95-25801. Adjustment of an Import Limit for Certain Wool Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the Ukraine

[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 201 (Wednesday, October 18, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53912-53913]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-25801]



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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 the Ukraine

October 12, 1995.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs increasing a 
limit.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: October 12, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Naomi Freeman, International Trade 
Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, [phone]. 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 [phone]. For information on 
embargoes and quota re-openings, call [phone].

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).

    The current limit for Category 435 is being increased for 
carryover.
    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 59 FR 65531, published on December 20, 1994). Also see 
60 FR 28580, published on June 1, 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 Memorandum of Understanding dated May 6, 1995 between the 
Governments of the United States and the Ukraine, but are designed to 
assist only in the implementation of certain of its provisions.
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
October 12, 1995.

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 May 25, 1995, by the Chairman, 
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That 
directive concerns imports of certain wool textile products, 
produced or manufactured in the Ukraine and exported during the 
twelve-month period which began on January 1, 1995 and extends 
through December 31, 1995.
    Effective on October 12, 1995, you are directed to increase the 
limit for Category 435 to 94,350 dozen\1\, as provided under the 
terms of the Memorandum of Understanding dated May 6, 1995 between 
the Governments of the United States and the Ukraine.

    \1\The limit has not been adjusted to account for any imports 
exported after December 31, 1994.
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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).

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    Sincerely,
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.
[FR Doc. 95-25801 Filed 10-17-95; 8:45 am]
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