[Federal Register: December 8, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 236)]
[Notices]
[Page 71142]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
Adjustment of an Import Limit for Certain Wool Textile Products
Produced or Manufactured in Ukraine
December 4, 2006.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).
ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner, Bureau of Customs and
Border Protection adjusting a limit.
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EFFECTIVE DATE: December 8, 2006.
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 these
limits, refer to the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection website
(http://www.cbp.gov), or call (202) 344-2650. For information on
embargoes and quota re-openings, refer to the Office of Textiles and
Apparel website at http://otexa.ita.doc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Authority: Section 204 of the Agricultural Act of 1956, as
amended (7 U.S.C. 1854); Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as
amended.
The Bilateral Textile Agreement of July 22, 1998, as amended and
extended by exchange of notes on November 19, 2004, December 31, 2004,
and February 7, 2005, between the Governments of the United States and
Ukraine (the ``Bilateral Agreement'') establishes limits for certain
wool textile products, produced or manufactured in Ukraine and exported
during the period beginning on January 1, 2006 and extending through
December 31, 2006. On December 2, 2005, the Chairman of CITA directed
the Commissioner, Bureau of Customs and Border Protection to reduce the
2006 Category 435 limit for carryforward to be applied to the 2005
limit. See Federal Register Notice, 70 FR 72992 (December 8, 2005).
Because the carryforward was not fully used in 2005, consistent with
paragraph 5.D. of the Bilateral Agreement, the current limit for
Category 435 is being increased for the recrediting of unused 2005
carryforward.
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 (refer to the
Office of Textiles and Apparel website at http://otexa.ita.doc.gov).
Also see Federal Register notice 70 FR 72992, published on December 8,
2005.
Philip J. Martello,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile
Agreements.
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
December 4, 2006.
Commissioner,
Commissioner, Bureau of Customs and Border Protection, Washington,
DC 20229
Dear Commissioner: This directive amends, but does not cancel,
the directive issued to you on December 2, 2005, by the Chairman,
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That
directive concerns imports of certain wool textile products,
produced or manufactured in Ukraine and exported during the twelve-
month period which began on January 1, 2006 and extends through
December 31, 2006.
Effective on December 8, 2006, you are directed to increase the
current limit for Category 435 to 110,160 dozen \1\, as provided for
under the bilateral agreement between the Governments of the United
States and Ukraine:
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\1\ The limit has not been adjusted to account for any imports
exported after December 31, 2005.
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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,
Philip J. Martello,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile
Agreements.
[FR Doc. E6-20942 Filed 12-7-06; 8:45 am]