Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Pakistan

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton and

Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Pakistan

December 20, 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: 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) 927-6714. 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 Pakistan 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).

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

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

for Category 338 is reduced for carryforward applied to the 1996 limit.

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 61 FR 66263, published on December 17, 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 ATC, but are designed to

assist only in the

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implementation of certain of their provisions.

D. Michael Hutchinson,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

December 20, 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 and the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and

Clothing (ATC); 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 and man-made fiber textile products in the following

categories, produced or manufactured in Pakistan and exported during

the twelve-month period beginning on January 1, 1997 and extending

through December 31, 1997, in excess of the following limits:

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Category Twelve-month restraint limit

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Specific limits

219....................................... 7,438,144 square meters.

226/313................................... 109,549,784 square meters.

237....................................... 361,764 dozen.

239....................................... 1,703,186 kilograms.

314....................................... 5,409,559 square meters.

315....................................... 72,910,978 square meters.

317/617................................... 29,070,061 square meters.

331/631................................... 2,215,537 dozen pairs.

334/634................................... 213,678 dozen.

335/635................................... 329,983 dozen.

336/636................................... 434,117 dozen.

338....................................... 4,309,390 dozen.

339....................................... 1,229,704 dozen.

340/640................................... 578,823 dozen of which not

more than 217,058 dozen

shall be in Categories 340-

D/640-D \1\.

341/641................................... 651,176 dozen.

342/642................................... 322,298 dozen.

347/348................................... 719,579 dozen.

351/651................................... 289,411 dozen.

352/652................................... 723,528 dozen.

359-C/659-C \2\........................... 1,302,351 kilograms.

360....................................... 4,649,160 numbers.

361....................................... 5,406,000 numbers.

363....................................... 42,493,480 numbers.

369-F/369-P \3\........................... 2,170,586 kilograms.

369-R \4\................................. 10,129,400 kilograms.

369-S \5\................................. 662,695 kilograms.

613/614................................... 21,691,862 square meters

615....................................... 23,076,443 square meters.

625/626/627/628/629....................... 70,972,838 square meters of

which not more than

35,486,420 square meters

shall be in Category 625;

not more than 35,486,420

square meters shall be in

Category 626; not more than

35,486,420 square meters

shall be in Category 627;

not more than 7,342,018

square meters shall be in

Category 628; and not more

than 35,486,420 square

meters shall be in Category

629.

638/639................................... 412,475 dozen.

647/648................................... 782,036 dozen.

666-P \6\................................. 720,800 kilograms.

666-S \7\................................. 3,816,000 kilograms.

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\1\ Category 340-D: only HTS numbers 6205.20.2015, 6205.20.2020,

6205.20.2025 and 6205.20.2030; Category 640-D: only HTS numbers

6205.30.2010, 6205.30.2020, 6205.30.2030, 6205.30.2040, 6205.90.3030

and 6205.90.4030.

\2\ 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.

\3\ Category 369-F: only HTS number 6302.91.0045; Category 369-P: only

HTS numbers 6302.60.0010 and 6302.91.0005.

\4\ Category 369-R: only HTS number 6307.10.2020.

\5\ Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.

\6\ Category 666-P: only HTS numbers 6302.22.1010, 6302.22.1020,

6302.22.2010, 6302.32.1010, 6302.32.1020, 6302.32.2010 and

6302.32.2020.

\7\ Category 666-S: only HTS numbers 6302.22.1030, 6302.22.1040,

6302.22.2020, 6302.32.1030, 6302.32.1040, 6302.32.2030 and

6302.32.2040.

Imports charged to these category limits for the periods January

1, 1996 through December 31, 1996 and March 22, 1996 through

December 31, 1996 (Categories 666-P and 666-S) shall be charged

against those levels of restraint to the extent of any unfilled

balances. In the event the limits established for those periods 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 according 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).

Sincerely,

D. Michael Hutchinson,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements.

[FR Doc. 96-32982 Filed 12-26-96; 8:45 am]

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