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

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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool,

Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textiles and

Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Indonesia

November 29, 1996.

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

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs establishing

limits.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 1997.

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 call (202) 927-6704. 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 import restraint limits for textile products, produced or

manufactured in Indonesia and exported during the period January 1,

1997 through December 31, 1997 are based on limits notified to the

Textiles Monitoring Body pursuant to the Uruguay Round Agreements Act

and the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC) and the

Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) dated November 1, 1996 between the

Governments of the United States and Indonesia.

In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the

Commissioner of Customs to establish the 1997 limits. The limits for

certain categories have been reduced for carryforward applied in 1996.

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).

Information regarding the 1997 CORRELATION will be published in the

Federal Register at a later date.

The letter to the Commissioner of Customs and the actions taken

pursuant

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to it are not designed to implement all of the provisions of the

Uruguay Round Agreements Act, the ATC and the MOU dated November 1,

1996, 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: Pursuant to section 204 of the Agricultural

Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1854), the Uruguay Round

Agreements Act, the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing

(ATC) and the Memorandum of Understanding dated November 1, 1996

between the Governments of the United States and Indonesia; and in

accordance with the provisions of Executive Order 11651 of March 3,

1972, as amended, you are directed to prohibit, effective on January

1, 1997, entry into the United States for consumption and withdrawal

from warehouse for consumption of cotton, wool, man-made fiber, silk

blend and other vegetable fiber textiles and textile products in the

following categories, produced or manufactured in Indonesia and

exported during the twelve-month period beginning on January 1, 1997

and extending through December 31, 1997, in excess of the following

levels of restraint:

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Category Twelve-month restraint limit

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Levels in Group I

200....................................... 729,520 kilograms.

219....................................... 8,585,408 square meters.

225....................................... 6,012,012 square meters.

300/301................................... 3,467,912 kilograms.

313....................................... 15,578,131 square meters.

314....................................... 54,394,935 square meters.

315....................................... 24,716,046 square meters.

317/326/617............................... 23,872,137 square meters of

which not more than

3,527,368 square meters

shall be in Category 326.

331/631................................... 2,192,197 dozen pairs.

334/335................................... 200,886 dozen.

336/636................................... 529,646 dozen.

338/339................................... 1,084,834 dozen.

340/640................................... 1,336,002 dozen.

341....................................... 803,541 dozen.

342/642................................... 315,265 dozen.

345....................................... 388,504 dozen.

347/348................................... 1,387,165 dozen.

350/650................................... 154,310 dozen.

351/651................................... 434,201 dozen.

359-C/659-C \1\........................... 1,198,005 kilograms.

359-S/659-S \2\........................... 1,336,002 kilograms.

360....................................... 1,189,037 numbers.

361....................................... 1,189,037 numbers.

369-S \3\................................. 820,097 kilograms.

433....................................... 11,331 dozen.

443....................................... 84,063 numbers.

445/446................................... 56,330 dozen.

447....................................... 16,814 dozen.

448....................................... 20,704 dozen.

604-A \4\................................. 637,848 kilograms.

611-O \5\................................. 4,000,000 square meters.

613/614/615............................... 22,645,242 square meters.

618-O \6\................................. 5,344,010 square meters.

619/620................................... 7,818,563 square meters.

625/626/627/628/629-O \7\................. 25,273,984 square meters.

634/635................................... 267,201 dozen.

638/639................................... 1,389,444 dozen.

641....................................... 2,037,006 dozen.

643....................................... 297,260 numbers.

644....................................... 416,163 numbers.

645/646................................... 703,099 dozen.

647/648................................... 2,912,841 dozen.

847....................................... 368,030 dozen.

Group II

201, 218, 220, 222-224, 226, 227, 229, 88,892,270 square meters

237, 239, 330, 332, 333, 349, 352-354, equivalent.

359-O \8\, 362, 363, 369-O \9\, 400, 410,

414, 431, 432, 434, 435, 436, 438, 439,

440, 442, 444, 459, 464, 465, 469, 603,

604-O \10\, 606, 607, 621, 622, 624, 630,

632, 633, 649, 652-654, 659-O \11\, 665,

666, 669-O \12\, 670-O \13\, 831-836,

838, 839, 840, 842-846, 850-852, 858 and

859, as a group.

Subgroup in Group II

400, 410, 414, 431, 432, 434, 435, 436, 2,967,670 square meters

438, 439, 440, 442, 444, 459, 464, 465 equivalent.

and 469, as a group.

In Group II subgroup

435....................................... 46,584 dozen.

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\1\ 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.

\2\ Category 359-S: only HTS numbers 6112.39.0010, 6112.49.0010,

6211.11.8010, 6211.11.8020, 6211.12.8010 and 6211.12.8020; 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.

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

\4\ Category 604-A: only HTS number 5509.32.0000.

\5\ Category 611-O: all HTS numbers except 5516.14.0005, 5516.14.0025

and 5516.14.0085.

\6\ Category 618-O: all HTS numbers except 5408.24.9010 and

5408.24.9040.

\7\ Category 625/626/627/628; Category 629-O: all HTS numbers except

5408.34.9085 and 5516.24.0085.

\8\ 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); 6112.39.0010, 6112.49.0010,

6211.11.8010, 6211.11.8020, 6211.12.8010 and 6211.12.8020 (Category

359-S).

\9\ Category 369-O: all HTS numbers except 6307.10.2005 (Category 369-

S).

\10\ Category 604-O: all HTS numbers except 5509.32.0000 (Category 604-

A).

\11\ 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, 6211.43.0010 (Category 659-

C); 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).

\12\ 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).

\13\ Category 670-O: all HTS numbers except 4202.12.8030, 4202.12.8070,

4202.92.3020, 4202.92.3030 and 4202.92.9025 (Category 670-L).

Imports charged to these category limits for the period January

1, 1996 through December 31, 1996 shall be charged against those

levels of restraint to the extent of any unfilled balances. In the

event the limits established for that period have been exhausted by

previous entries, such goods shall be subject to the levels set

forth in this directive.

The limits set forth above are subject to adjustment in the

future pursuant to the provisions of the Uruguay Round Agreements

Act, the ATC and any administrative arrangements notified to the

Textiles Monitoring Body.

In carrying out the above directions, the Commissioner of

Customs should construe entry into the United States for consumption

to include entry for consumption into the Commonwealth of Puerto

Rico.

The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has

determined that these actions fall within the foreign affairs

exception of the rulemaking provisions of 5 U.S.C. 553(a)(1).

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Sincerely,

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

[FR Doc. 96-30964 Filed 12-4-96; 8:45 am]

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