95-27935. Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in India

[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 218 (Monday, November 13, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 56986]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-27935]



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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber 
Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in India

November 7, 1995.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

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

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EFFECTIVE DATE: November 14, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janet Heinzen, 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 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 limits for Categories 334/634, 335/635, 336/636, 340/
640, 342/642, 347/348 and 351/651 are being increased 5 percent for 
handmade, handloomed apparel products. Also, the limit for Categories 
340/640 is being increased for 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 (see Federal 
Register notice 59 FR 62645, published on December 20, 1994). Also see 
60 FR 8344, published on February 14, 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
November 7, 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 February 9, 1995, by the Chairman, 
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That 
directive concerns imports of certain cotton, man-made fiber, silk 
blend and other vegetable fiber textiles and textile products, 
produced or manufactured in India and exported during the twelve-
month period which began on January 1, 1995 and extends through 
December 31, 1995.
    Effective on November 14, 1995, you are directed to amend the 
directive dated February 9, 1995 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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                                             Adjusted twelve-month limit
                 Category                                \1\            
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Levels in Group I                                                       
334/634...................................  131,994 dozen.              
335/635...................................  546,162 dozen.              
336/636...................................  775,293 dozen.              
340/640...................................  1,927,120 dozen.            
342/642...................................  1,175,453 dozen.            
347/348...................................  559,159 dozen.              
351/651...................................  265,752 dozen.              
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports        
  exported after December 31, 1994.                                     

    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 Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.
[FR Doc. 95-27935 Filed 11-9-95; 8:45 am]
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