Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Pakistan

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton Textile Products

Produced or Manufactured in Pakistan

February 13, 1996.

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

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs increasing

limits.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: February 21, 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) 927-6714. 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).

The current limits for certain categories are being increased by

recrediting unused carryforward.

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 609 FR 65299, published on December 19, 1995). Also see

61 FR 62393, 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

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implementation of certain of their provisions.

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

February 13, 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 concerns imports of certain cotton and man-made fiber

textile products, produced or manufactured in Pakistan and exported

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

extends through December 31, 1996.

Effective on February 21, 1996, you are directed to amend the

November 29, 1995 directive to increase the limits for the following

categories, as provided for under the terms of 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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363....................................... 40,163,970 numbers.

369-F/369-P \2\........................... 2,007,571 kilograms.

369-R \3\................................. 9,368,664 kilograms.

369-S \4\................................. 612,925 kilograms.

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

exported after December 31, 1995.

\2\ Category 369-F: only HTS number 6302.91.0045; Category 369-P: only

HTS numbers 6302.60.0010 and 6302.91.0005.

\3\ Category 369-R: only HTS number 6307.10.2020.

\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,

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

[FR Doc.96-3723 Filed 2-16-96; 8:45 am]

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