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

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## Record

- **Collection:** Federal Register
- **Document type:** Notice
- **Published:** July 10, 1997
- **Citation:** 62 FR 37036

## Text

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

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

July 3, 1997.
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: July 11, 1997.

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.

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); Uruguay Round Agreements Act.

The current limits for certain categories are being increased by
five percent additional allowance for 100 percent cotton garments of
handloomed fabrics.
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 61 FR 66263, published on December 17, 1996). Also see
61 FR 68143, published on December 27, 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 Uruguay Round Agreement on
Textiles and Clothing, 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
July 3, 1997.

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 December 20, 1996, by the Chairman,
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That
directive concerns imports of certain cotton, man-made fiber, silk
blend and other vegetable fiber textiles and textile products,
produced or manufactured in India and exported during the twelve-
month period which began on January 1, 1997 and extends through
December 31, 1997.
Effective on July 11, 1997, you are directed to increase 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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Adjusted twelve-month level
Category \1\
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334/634................................... 136,194 dozen.
335/635................................... 606,337 dozen.
336/636................................... 844,255 dozen.
340/640................................... 1,953,620 dozen.
342/642................................... 1,227,833 dozen.
347/348................................... 586,612 dozen.
351/651................................... 259,540 dozen.
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports
exported after December 31, 1996.

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. 97-18050 Filed 7-9-97; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-DR-F

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