Amendment of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton and Man- Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Qatar

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Amendment of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton and Man-

Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Qatar

April 5, 1996.

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

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs amending

limits.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: April 12, 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) 927-5850. 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).

In accordance with the Uruguay Round Agreements Act and the Uruguay

Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC), the current limits are

being amended for certain textile products, produced or manufactured in

Qatar and exported during the period beginning on January 1, 1996 and

extending through December 31, 1996. In accordance with the ATC, these

amended limits are based on the limits notified to the Textiles

Monitoring Body. These limits are amended because Qatar 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 limits 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

60 FR 66264, published on December 21, 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 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 December 15, 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 Qatar 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 accordance

with the Uruguay Round Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round

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

the following categories:

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Amended twelve-month limit

Category \1\

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340/640................................... 370,338 dozen.

341/641................................... 170,925 dozen.

347/348................................... 421,615 dozen.

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

exported after December 31, 1995.

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. 96-8967 Filed 4-9-96; 8:45 am]

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