95-8286. Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool, Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Bahrain  

  • [Federal Register Volume 60, Number 65 (Wednesday, April 5, 1995)]
    [Notices]
    [Pages 17317-17318]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 95-8286]
    
    
    
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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 Textile Products 
    Produced or Manufactured in Bahrain
    
    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, (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) 927-5850. 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 Bahrain, 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 Textile Agreement, effected by 
    exchange of notes dated April 4, 1993 and June 9, 1993, between the 
    Governments of the United States and Bahrain.
        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: 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 21, 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 
    textile products in the following categories, produced or 
    manufactured in Bahrain 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 Textile Agreement, effected by 
    exchange of notes dated April 4, 1993 and June 9, 1993, between the 
    Governments of the United States and Bahrain.
    
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                  Category                 Twelve-month restraint limit\1\  
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    Group I                                                                 
    237, 239, 330-336, 338, 339, 340-    34,185,000 square meters           
     342, 345, 347, 348-354, 359, 431-    equivalent.                       
     436, 438-440, 442-448, 459, 630-                                       
     636, 638, 639, 640-647, 648, 649,                                      
     650-654, 659, 831-836, 838, 839,                                       
     840, 842-847, 850-852, 858 and                                         
     859, as a group.                                                       
    Sublevels in Group I                                                    
    338/339............................  475,007 dozen.                     
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    340/640............................  227,900 dozen of which not more    
                                          than 170,925 dozen shall be in    
                                          Categories 340-Y/640-Y\2\         
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    \1\The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports exported
      after December 31, 1994.                                              
    \2\Category 340-Y: only HTS numbers 6205.20.2015, 6205.20.2020,         
      6205.20.2046, 6205.20.2050 and 6205.20.2060; Category 640-Y: only HTS 
      numbers 6205.30.2010, 6205.30.2020, 6205.30.2050 and 6205.30.2060.    
    
        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. 95-8286 Filed 4-4-95; 8:45 am]
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Document Information

Effective Date:
4/21/1995
Published:
04/05/1995
Department:
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
Entry Type:
Notice
Action:
Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs establishing limits.
Document Number:
95-8286
Dates:
April 21, 1995.
Pages:
17317-17318 (2 pages)
PDF File:
95-8286.pdf