Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Thailand

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

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

Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Thailand

December 20, 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 24, 1996.

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 of each Customs port or call (202) 927-6717. 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 carryforward, swing and shift subtracted.

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 62396, 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.

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: 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

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concerns imports of certain cotton, wool, man-made fiber, silk blend

and other vegetable fiber textiles and textile products, produced or

manufactured in Thailand and exported during the twelve-month period

which began on January 1, 1996 and extends through December 31,

1996.

Effective on December 24, 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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Adjusted twelve-month limit

Category \1\

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Levels in Group I

200....................................... 1,102,569 kilograms.

219....................................... 3,706,230 square meters.

300....................................... 4,032,180 kilograms.

301-P \2\................................. 3,990,591 kilograms.

301-O \3\................................. 923,827 kilograms.

363....................................... 19,689,375 numbers.

369-S\4\.................................. 214,165 kilograms.

611....................................... 14,296,887 square meters.

619....................................... 6,584,737 square meters.

620....................................... 6,928,693 square meters.

Group II

237, 330-359, 431-459, 630-659 and 831- 267,245,923 square meters

859, as a group. equivalent.

Sublevels in Group II

331/631................................. 1,576,650 dozen pairs.

334/634................................. 600,486 dozen.

335/635/835............................. 477,310 dozen.

336/636................................. 307,492 dozen.

340..................................... 259,980 dozen.

341/641................................. 613,840 dozen.

342/642................................. 534,402 dozen.

345..................................... 274,422 dozen.

347/348/847............................. 804,498 dozen.

351/651................................. 216,649 dozen.

647/648................................... 1,096,273 dozen.

Level not in a Group

239....................................... 5,699,628 kilograms.

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

exported after December 31, 1995.

\2\ Category 301-P: only HTS numbers 5206.21.0000, 5206.22.0000,

5206.23.0000, 5206.24.0000, 5206.25.0000, 5206.41.0000, 5206.42.0000,

5206.43.0000, 5206.44.0000 and 5206.45.0000.

\3\ Category 301-O: only HTS numbers 5205.21.0000, 5205.22.0000,

5205.23.0000, 5205.24.0000, 5205.25.0000, 5205.41.0000, 5205.42.0000,

5205.43.0000, 5205.44.0000 and 5205.45.0000.

\4\ Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.

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,

D. Michael Hutchinson,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements.

[FR Doc.96-32989 Filed 12-26-96; 8:45 am]

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