95-29594. Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the Philippines  

  • [Federal Register Volume 60, Number 234 (Wednesday, December 6, 1995)]
    [Notices]
    [Pages 62403-62404]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 95-29594]
    
    
    
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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 the Philippines
    
    November 29, 1995.
    AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).
    
    ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs adjusting 
    limits.
    
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    EFFECTIVE DATE: December 5, 1995.
    
    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) 927-6713. For information on 
    embargoes and quota re-openings, call (202) 482-3715. 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).
    
        The current limits for certain categories are being adjusted, 
    variously, for special shift.
        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 17334, published on April 5, 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 29, 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 30, 1995, by the Chairman, 
    Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That 
    directive concerns imports of certain cotton, wool and man-made 
    fiber textiles and textile products and silk blend and other 
    vegetable fiber apparel, produced or manufactured in the Philippines 
    and exported during the twelve-month period beginning on January 1, 
    1995 and extending through December 31, 1995.
        Effective on December 5, 1995, you are directed 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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                     Category                         Adjusted limit\1\     
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    Levels in Group I                                                       
    237.......................................  978,399 dozen.              
    333/334...................................  244,572 dozen.              
    335.......................................  120,161 dozen.              
    359-C/659-C\2\............................  1,074,618 kilograms.        
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    \1\The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports exported
      after December 31, 1994.                                              
    \2\Category 359-C: only HTS numbers 6103.42.2025, 6103.49.8034,         
      6104.62.1020, 6104.69.8010, 6114.20.0048, 6114.20.0052, 6203.42.2010, 
      6203.42.2090, 6204.62.2010, 6211.32.0010, 6211.32.0025 and            
      6211.42.0010; Category 659-C: only HTS numbers 6103.23.0055,          
      6103.43.2020, 6103.43.2025, 6103.49.2000, 6103.49.8038, 6104.63.1020, 
      6104.63.1030, 6104.69.1000, 6104.69.8014, 6114.30.3044, 6114.30.3054, 
      6203.43.2010, 6203.43.2090, 6203.49.1010, 6203.49.1090, 6204.63.1510, 
      6204.69.1010, 6210.10.9010, 6211.33.0010, 6211.33.0017 and            
      6211.43.0010.                                                         
    
        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. 95-29594 Filed 12-5-95; 8:45 am]
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Document Information

Effective Date:
12/5/1995
Published:
12/06/1995
Department:
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
Entry Type:
Notice
Action:
Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs adjusting limits.
Document Number:
95-29594
Dates:
December 5, 1995.
Pages:
62403-62404 (2 pages)
PDF File:
95-29594.pdf