95-28086. Adjustment of an Import Limit for Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Fiji

[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 219 (Tuesday, November 14, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57224-57225]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-28086]



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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Adjustment of an Import Limit for Certain Cotton and Man-Made 
Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Fiji

November 7, 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: November 15, 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 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 Categories 338/339/638/639 and the sublimit 
for 338-S/339-S/638-S/639-S are 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 16622, published on March 31, 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 bilateral agreement, but are designed to assist 

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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
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 March 27, 1995, by the Chairman, 
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That 
directive concerns imports of certain cotton and man-made fiber 
textile products, produced or manufactured in Fiji and exported 
during the twelve-month period which began on January 1, 1995 and 
extends through December 31, 1995.
    Effective on November 15, 1995, you are directed to amend the 
March 27, 1995 directive to increase the limit for the following 
categories, as provided for under the current bilateral textile 
agreement between the Governments of the United States and the 
Republic of Fiji:

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                                             Adjusted twelve-month limit
                 Category                                \1\            
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338/339/638/639...........................  1,122,476 dozen of which not
                                             more than 848,039 dozen    
                                             shall be in Categories 338-
                                             S/339-S/638-S/639-S \2\.   
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\1\ The limit has not been adjusted to account for any imports exported 
  after December 31, 1994.                                              
\2\ Category 338-S: only HTS numbers 6103.22.0050, 6105.10.0010,        
  6105.10.0030, 6105.90.8010, 6109.10.0027, 6110.20.1025, 6110.20.2040, 
  6110.20.2065, 6110.90.9068, 6112.11.0030 and 6114.20.0005; Category   
  339-S: only HTS numbers 6104.22.0060, 6104.29.2049, 6106.10.0010,     
  6106.10.0030, 6106.90.2510, 6106.90.3010, 6109.10.0070, 6110.20.1030, 
  6110.20.2045, 6110.20.2075, 6110.90.9070, 6112.11.0040, 6114.20.0010  
  and 6117.90.9020; Category 638-S: all HTS numbers except 6109.90.1007,
  6109.90.1009, 6109.90.1013 and 6109.90.1025; Category 639-S: all HTS  
  numbers except 6109.90.1050, 6109.90.1060, 6109.90.1065 and           
  6109.90.1070.                                                         

    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.95-28086 Filed 11-13-95; 8:45 am]
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