[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 30 (Tuesday, February 14, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8344-8345]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-3625]
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Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 30 / Tuesday, February 14, 1995 /
Notices
[[Page 8344]]
COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton, Man-
Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textiles and Textile
Products Produced or Manufactured in India
February 9, 1995.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).
ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs establishing
limits for the new agreement year.
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EFFECTIVE DATE: February 16, 1995.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Tallarico, 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) 927-6705. 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).
Pursuant to the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing
(URATC), the Bilateral Cotton, Wool, Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend and
Other Vegetable Fiber Textile Agreement of February 6, 1987, as amended
and extended, and a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) dated December
31, 1994 between the Governments of the United States and India,
establish limits for the period beginning on January 1, 1995 and
extending through December 31, 1995.
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).
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 bilateral agreement and the MOU dated December 31, 1994, but are
designed to assist only in the implementation of certain of their
provisions.
Rita D. Hayes,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
February 9, 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 Uruguary
Round Act, and the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing
(URATC); pursuant to the Bilateral Cotton, Wool, Man-Made Fiber,
Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textile Agreement of February
6, 1987, as amended and extended, and the Memorandum of
Understanding (MOU) dated December 31, 1994 between the Governments
of the United States and India; and in accordance with the
provisions of Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as amended,
you are directed to prohibit, effective on February 16, 1995, entry
into the United States for consumption and withdrawal from warehouse
for consumption of cotton, man-made fiber, silk blend and other
vegetable fiber textiles and textile products in the following
categories, produced or manufactured in India and exported during
the twelve-month period beginning on January 1, 1995 and extending
through December 31, 1995, in excess of the following levels of
restraint:
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Category Twelve-month restraint limit\1\
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Levels in Group I
218.................... 11,111,304 square meters.
219.................... 53,281,729 square meters.
313.................... 29,729,737 square meters.
314.................... 6,343,063 square meters.
315.................... 10,653,804 square meters.
317.................... 34,531,200 square meters.
326.................... 7,848,000 square meters.
334/634................ 113,378 dozen.
335/635................ 504,757 dozen.
336/636................ 695,255 dozen.
338/339................ 3,400,800 dozen.
340/640................ 1,662,185 dozen.
341.................... 3,650,191 dozen of which not more than
2,190,114 dozen shall be in Category 341-Y\2\.
342/642................ 1,022,133 dozen.
345.................... 148,544 dozen.
347/348................ 477,913 dozen.
351/651................ 216,059 dozen.
363.................... 34,723,417 numbers.
369-D\3\............... 1,057,586 kilograms.
369-S\4\............... 576,865 kilograms.
641.................... 1,190,025 dozen.
647/648................ 691,037 dozen.
Group II
200, 201, 220-229, 237, 90,820,800 square meters equivalent.
239, 300, 301, 330-
333, 349, 350, 352,
359-362, 600-607, 611-
629, 630-633, 638,
639, 643-646, 649,
650, 652, 659, 665-
O\5\, 666, 669, 670,
and 831-859, as a
group.
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\1\The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports exported
after December 31, 1994.
\2\Category 341-Y: only HTS numbers 6204.22.3060, 6206.30.3010,
6206.30.3030 and 6211.42.0054.
\3\Category 369-D: only HTS numbers 6302.60.0010, 6302.91.0005 and
6302.91.0045.
\4\Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.
\5\Category 665-O: all HTS numbers except 5702.10.9030, 5702.42.2020,
5702.92.0010 and 5703.20.1000 (rugs exempt from the bilateral
agreement).
Imports charged to these category limits for the period January
1, 1994 through December 31, 1994 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 URATC 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. [[Page 8345]]
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,
Rita D. Hayes,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
[FR Doc. 95-3625 Filed 2-13-95; 8:45 am]
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