95-15332. Establishment of an Import Limit for Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Colombia

[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 121 (Friday, June 23, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32652-32653]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-15332]



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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 Colombia

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 27, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anne Novak, 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 
19890) announces that, under Section 204 of the Agricultural Act of 
1956, as amended, the Government of the United States requested 
consultations with the Government of Colombia with respect to cotton 
and man-made fiber underwear in Categories 352/652. The notice further 
states that if no solution is agreed upon in consultations between the 
two governments, the Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements may establish a limit at a level of not less than 1,509,880 
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 period 
beginning on March 29, 1995 and extending through March 28, 1996 at a 
level of 1,509,880 dozen.
    This action is taken in accordance with the Uruguay Round Agreement 
on Textiles and Clothing and the Uruguay Round Agreements Act now that 
Colombia is a member of the World Trade Organization.
    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 Colombia, 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 
[[Page 32653]] Federal Register notice 59 FR 65531, published on 
December 20, 1994).
Rita D. Hayes,
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: Under the terms of section 204 of the 
Agricultural Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1854), Uruguay Round 
Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and 
Clothing; and in accordance with the provisions of Executive Order 
11651 of March 3, 1972, as amended, you are directed to prohibit, 
effective on June 23, 1995, entry into the United States for 
consumption and withdrawal from warehouse for consumption of cotton 
and man-made fiber textile products in the Categories 352/652, 
produced or manufactured in Colombia and exported during the period 
beginning on March 29, 1995 and extending through March 28, 1996, in 
excess of 1,509,880 dozen \1\.

    \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, which have been exported 
to the United States prior to March 29, 1995 shall not be subject to 
this directive.
    Textile products in Categories 352/652 which have been released 
from the custody of the U.S. Customs Service under the provisions of 
19 U.S.C. 1448(b) or 1484(a)(1) prior to the effective date of this 
directive shall not be denied entry under 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,
Rita D. Hayes,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
[FR Doc. 95-15332 Filed 6-22-95; 8:45 am]
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