[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 65 (Wednesday, April 5, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17334-17335]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-8279]
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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool
and Man-Made Fiber Textiles and Textile Products and Silk Blend and
Other Vegetable Fiber Apparel Produced or Manufactured in the
Philippines
March 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: April 6, 1995.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janet Heinzen, 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) 927-6713. 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
(ATC) and the Uruguay Round Agreements Act, the limits agreed upon by
the Governments of the United States and the Philippines, as notified
to the Uruguay Round Textiles Monitoring Body (TMB), are being amended
for the period beginning on January 1, 1995 and extending through
December 31, 1995. Pursuant to the ATC, these new limits supersede
those notified to the TMB contained in the Bilateral Cotton, Wool and
Man-Made Fiber Textiles and Textile Products and Silk Blend and Other
Vegetable Fiber Apparel Agreement of March 4, 1987, as amended and
extended, between the Governments of the United States and the
Philippines.
A directive to reduce the limits for certain categories for
carryforward used during 1994 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).
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 ATC, but are designed to assist only in the implementation of
certain of its provisions.
Rita D. Hayes,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
March 30, 1995.
Commissioner of Customs,
Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.
Dear Commissioner: Effective on April 6, 1995, you are directed
to no longer count imports of textile products in Categories 669-
P\1\ and 670-L\2\, produced or manufactured in the Philippines and
exported during the period beginning on January 1, 1995 and
extending through December 31, 1995 (see directive dated December
13, 1994).
\1\Category 669-P: only HTS numbers 6305.31.0010, 6305.31.0020
and 6305.39.0000.
\2\Category 670-L: only HTS numbers 4202.12.8030, 4202.12.8070,
4202.92.3020, 4202.92.3030 and 4202.92.9025.
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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 April
6, 1995, entry into the United States for consumption and withdrawal
from warehouse for consumption of cotton, wool and man-made fiber
textiles and textile products and silk blend and other vegetable
fiber apparel in the following categories, produced or manufactured
in the Philippines and exported during the twelve-month period
beginning on January 1, 1995 and extending through December 31,
1995, in excess of the following limits. These limits supersede
those limits contained in the Bilateral Cotton, Wool and Man-Made
Fiber Textiles and Textile Products and Silk Blend and Other
Vegetable Fiber Apparel Agreement of March 4, 1987, as amended and
extended, between the Governments of the United States and the
Philippines.
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Category Twelve-month restraint limita
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Levels in Group I
237................................ 1,430,328 dozen.
239................................ 8,630,179 kilograms.
331/631............................ 4,631,855 dozen pairs.
333/334............................ 224,063 dozen of which not more
than 32,166 dozen shall be in
Category 333.
335................................ 145,842 dozen.
336................................ 530,733 dozen.
338/339............................ 1,903,813 dozen.
340/640............................ 845,404 dozen.
341/641............................ 762,870 dozen.
342/642............................ 459,058 dozen.
345................................ 136,706 dozen.
347/348............................ 1,608,284 dozen.
350................................ 121,022 dozen.
351/651............................ 500,693 dozen.
352/652............................ 1,966,353 dozen.
359-C/659-Cb....................... 680,266 kilograms.
361................................ 1,528,693 numbers.
369-Sc............................. 346,516 kilograms.
431................................ 164,313 dozen pairs.
433................................ 3,235 dozen.
443................................ 39,122 numbers.
445/446............................ 26,721 dozen.
447................................ 7,430 dozen.
611................................ 4,587,729 square meters.
633................................ 29,579 dozen.
634................................ 366,999 dozen.
635................................ 322,346 dozen.
636................................ 1,383,123 dozen.
638/639............................ 1,955,735 dozen.
643................................ 706,523 numbers.
645/646............................ 628,616 dozen.
647/648............................ 970,423 dozen.
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649................................ 6,343,947 dozen.
650................................ 86,619 dozen.
659-Hd............................. 1,139,676 kilograms.
847................................ 755,926 dozen.
Group II
200-229, 300-326, 330, 332, 349, 127,763,555 square meters
353, 354, 359-Oe, 360, 362, 363, equivalent.
369-Of, 400-414, 432, 434-442,
444, 448, 459, 464-469, 600-607,
613-629, 630, 632, 644, 653, 654,
659-Og, 665, 666, 669-Oh, 670-Oi,
831-846 and 850-859, as a group.
Sublevel in Group II
604.............................. 1,620,705 kilograms.
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aThe limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports exported
after December 31, 1994.
bCategory 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.
cCategory 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.
dCategory 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.
eCategory 359-O: all HTS numbers except 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, 6211.42.0010
(Category 359-C).
fCategory 369-O: all HTS numbers except 6307.10.2005 (Category 369-S).
gCategory 659-O: all HTS numbers except 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, 6211.43.0010 (Category 659-
C); 6502.00.9030, 6504.00.9015, 6504.00.9060, 6505.90.5090,
6505.90.6090, 6505.90.7090, 6505.90.8090 (Category 659-H).
hCategory 669-O: all HTS numbers except 6305.31.0010, 6305.31.0020 and
6305.39.0000 (Category 669-P).
iCategory 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).
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 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,
Rita D. Hayes,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
[FR Doc. 95-8279 Filed 4-4-95; 8:45 am]
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