95-28453. Establishment of an Import Limit for Certain Wool Products Produced or Manufactured in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 225 (Wednesday, November 22, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 57853]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-28453]



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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Establishment of an Import Limit for Certain Wool Products 
Produced or Manufactured in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

November 13, 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: November 21, 1995.

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]. For information 
on categories on which consultations have been requested, call (202) 
482-3740.

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 notice published in the Federal Register on June 13, 1995 (60 FR 
31146) announces that if no solution is agreed upon in consultations 
between the Governments of the United States and the Former Yugoslav 
Republic of Macedonia on Category 434 the Committee for the 
Implementation of Textile Agreements may establish a limit at a level 
of not less than 8,226 dozen for the twelve-month period beginning on 
May 26, 1995 and extending through May 25, 1996.
    Inasmuch as no agreement was reached in recent consultations 
between the United States and the Former Yugoslav Republic of 
Macedonia, the United States Government is taking action under Section 
204 of the Agricultural Act of 1956, as amended, to establish a limit 
for textile products in Category 434 for the period beginning on May 
26, 1995 and extending through May 25, 1996 at a level of 8,226 dozen.
    The United States remains committed to finding a solution 
concerning Category 434. Should such a solution be reached in 
consultations with the Government of the Former Yugoslav Republic of 
Macedonia, further notice will be published in the Federal Register.
    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.
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for th e Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
November 13, 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); and in 
accordance with the provisions of Executive Order 11651 of March 30, 
1972, as amended, you are directed to prohibit, effective on 
November 21, 1995, entry into the United States for consumption and 
withdrawal from warehouse for consumption of wool textile products 
in Category 434, produced or manufactured in Macedonia and exported 
during the period beginning on May 26, 1995 and extending through 
May 25, 1996, in excess of 8,226 dozen\1\.

    \1\The limit has not been adjusted to account for any imports 
exported after May 25, 1995.
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    Textile products in Category 434 which have been exported to the 
United States prior to May 26, 1995 shall not be subject to the 
limit established in this directive.
    Import charges will be provided at a later date.
    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. 95-28453 Filed 11-21-95; 8:45 am]
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