95-15329. Establishment of an Import Limit for Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Thailand

[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 121 (Friday, June 23, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 32656]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-15329]



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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Establishment of an Import Limit for Certain Cotton and Man-Made 
Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Thailand

June 16, 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 26, 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 each Customs port or call [phone]. For information on 
embargoes and quota re-openings, call [phone]. For information 
on categories on which consultations have been requested, call (202) 
482-3740.

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 notice published in the Federal Register on April 21, 1995 (60 FR 
19891) announces that if no solution is agreed upon in consultations 
between the Governments of the United States and Thailand on Categories 
352/652, the Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements may 
establish a limit at a level of not less than 1,586,005 dozen for the 
twelve-month period beginning on March 29, 1995 and extending through 
March 28, 1996.
    Inasmuch as no agreement was reached during the consultation period 
on a mutually satisfactory solution, the United States Government has 
decided to control imports in Categories 352/652 for the prorated 
period beginning on March 29, 1995 and extending through December 31, 
1995 at a level of 1,207,971 dozen. Categories 352/652 shall remain 
subject to the Group II limit and shall be charged at a rate of 9.4 
square meters equivalent per dozen.
    This action is taken in accordance with the Uruguay Round Agreement 
on Textiles and Clothing and the Uruguay Round Agreements Act.
    The United States remains committed to finding a solution 
concerning Categories 352/652. Should such a solution be reached in 
consultations with the Government of Thailand, further notice will be 
published in the Federal Register.
    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).
Edwin Maddrey III,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
June 16, 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, man-made fiber, 
silk blend and other vegetable fiber textiles and textile products, 
produced or manufactured in Thailand and exported during the twelve-
month period which began on January 1, 1995 and extends through 
December 31, 1995.
    Effective on June 26, 1995, you are directed, pursuant to the 
Uruguay Round Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round Agreement on 
Textiles and Clothing, to establish a limit at 1,207,971 dozen \1\ 
for textile products in Categories 352/652, produced or manufactured 
in Thailand and exported during the period beginning on March 29, 
1995 and extending through December 31, 1995.

    \1\ The limit has not been adjusted to account for any imports 
exported after March 28, 1995.
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    Textile products in Categories 352/652 shall remain subject to 
the Group II limit established in the directive dated March 30, 1995 
for the period January 1, 1995 through December 31, 1995. The 
conversion factor for converting merged Categories 352/652 to square 
meters equivalent is 9.4.
    Textile products in Categories 352 and 652 which have been 
exported to the United States prior to March 29, 1995 shall not be 
subject to the limit established in this directive.
    Import charges will be provided at a later date.
    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 this action falls within the foreign affairs 
exception of the rulemaking provisions of 5 U.S.C. 553(a)(1).
    Sincerely,
Edwin Maddrey III,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.
[FR Doc. 95-15329 Filed 6-22-95; 8:45 am]
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