# Announcing Establishment of an Import Limit for Certain Cotton Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Nepal > Briefs, arguments, decisions, and more. URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/documents/fr%3A97-19329 ## Record - **Collection:** Federal Register - **Document type:** Notice - **Published:** July 23, 1997 - **Citation:** 62 FR 39500 ## Text COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS Announcing Establishment of an Import Limit for Certain Cotton Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Nepal July 17, 1997. AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA). ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs announcing the establishment of a limit. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- EFFECTIVE DATE: July 24, 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 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 a Memeorandum of Understanding (MOU) dated June 20, 1997, the Governments of the United States and Nepal agreed, pursuant to Section 204 of the Agricultural Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1854), to establish limits for Category 363 (cotton terry cloth towels) for twelve-month periods beginning on January 1, 1997 and extending through the remaining years of the bilateral agreement. In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the Commissioner of Customs to establish a limit for Category 363 for the period January 1, 1997 through December 31, 1997. 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 62 FR 26478, published on May 14, 1997; and 61 FR 65197, published on December 11, 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 June 20, 1997 MOU, but are designed to assist only in the implementation of certain of its provisions. Troy H. Cribb, Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements July 17, 1997. Commissioner of Customs, Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229. Dear Commissioner: This directive cancels, effective on July 24, 1997, the directive issued to you on May 14, 1997, by the Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA), which directed you to count imports for consumption and withdrawals from warehouse for consumption of textile products in Category 363, produced or manufactured in Nepal and exported during the period April 23, 1997 through April 22, 1998. Import charges already made to Category 363 shall be retained and charged to the limit established in this directive for Category 363. This directive amends, but does not cancel, the directive issued to you on December 5, 1996, by the Chairman of CITA. That directive concerns imports of certain cotton and man-made fiber textile products, produced or manufactured in Nepal and exported during the twelve-month period which began on January 1, 1997 and extends through December 31, 1997. Effective on July 24, 1997, you are directed, pursuant to a Memorandum of Understanding dated June 20, 1997, between the Governments of the United States and Nepal, to establish a limit for Category 363 for the period January 1, 1997 through [[Page 39501]] December 31, 1997 at a level of 6,500,000 numbers \1\. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ The limit has not been adjusted to account for any imports exported after December 31, 1996. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- For the import period January 1, 1997 through April 22, 1997, you are directed to charge 1,323,000 numbers to the limit established for Category 363. Additional charges will be provided as they become available. 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.97-19329 Filed 7-22-97; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-DR-F --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/documents/fr%3A97-19329. Public record. Not legal advice.