95-24891. Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced of Manufactured in Thailand

[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 194 (Friday, October 6, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52385-52386]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-24891]



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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool and Man-Made 
Fiber Textile Products Produced of Manufactured in Thailand

October 2, 1995.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs adjusting 
limits.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: October 3, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ross Arnold, International Trade 
Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, [phone]. For information on the quota status of these 
limits, refer to the Quota Status Reports posted on the bulletin boards 
of of each Customs port or call [phone]. For information on 
embargoes and quota re-openings, call [phone].

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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).

    The current limits for certain categories are being adjusted, 
variously, for swing, carryforward and carryforward used.
    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 17337, published on April 5, 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 Uruguay Round Agreement on 
Textiles and Clothing, but are designed to assist only in the 
implementation of certain of their provisions.
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
October 2, 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 March 30, 1995, by the Chairman, 
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That 
directive concerns imports of certain cotton, wool, man-made fiber, 
silk blend and other vegetable fiber textiles and textile products, 
produced or manufactured in Thailand and exported during the twelve-
month period which began on January 1, 1995 and extends through 
December 31, 1995.
    Effective on October 3, 1995, you are directed to adjust 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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              Category                 Adjusted twelve-month limit \1\  
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Levels in Group I                                                       
604................................  640,158 kilograms of which not more
                                      than 382,173 kilograms shall be in
                                      Category 604-A \2\.               
607................................  2,499,033 kilograms.               
Group II                                                                
237, 330-359, 431-459, 630-659 and   230,915,562 square meters          
 831-859, as a group.                 equivalent.                       
Sublevels in Group II                                                   
335/635/835........................  390,953 dozen.                     
338/339............................  2,020,547 dozen.                   
442................................  22,167 dozen.                      
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports        
  exported after December 31, 1994.                                     
\2\ Category 604-A: only HTS number 5509.32.0000.                       

    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,
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementatin of Textile Agreements.
[FR Doc. 95-24891 Filed 10-5-95; 8:45 am]
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