95-29602. Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Pakistan  

  • [Federal Register Volume 60, Number 234 (Wednesday, December 6, 1995)]
    [Notices]
    [Pages 62393-62394]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 95-29602]
    
    
    
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    COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
    
    
    Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton and 
    Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Pakistan
    
    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) 927-6714. For information on 
    embargoes and quota re-openings, call (202) 927-3715.
    
    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 Pakistan 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 1996 limits 
    for Categories 338, 340/640, 360, 361, 363, 369-F/369-P, 369-R, 369-S 
    and 638/639 have been reduced for carryforward applied to the 1995 
    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: 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 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 and man-made fiber textile products in the following 
    categories, produced or manufactured in Pakistan 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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    Specific Limits                                                         
    219....................................  6,879,526 square meters.       
    226/313................................  102,421,264 square meters.     
    237....................................  334,595 dozen.                 
    239....................................  1,575,274 kilograms.           
    314....................................  5,003,292 square meters.       
    315....................................  68,538,238 square meters.      
    317/617................................  26,886,849 square meters.      
    331/631................................  2,049,146 dozen pairs.         
    334/634................................  197,630 dozen.                 
    335/635................................  305,201 dozen.                 
    336/636................................  401,514 dozen.                 
    338....................................  4,073,147 dozen.               
    339....................................  1,137,351 dozen.               
    340/640................................  505,643 dozen of which not more
                                              than 200,757 dozen shall be in
                                              dress shirts in Categories 340-
                                              D/640-D\1\.                   
    341/641................................  602,272 dozen.                 
    342/642................................  298,093 dozen.                 
    347/348................................  665,537 dozen.                 
    351/651................................  267,676 dozen.                 
    352/652................................  669,190 dozen.                 
    359-C/659-C\2\.........................  1,204,542 kilograms.           
    360....................................  2,206,738 numbers.             
    361....................................  2,869,590 numbers.             
    363....................................  37,886,241 numbers.            
    369-F/369-P\3\.........................  1,896,163 kilograms.           
    369-R\4\...............................  8,848,760 kilograms.           
    369-S\5\...............................  578,911 kilograms.             
    613/614................................  20,280,350 square meters.      
    615....................................  21,574,836 square meters.      
    625/626/627/628/629....................  66,354,561 square meters of    
                                              which not more than 33,177,281
                                              square meters shall be in     
                                              Category 625, not more than   
                                              33,177,281 square meters shall
                                              be in Category 626, not more  
                                              than 33,177,281 square meters 
                                              shall be in Category 627, not 
                                              more than 6,864,265 square    
                                              meters shall be in Category   
                                              628, and not more than        
                                              33,177,281 square meters shall
                                              be in Category 629.           
    638/639................................  364,003 dozen.                 
    647/648................................  731,148 dozen.                 
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    \1\Category 340-D: only HTS numbers 6205.20.2015, 6205.20.2020,         
      6205.20.2025 and 6205.20.2030; 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.                                                     
    \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.                                                         
    \3\Category 369-F: only HTS number 6302.91.0045; Category 369-P: only   
      HTS numbers 6302.60.0010 and 6302.91.0005.                            
    \4\Category 369-R: only HTS number 6307.10.2020.                        
    \5\Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.                        
    
        Imports charged to these category limits for the periods 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. 95-29602 Filed 11-5-95; 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:
95-29602
Dates:
January 1, 1996.
Pages:
62393-62394 (2 pages)
PDF File:
95-29602.pdf