95-29591. Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton, Man- Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textiles and Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in India  

  • [Federal Register Volume 60, Number 234 (Wednesday, December 6, 1995)]
    [Notices]
    [Pages 62399-62400]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 95-29591]
    
    
    
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    COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
    
    Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton, Man-
    Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textiles and Textile 
    Products Produced or Manufactured in India
    
    November 29, 1995.
    AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).
    
    ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs establishing 
    limits.
    
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    EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 1996.
    
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janet Heinzen, International Trade 
    Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of 
    Commerce, (202) 482-4212. 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 (202) 927-6705. 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 import restraint limits for textile products, produced or 
    manufactured in India and exported during the period January 1, 1996 
    through December 31, 1996 are based on limits notified to the Textiles 
    Monitoring Body pursuant to the Uruguay Round Agreements Act and the 
    Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC).
        In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the 
    Commissioner of Customs to establish the 1996 limits. The limit for 
    Categories 340/640 has been reduced for carryforward applied in 1995.
        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 Uruguay Round Agreements Act and the ATC, 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 29, 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), the Uruguay 
    Round Agreements Act and the Uruguay 
    
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    Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC); 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 cotton, man-made fiber, silk blend and 
    other vegetable fiber textiles and textile products in the following 
    categories, produced or manufactured in India and exported during 
    the twelve-month period beginning on January 1, 1996 and extending 
    through December 31, 1996, in excess of the following levels of 
    restraint:
    
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                    Category                   Twelve-month restraint limit 
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    Levels in Group I                                                       
    218....................................  12,013,542 square meters.      
    219....................................  56,990,137 square meters.      
    313....................................  32,143,792 square meters.      
    314....................................  6,784,540 square meters.       
    315....................................  11,395,309 square meters.      
    317....................................  36,133,448 square meters.      
    326....................................  8,212,147 square meters.       
    334/634................................  121,269 dozen.                 
    335/635................................  539,888 dozen.                 
    336/636................................  747,677 dozen.                 
    338/339................................  3,558,597 dozen.               
    340/640................................  1,658,861 dozen.               
    341....................................  3,819,560 dozen of which not   
                                              more than 2,291,735 dozen     
                                              shall be in Category 341-Y\1\.
    342/642................................  1,093,273 dozen.               
    345....................................  160,606 dozen.                 
    347/348................................  516,720 dozen.                 
    351/651................................  231,097 dozen.                 
    363....................................  37,542,958 numbers.            
    369-D\2\...............................  1,131,194 kilograms.           
    369-S\3\...............................  617,015 kilograms.             
    641....................................  1,272,851 dozen.               
    647/648................................  739,132 dozen.                 
    Group II                                                                
    200, 201, 220-229, 237, 239, 300, 301,   98,195,449 square meters       
     330-333, 349, 350, 352, 359-362, 600-    equivalent.                   
     607, 611-629, 630-633, 638, 639, 643-                                  
     646, 649, 650, 652, 659, 665-O\4\,                                     
     666, 669, 670, and 831-859, as a group.                                
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    \1\Category 341-Y: only HTS numbers 6204.22.3060, 6206.30.3010,         
      6206.30.3030 and 6211.42.0054.                                        
    \2\Category 369-D: only HTS numbers 6302.60.0010, 6302.91.0005 and      
      6302.91.0045.                                                         
    \3\Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.                        
    \4\Category 665-O: all HTS numbers except 5702.10.9030, 5702.42.2020,   
      5702.92.0010 and 5703.20.1000 (rugs).                                 
    
        Imports charged to these category limits for the period January 
    1, 1995 through December 31, 1995 shall be charged against those 
    levels of restraint to the extent of any unfilled balances. In the 
    event the limits established for that period have been exhausted by 
    previous entries, such goods shall be subject to the levels set 
    forth in this directive.
        The limits set forth above are subject to adjustment in the 
    future pursuant to the provisions of the Uruguay Round Agreements 
    Act, the ATC and any administrative arrangements 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 these actions fall 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. 95-29591 Filed 12-5-95; 8:45 am]
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Document Information

Effective Date:
1/1/1996
Published:
12/06/1995
Department:
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
Entry Type:
Notice
Action:
Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs establishing limits.
Document Number:
95-29591
Dates:
January 1, 1996.
Pages:
62399-62400 (2 pages)
PDF File:
95-29591.pdf