# Announcement of an Import Restraint Limit for Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Laos

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## Record

- **Collection:** Federal Register
- **Document type:** Notice
- **Published:** January 23, 1996
- **Citation:** 61 FR 1749

## Text

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Announcement of an Import Restraint Limit for Certain Cotton and
Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Laos

January 17, 1996.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs establishing
a limit.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: January 24, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Helen L. LeGrande, International Trade Specialist, Office of Textiles
and Apparel, U.S. Department of Commerce, (202) 482-4212. For
information on the quota status of this limit, refer to the Quota
Status Reports posted on the bulletin boards of each Customs port or
call (202) 927-5850. For information on embargoes and quota re-
openings, call (202) 482-3715.

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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 Governments of the United States and the Lao People's
Democratic Republic agreed to extend their current agreement for two
consecutive one-year periods beginning on January 1, 1996 and extending
through December 31, 1997.
In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the
Commissioner of Customs to establish limits for the 1996 period.
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).
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 bilateral agreement, but are designed to assist only in the
implementation of certain of its provisions.
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile
Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

January 17, 1996.
Commissioner of Customs,
Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.

Dear Commissioner: Under the terms of section 204 of the
Agricultural Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1854); pursuant to
the Bilateral Textile Agreement of September 15, 1994 between the
Governments of the United States and the Lao People's Democratic
Republic; and in accordance with the provisions of Executive Order
11651 of March 3, 1972, as amended, you are directed to prohibit,
effective on January 24, 1996, entry into the United States for
consumption and withdrawal from warehouse for consumption of cotton
and man-made fiber textile products in Categories 340/640, produced
or manufactured in Laos and exported during the twelve-month period
beginning on January 1, 1996 and extending through December 31,
1996, in excess of 144,704 dozen.
Imports charged to the limit for Categories 340/640 for the
period January 1, 1995 through December 31, 1995 shall be charged
against that level of restraint to the extent of any unfilled
balance. In the even the limit established for that period has been
exhausted by previous entries, such goods shall be subject to the
level set forth in this directive.
The level set forth above is subject to adjustment in the future
according to the provisions of the current bilateral agreement
between the Governments of the United States and the Lao People's
Democratic Republic.
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 this action falls 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. 96-890 Filed 1-22-96; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-DR-M

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