95-28235. Announcement of an Import Restraint Limit for Certain Wool Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Ukraine

[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 220 (Wednesday, November 15, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 57405]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-28235]



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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Announcement of an Import Restraint Limit for Certain Wool 
Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Ukraine

November 8, 1995.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

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

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EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 1996.

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).

    A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) dated May 6, 1995, between the 
Governments of the United States and Ukraine establishes a limit for 
textile products in Category 435 for the period January 1, 1996 through 
December 31, 1996.
    This limit is subject to revision pursuant to the Uruguay Round 
Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round Agreement of Textiles and Clothing 
(ATC). On the date that Ukraine becomes a member of the World Trade 
Organization the restraint limit will be modified in accordance with 
the ATC.
    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). 
Information regarding the 1996 CORRELATION will be published in the 
Federal Register at a later date.
    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 MOU, 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
November 8, 1995.

Commissioner of Customs,
Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.

    Dear Commissioner: Under the terms of section 204 of the 
Agricultural Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1854); pursuant to 
the Memorandum of Understanding dated May 6, 1995 between the 
Governments of the United States and Ukraine; and in accordance with 
the provisions of Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as 
amended, you are directed to prohibit, effective on January 1, 1996, 
entry into the United States for consumption and withdrawal from 
warehouse for consumption of wool textile products Category 435, 
produced or manufactured in Ukraine and exported during the twelve-
month period beginning on January 1, 1996 and extending through 
December 31, 1996, in excess of 85,850 dozen.
    Imports charged to this category limit for the period January 1, 
1995 through December 31, 1995, shall be charged against that level 
of restraint to the extent of any unfilled balance. In the event the 
limit established for that period has been exhausted by previous 
entries, such goods shall be subject to the level set forth in this 
directive.
    Should Ukraine become a member of the World Trade Organization 
(WTO), the limit set forth above will be subject to adjustment in 
the future pursuant to the provisions of the Uruguay Round 
Agreements Act, the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and 
Clothing, and any administrative arrangement notified to the 
Textiles Monitoring Body.
    In carrying out the above directions, the Commissioner of 
Customs should construe entry into the United States for consumption 
to include entry for consumption into the Commonwealth of Puerto 
Rico.
    The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has 
determined that this action falls within the foreign affairs 
exception of 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. 95-28235 Filed 11-14-95; 8:45 am]
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