95-29597. Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the Federative Republic of Brazil  

  • [Federal Register Volume 60, Number 234 (Wednesday, December 6, 1995)]
    [Notices]
    [Pages 62405-62406]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 95-29597]
    
    
    
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    COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
    
    Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool 
    and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the 
    Federative Republic of Brazil
    
    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: Jennifer Aldrich, 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) 927-5850. 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 
    
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    Agricultural Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1854).
    
        The import restraint limits for textile products, produced or 
    manufactured in Brazil 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.
        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: Pursuant to section 204 of the Agricultural 
    Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1854), the Uruguay Round 
    Agreements Act and the Uruguay 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, wool and man-made fiber textile products in the following 
    categories, produced or manufactured in Brazil and exported during 
    the twelve-month period which began on January 1, 1996 and extends 
    through December 31, 1996, in excess of the following limits:
    
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                    Category                   Twelve-month restraint limit 
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    Aggregate Limit                                                         
    200-239, 300-369, 400-469 and 600-670,   434,664,537 square meters      
     as a group.                              equivalent.                   
    Sublevels in the aggregate                                              
    218....................................  5,350,826 square meters.       
    219....................................  19,535,266 square meters.      
    225....................................  9,363,945 square meters.       
    300/301................................  7,256,950 kilograms.           
    313....................................  44,937,433 square meters.      
    314....................................  7,357,387 square meters.       
    315....................................  22,072,160 square meters.      
    317/326................................  20,065,598 square meters.      
    334/335................................  143,987 dozen.                 
    336....................................  79,994 dozen.                  
    338/339/638/639........................  1,439,896 dozen.               
    342/642................................  423,969 dozen.                 
    347/348................................  1,039,925 dozen.               
    350....................................  161,335 dozen.                 
    361....................................  1,087,921 numbers.             
    363....................................  23,218,856 numbers.            
    369-D\1\...............................  518,588 kilograms.             
    410/624................................  10,701,653 square meters of    
                                              which not more than 2,627,483 
                                              square meters shall be in     
                                              Category 410.                 
    433....................................  18,239 dozen.                  
    445/446................................  71,451 dozen.                  
    604....................................  507,986 kilograms of which not 
                                              more than 388,248 kilograms   
                                              shall be in Category 604-A\2\.
    607....................................  4,717,019 kilograms.           
    647/648................................  479,966 dozen.                 
    669-P\3\...............................  1,728,629 kilograms.           
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    \1\Category 369-D: only HTS numbers 6302.60.0010, 6302.91.0005 and      
      6302.91.0045.                                                         
    \2\Category 604-A: only HTS number 5509.32.0000.                        
    \3\Category 669-P: only HTS numbers 6305.31.0010, 6305.31.0020 and      
      6305.39.0000.                                                         
    
        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 1996 levels set 
    forth in this directive.
        The conversion factor for Categories 338/339/638/639 is 10 
    square meters per dozen.
        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. 95-29597 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:
95-29597
Dates:
January 1, 1996.
Pages:
62405-62406 (2 pages)
PDF File:
95-29597.pdf