95-13347. Announcement of an Import Restraint Limit for Certain Wool Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the Ukraine

[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 105 (Thursday, June 1, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 28580]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-13347]



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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Announcement of an Import Restraint Limit for Certain Wool 
Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the Ukraine

May 25, 1995.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

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

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EFFECTIVE DATE: June 1, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janet Heinzen, 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 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).

    In a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) dated May 6, 1995, the 
Governments of the United States and the Ukraine agreed to establish 
limits for Category 435 for the periods December 1, 1994 through 
December 31, 1994 and January 1, 1995 through December 31, 1995.
    In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the 
Commissioner of Customs to establish a limit for Category 435 for the 
twelve-month period beginning on January 1, 1995 and extending through 
December 31, 1995.
    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 their provisions.
Rita D. Hayes,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
May 25, 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 
the Memorandum of Understanding dated May 6, 1995 between the 
Governments of the United States and Ukraine; and in accordance with 
the provisions of Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as 
amended, you are directed to prohibit, effective on June 1, 1995, 
entry into the United States for consumption and withdrawal from 
warehouse for consumption of wool textile products Category 435, 
produced or manufactured in the Ukraine and exported during the 
twelve-month period beginning on January 1, 1995 and extending 
through December 31, 1995, in excess of 85,000 dozen \1\.

    \1\ The limit has not been adjusted to account for any imports 
exported after December 31, 1994.
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    Imports charged to this category limit for the period December 
1, 1994 through December 31, 1994, shall be charged against that 
level of restraint to the extent of any unfilled balance. In the 
event the limit established for that period has been exhausted by 
previous entries, such goods shall be subject to the level set forth 
in this directive.
    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. 95-13347 Filed 5-31-95; 8:45 am]
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