95-29724. Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Silk Apparel Produced or Manufactured in the People's Republic of China  

  • [Federal Register Volume 60, Number 234 (Wednesday, December 6, 1995)]
    [Notices]
    [Pages 62413-62414]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 95-29724]
    
    
    
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    COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
    
    Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Silk Apparel Produced 
    or Manufactured in the People's Republic of China
    
    November 30, 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) 482094212. 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) 927-6703. 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 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) dated January 17, 1994 and 
    the exchange of letters dated March 17, 1994 between the Governments of 
    the United States and the People's Republic of China establish a limit 
    for wearing apparel containing 70 percent or more by weight of silk, 
    produced or manufactured in China and exported during the period 
    beginning on January 1, 1996 and extending through December 31, 1996.
        This limit may be subject to revision pursuant to the Uruguay Round 
    Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing 
    (ATC). On the date that China becomes a member of the World Trade 
    Organization and the United States applies the Uruguay Round Agreements 
    to China, the restraint limit will be modified in accordance with the 
    ATC.
        A description of the silk apparel categories is available in the 
    U.S. CORRELATION: Silk Apparel Categories with the Harmonized Tariff 
    Schedule of the United States (see Federal Register 59 FR 15381, 
    published on April 1, 1994).
        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 MOU, but are designed to assist only in the implementation of 
    certain of its provisions.
    D. Michael Hutchinson,
    Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
    Agreements.
    
    Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
    November 30, 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 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) dated January 17, 1994 and 
    exchange of letters dated March 17, 1994 between the Governments of 
    the United States and the People's Republic of China; 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 wearing apparel containing 70 
    percent or more by weight of silk in the following categories, 
    produced or manufactured in China and exported during the period 
    beginning on January 1, 1996 and extending through December 31, 
    1996, in excess of the following limits:
    
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                     Category                        Twelve-month limit     
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    Silk Apparel Group                          ............................
    733, 734, 735, 736, 738, 739, 740, 741,     346,104,629 square meters   
     742, 743, 744, 745, 746, 747, 748, 750,     equivalent.                
     751, 752, 758 and 759, as a group.                                     
    Specific Limit within Group                 ............................
    740 (Men's and boys' shirts, not knit)....  3,303,620 dozen.            
    741 (Women's and girls' shirts/blouses,     8,243,864 dozen.            
     not knit).                                                             
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    \1\Silk handkerchiefs, gloves, hosiery, brassieres and other body       
      supporting garments, scarves, and babies' garments are not included in
      this Agreement.                                                       
    
        Imports charged to this category limit for the period January 1, 
    1995 through December 
    
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    31, 1995 shall be charged against the level of restraint to the extent 
    of any unfilled balance. In the event the limit established for that 
    period has been exhausted by previous entries, such goods shall be 
    subject to the level set forth in this directive.
        Should China become a member of the World Trade Organization 
    (WTO) and the United States applies the Uruguay Round Agreements to 
    China, the limit set forth above may be subject to adjustment in the 
    future pursuant to the provisions of the Uruguay Round Agreements 
    Act, the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing, and any 
    administrative arrangement 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. 95-29724 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:
95-29724
Dates:
January 1, 1996.
Pages:
62413-62414 (2 pages)
PDF File:
95-29724.pdf