95-12946. Adjustment of an Import Limit for Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced of Manufactured in Malaysia

[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 102 (Friday, May 26, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 27966]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-12946]



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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of an Import Limit for Certain Cotton and Man-Made 
Fiber Textile Products Produced of Manufactured in Malaysia

May 22, 1995.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs reducing a 
limit.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: May 31, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ross Arnold, International Trade 
Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, [phone]. For information on the quota status of this 
limit, refer to the Quota Status Reports posted on the bulletin boards 
of 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).

    The current limit for Categories 340/640 is being reduced for 
carryforward used during the previous period.
    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). Also see 
60 FR 17332, published on April 5, 1995.
    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 Uruguay Round Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round Agreement on 
Textiles and Clothing, 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
May 22, 1995.

Commissioner of Customs,
Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.

    Dear Commissioner: This directive amends, but does not cancel, 
the directive issued to you on March 30, 1995, by the Chairman, 
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That 
directive concerns imports of certain cotton, wool and man-made 
fiber textiles and textile products and silk blend and other 
vegetable fiber apparel, produced or manufactured in Malaysia and 
exported during the twelve-month period which began on January 1, 
1995 and extends through December 31, 1995.
    Effective on May 31, 1995, you are directed to amend the March 
30, 1995 directive to reduce the limit for Categories 340/640 to 
1,074,474 dozen\1\, as provided under the terms of the Uruguay Round 
Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and 
Clothing.

    \1\The limit has not been adjusted to account for any imports 
exported after December 31, 1994.
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    The Committee for the Implementatin of Textile Agreements has 
determined that this action falls within the foreign affairs 
exception to the rulemaking provisions of 5 U.S.C.553(a)(1).
Sincerely,
Rita D. Hayes,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementatin of Textile Agreements.
[FR Doc.95-12946 Filed 5-25-95; 8:45 am]
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