95-16897. Amendment of an Import Limit for Certain Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the People's Republic of China

[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 132 (Tuesday, July 11, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 35724]
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[FR Doc No: 95-16897]



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Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 132 / Tuesday, July 11, 1995 / 
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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Amendment of an Import Limit for Certain Silk Blend and Other 
Vegetable Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the 
People's Republic of China

July 5, 1995.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

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

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EFFECTIVE DATE: July 6, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Aldrich, 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 March 8, 1995 the 
Governments of the United States and the People's Republic of China 
agreed to increase the 1995 specific limit for Category 870.
    In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the 
Commissioner of Customs to amend the current limit for Category 870. 
The amended limit includes a previous adjustment for carryforward used 
in 1994.
    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 
59 FR 65760, published on December 21, 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 its provisions.
Rita D. Hayes,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
July 5, 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 December 16, 1994, 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 textile products, produced or 
manufactured in the People's Republic of China and exported during 
the twelve-month period which began on January 1, 1995 and extends 
through December 31, 1995.
    Effective on July 6, 1995, you are directed to amend further the 
directive dated December 16, 1994 to increase the limit for Category 
870 to 31,165,556 kilograms \1\ as provided under the terms of the 
Memorandum of Understanding dated March 8, 1995 between the 
Governments of the United States and the People's Republic of China.

    \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 Implementation 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 Implementation of Textile Agreements.
[FR Doc. 95-16897 Filed 7-10-95; 8:45 am]
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