[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 65 (Wednesday, April 5, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17331-17332]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-8285]
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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool,
Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textiles and
Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Macau
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 10, 1995.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Helen L. LeGrande, 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) 927-6709. 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 Macau, as notified to the
Uruguay Round Textiles Monitoring Body (TMB), are being amended to
establish limits for the period beginning on January 1, 1995 and
extending through December 31, 1995. Pursuant to the ATC, these limits
supersede those notified to the TMB and contained in the Bilateral
Cotton, Wool, Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber
Textile Agreement, effected by exchange of notes dated March 29, 1994
and May 21, 1994, between the Governments of the United States and
Macau.
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 10, 1995, you are directed
to no longer count imports of textile products in Categories 237,
331/831, 631, 652/852, 670 and 845/846, produced or manufactured in
Macau and exported during the period January 1, 1995 through
December 31, 1995 (see directive dated December 12, 1994).
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
10, 1995, entry into the United States for consumption and
withdrawal from warehouse for consumption of cotton, wool, man-made
fiber, silk blend and other vegetable fiber textiles and textile
products in the following categories, produced or manufactured in
Macau 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 contained in
the Bilateral Cotton, Wool, Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other
Vegetable Fiber Textile Agreement, effected by exchange of notes
dated December 28, 1993 and January 9, 1984, as amended and
extended, between the Governments of the United States and Macau.
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Category Twelve-month restraint limit\1\
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Levels in Group I
219................................ 2,520,000 square meters.
225................................ 8,820,000 square meters.
313................................ 6,300,000 square meters.
314................................ 1,050,000 square meters.
315................................ 3,150,000 square meters.
317................................ 6,300,000 square meters.
326................................ 2,520,000 square meters.
333/334/335/833/834/835............ 227,432 dozen of which not more
than 119,802 dozen shall be in
Categories 333/335/833/835.
336/836............................ 53,906 dozen.
338................................ 292,781 dozen.
339................................ 1,226,359 dozen.
340................................ 277,118 dozen.
341................................ 178,735 dozen.
342................................ 80,859 dozen.
345................................ 49,443 dozen.
347/348/847........................ 693,007 dozen.
350/850............................ 53,906 dozen.
351/851............................ 64,688 dozen.
359-C/659-C\2\..................... 323,438 kilograms.
359-V\3\........................... 107,813 kilograms.
611................................ 2,520,000 square meters.
625/626/627/628/629................ 6,300,000 square meters.
633/634/635........................ 481,605 dozen.
638/639/838........................ 1,499,730 dozen.
640................................ 106,632 dozen.
641/840............................ 183,273 dozen.
642/842............................ 106,776 dozen.
645/646............................ 249,956 dozen.
647/648............................ 504,237 dozen.
659-S\4\........................... 107,813 kilograms.
Group II
400-469, as a group................ 1,466,122 square meters equivalent.
Sublevel in Group II...............
445/446............................ 79,041 dozen.
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\1\The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports exported
after December 31, 1994.
\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.
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\3\Category 359-V: only HTS numbers 6103.19.2030, 6103.19.9030,
6104.12.0040, 6104.19.8040, 6110.20.1022, 6110.20.1024, 6110.20.2030,
6110.20.2035, 6110.90.9044, 6110.90.9046, 6201.92.2010, 6202.92.2020,
6203.19.1030, 6203.19.9030, 6204.12.0040, 6204.19.8040, 6211.32.0070
and 6211.42.0070.
\4\Category 659-S: only HTS numbers 6112.31.0010, 6112.31.0020,
6112.41.0010, 6112.41.0020, 6112.41.0030, 6112.41.0040, 6211.11.1010,
6211.11.1020, 6211.12.1010 and 6211.12.1020.
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 ATC and any administrative arrangements
notified to the Textiles Monitoring Body.
The conversion factor (square meters equivalent/category unit)
for Categories 445/446 is 12.4.
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. 95-8285 Filed 4-4-95; 8:45 am]
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