[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 194 (Friday, October 6, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 52386]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-24892]
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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
Adjustment of an Import Limit for Certain Cotton Textile Products
Produced or Manufactured in the People's Republic of China
October 2, 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: Jennifer Aldrich, 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) 927-6703. 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).
The current limit for Category 314 is being increased for swing. As
a result, the limit for Category 314, which is currently filled, will
re-open.
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
59 FR 65760, published on December 21, 1994.
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 bilateral agreement, 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 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 December 16, 1994, 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 textile products, produced or
manufactured in the People's Republic of China 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 amend further
the directive dated December 16, 1994 to increase the limit for
Category 314 to 47,346,244 square meters \1\, as provided under the
terms of the bilateral agreement between the Governments of the
United States and the People's Republic of China.
\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).
Sincerely,
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile
Agreements.
[FR Doc. 95-24892 Filed 10-5-95; 8:45 am]
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