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

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

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

Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the Philippines

March 15, 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: March 20, 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 call (202) 927-6713. 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 adjusted,

variously, for swing, special shift and 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 60 FR 65299, published on December 19, 1995). Also see

60 FR 62412, published on December 7, 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.

Donald R. Foote,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

March 15, 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 Novembr 30, 1995, by the Chairman,

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That

directive concerns imports of certain cotton, wool and man-made

fiber textiles and textile products and silk blend and other

vegetable fiber apparel, produced or manufactured in the Philippines

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

1996 and extending through December 31, 1996.

Effective on March 20, 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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Category Adjusted limit \1\

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Levels in Group I

338/339................................... 2,435,724 dozen.

342/642................................... 554,839 dozen.

350....................................... 74,760 dozen.

351/651................................... 628,673 dozen.

369-S \2\................................. 211,948 kilograms.

638/639................................... 1,747,658 dozen.

645/646................................... 612,130 dozen.

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

exported after December 31, 1995.

\2\ 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 of the rulemaking provisions of 5 U.S.C. 553(a)(1).

Sincerely,

Donald R. Foote,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements.

[FR Doc. 96-6866 Filed 3-20-96; 8:45 am]

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