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

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Amendment of an Import Restraint Limit for Certain Cotton and

Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Fiji

April 5, 1996.

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

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs amending a

limit.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: April 12, 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 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.

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).

In accordance with the Uruguay Round Agreements Act and the Uruguay

Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC), the current limit is

being amended for textile products in Categories 338/339/638/639,

produced or manufactured in Fiji and exported during the period

beginning on January 1, 1996 and extending through December 31, 1996.

In accordance with the ATC, this amended limit is based on the limit

notified to the Textiles Monitoring Body. This limit is amended because

Fiji is now a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO).

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

Commissioner of Customs to amend the current limit for the period

January 1, 1996 through December 31, 1996.

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

61 FR 3003, published on January 30, 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 implementation of certain of their provisions.

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

April 5, 1996.

Commissioner of Customs,

Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.

Dear Commissioner: This directive amends, but does not cancel,

the directive isued to you on January 24, 1996, 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 Fiji and exported

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

extending through December 31, 1996.

Effective on April 12, 1996, you are directed, in accordancw

with the Uruguay Round Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round

Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC), to increase the limit for

Categories 338/339/638/639 to 1,087,083 dozen \1\ of which not more

than 905,903 dozen shall be in Categories 338-S/339-S/638-S/639-S

\2\.

\1\ The limit has not been adjusted to account for any imports

exported after December 31, 1995.

\2\ Category 338-S: only HTS numbers 6103.22.0050, 6105.10.0010,

6105.10.0030, 6105.90.8010, 6109.10.0027, 6110.20.1025,

6110.20.2040, 6110.20.2065, 6110.90.9068, 6112.11.0030 and

6114.20.0005; Category 339-S: only HTS numbers 6104.22.0060,

6104.29.2049, 6106.10.0010, 6106.10.0030, 6106.90.2510,

6106.90.3010, 6109.10.0070, 6110.20.1030, 6110.20.2045,

6110.20.2075, 6110.90.9070, 6112.11.0040, 6114.20.0010 and

6117.90.9020; Category 638-S: all HTS numbers except 6109.90.1007,

6109.90.1009, 6109.90.1013 and 6109.90.1025; Category 639-S: all HTS

numbers except 6109.90.1050, 6109.90.1060, 6109.90.1065 and

6109.90.1070.

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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,

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

[FR Doc. 96-8966 Filed 4-9-96; 8:45 am]

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