95-8281. Announcement of Import Limit for Certain Cotton and Wool Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Colombia

[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 65 (Wednesday, April 5, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17319-17320]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-8281]



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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Announcement of Import Limit for Certain Cotton and Wool Textile 
Products Produced or Manufactured in Colombia

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 21, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Tallarico, International 
Trade Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, [phone]. 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 [phone]. For information on 
embargoes and quota re-openings, call [phone].

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).

    A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) dated November 18, 1994 between 
the Governments of the United States and the Republic of Colombia 
establishes limits for textile products in Categories 315 and 443 for 
the period beginning on January 1, 1995 and extending through December 
31, 1995.
    These limits will be subject to revision pursuant to the Uruguay 
Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC) on the date that 
Colombia becomes a member of the World Trade Organization.
    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 MOU, 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: Under the terms of section 204 of the 
Agricultural Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1854); pursuant to a 
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) dated November 18, 1994 between 
the Governments of the United States and the Republic of Colombia; 
and in accordance with the provisions of Executive Order 11651 of 
March 3, 1972, as amended, you are directed to prohibit, effective 
on April 21, [[Page 17320]] 1995, entry into the United States for 
consumption and withdrawal from warehouse for consumption of textile 
products in the following categories, produced or manufactured in 
Colombia and exported during the twelve-month period beginning on 
January 1, 1995 and extending through December 31, 1995, in excess 
of the following levels:

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              Category                      Twelve-month limit\1\       
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315................................  18,460,748 square meters.          
443................................  122,412 numbers.                   
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\1\The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports exported
  after December 31, 1994.                                              

    Imports charged to the category limits for the period January 1, 
1994 through December 31, 1994, shall be charged against that 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.
    Should Colombia become a member of the World Trade Organization 
(WTO), the limits set forth above will be subject to adjustment in 
the future pursuant to the provisions of 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,
Rita D. Hayes,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
[FR Doc. 95-8281 Filed 4-4-95; 8:45 am]
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