[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 234 (Wednesday, December 6, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62407-62409]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-29600]
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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool,
Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textiles and
Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the Republic of Korea
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: Ross Arnold, 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) 927-6707. 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 Korea 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 directive to
reduce the limits for certain categories for carryforward used during
1995 will be published in the Federal Register at a later date.
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 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: Under the terms of section 204 of the
Agricultural Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1854); pursuant to
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, man-made fiber, silk blend and other
vegetable fiber textiles and textile products in the following
categories, produced or manufactured in the Republic of Korea 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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Group I
200-223, 224-V\1\, 224-O\2\, 225-229, 406,509,575 square meters
300-326, 360-363, 369-O\3\, 400-414, equivalent.
464-469, 600-629, 665-669 and 670-
O\4\, as a group.
Sublevels within Group I
200.................................. 432,441 kilograms.
201.................................. 1,877,628 kilograms.
218.................................. 8,765,718 square meters.
219.................................. 7,981,791 square meters.
224-V................................ 10,062,270 square meters.
300/301.............................. 2,940,444 kilograms.
313.................................. 47,919,257 square meters.
314.................................. 26,717,675 square meters.
315.................................. 17,577,926 square meters.
317/326.............................. 17,808,042 square meters.
363.................................. 1,026,231 numbers.
410.................................. 3,460,880 square meters.
604.................................. 360,019 kilograms.
607.................................. 1,051,887 kilograms.
611.................................. 3,506,288 square meters.
613/614.............................. 5,843,811 square meters.
617.................................. 4,846,088 square meters.
619/620.............................. 92,112,643 square meters.
624.................................. 8,551,920 square meters.
625/626/627/628/629.................. 14,960,158 square meters.
669-P\5\............................. 2,151,808 kilograms.
Group II
237, 239, 330-359, 431-459 and 630- 578,869,292 square meters
659, as a group. equivalent.
Sublevels within Group II
237.................................. 58,152 dozen.
239.................................. 971,233 kilograms.
333/334/335.......................... 262,972 dozen of which not more
than 134,408 dozen shall be in
Category 335.
336.................................. 55,573 dozen.
338/339.............................. 1,168,763 dozen.
340.................................. 607,757 dozen of which not more
than 315,567 dozen shall be in
Category 340-D\6\.
341.................................. 175,780 dozen.
342/642.............................. 211,365 dozen.
345.................................. 113,543 dozen.
347/348.............................. 432,441 dozen.
350.................................. 16,163 dozen.
351/651.............................. 222,044 dozen.
352.................................. 172,789 dozen.
353/354/653/654...................... 259,909 dozen.
359-H\7\............................. 2,489,197 kilograms.
433.................................. 13,755 dozen.
434.................................. 7,055 dozen.
435.................................. 34,328 dozen.
436.................................. 14,532 dozen.
438.................................. 58,262 dozen.
440.................................. 196,084 dozen.
442.................................. 49,109 dozen.
443.................................. 322,056 numbers.
444.................................. 53,514 numbers.
445/446.............................. 51,602 dozen.
447.................................. 88,037 dozen.
448.................................. 34,548 dozen.
459-W\8\............................. 93,455 kilograms.
631.................................. 291,752 dozen pairs.
632.................................. 1,545,530 dozen pairs.
633/634/635.......................... 1,348,047 dozen of which not
more than 152,866 dozen shall
be in Category 633 and not
more than 569,683 dozen shall
be in Category 635.
636.................................. 261,182 dozen.
638/639.............................. 5,248,417 dozen.
640-D\9\............................. 3,096,056 dozen.
640-O\10\............................ 2,580,046 dozen.
641.................................. 1,037,334 dozen of which not
more than 39,183 dozen shall
be in Category 641-Y\11\.
643.................................. 768,507 numbers.
644.................................. 1,156,186 numbers.
645/646.............................. 3,546,496 dozen.
647/648.............................. 1,294,013 dozen.
650.................................. 23,653 dozen.
659-H\12\............................ 1,289,450 kilograms.
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659-S\13\............................ 173,944 kilograms.
Group III
831-844 and 847-859, as a group...... 18,181,285 square meters
equivalent.
Sublevel within Group III
835.................................. 28,426 dozen.
Group IV
845.................................. 2,315,056 dozen.
846.................................. 816,654 dozen.
Group VI
369-L/670-L/870\14\.................. 68,571,604 square meters
equivalent.
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\1\Category 224-V: only HTS numbers 5801.21.0000, 5801.23.0000,
5801.24.0000, 5801.25.0010, 5801.25.0020, 5801.26.0010, 5801.26.0020,
5801.31.0000, 5801.33.0000, 5801.34.0000, 5801.35.0010, 5801.35.0020,
5801.36.0010 and 5801.36,0020.
\2\Category 224-O: all remaining HTS numbers in Category 224.
\3\Category 369-O: all HTS numbers except 4202.12.4000, 4202.12.8020,
4202.12.8060, 4202.92.1500, 4202.92.3015 and 4202.92.6090 (Category
369-L); and 5601.21.0090.
\4\Category 670-O: all HTS numbers except 4202.12.8030, 4202.12.8070,
4202.92.3020, 4202.92.3030 and 4202.92.9025 (Category 670-L).
\5\Category 669-P: only HTS numbers 6305.31.0010, 6305.31.0020 and
6305.39.0000.
\6\Category 340-D: only HTS numbers 6205.20.2015, 6205.20.2020,
6205.20.2025 and 6205.20.2030.
\7\Category 359-H: only HTS numbers 6505.90.1540 and 6505.90.2060.
\8\Category 459-W: only HTS number 6505.90.4090.
\9\Category 640-D: only HTS numbers 6205.30.2010, 6205.30.2020,
6205.30.2030, 6205.30.2040, 6205.90.3030 and 6205.90.4030.
\10\Category 640-O: all HTS numbers except 6205.30.2010, 6205.30.2020,
6205.30.2030, 6205.30.2040, 6205.90.3030 and 6205.90.4030 (Category
640-D).
\11\Category 641-Y: only HTS numbers 6204.23.0050, 6204.29.2030,
6206.40.3010 and 6206.40.3025.
\12\Category 659-H: only HTS numbers 6502.00.9030, 6504.00.9015,
6504.00.9060, 6505.90.5090, 6505.90.6090, 6505.90.7090 and
6505.90.8090.
\13\Category 659-S: only HTS numbers 6112.31.0010, 6112.31.0020,
6112.41.0010, 6112.41.0020, 6112.41.0030, 6112.41.0040, 6211.11.1010,
6211.11.1020, 6211.12.1010 and 6211.12.1020.
\14\Category 870; Category 369-L: only HTS numbers 4202.12.4000,
4202.12.8020, 4202.12.8060, 4202.92.1500, 4202.92.3015 and
4202.92.6090; Category 670-L: only HTS numbers 4202.12.8030,
4202.12.8070, 4202.92.3020, 4202.92.3030 and 4202.92.9025.
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 levels set forth above are subject to adjustment in the
future according to the provisions of the Uruguay Round Agreements
Act, the ATC and any administrative arrangements notified to the
Textiles Monitoring Body.
The conversion factors for the following merged categories are
listed below:
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Conversion factor (Square
Category meters equivalent/category
unit)
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333/334/335............................... 33.75
369-L/670-L/870........................... 3.8
633/634/635............................... 34.1
638/639................................... 12.96
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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. 95-29600 Filed 12-5-95; 8:45 am]
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