6, 1996, you are directed to amend the

directives dated March 5 and July 22, 1996 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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Adjusted twelve-month limit

Category \1\

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334/634................................... 241,683 dozen.

335/635/835............................... 166,034 dozen.

340/640................................... 370,582 dozen.

342/642................................... 269,306 dozen.

352....................................... 159,080 dozen.

847....................................... 169,998 dozen.

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

exported after December 31, 1995.

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. 96-30963 Filed 12-4-96; 8:45 am]

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