95-17041. Establishment of Import Limits for Certain Wool Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in India

[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 133 (Wednesday, July 12, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35899-35900]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-17041]



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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Establishment of Import Limits for Certain Wool Textile Products 
Produced or Manufactured in India

July 7, 1995.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

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

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EFFECTIVE DATE: July 14, 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 these 
limits, 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 May 23, 1995 (60 FR 
27275) announces that if no solution is agreed upon in consultations 
between the Governments of the United States and 

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India on Categories 434, 435, and 440, the Committee for the 
Implementation of Textile Agreements may establish a limit at levels of 
not less than 45,750 dozen (Category 434), 37,487 dozen (Category 435), 
and 76,698 dozen (Category 440) for the twelve-month period beginning 
on April 18, 1995 and extending through April 17, 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 434, 435,and 440 for the 
period beginning on April 18, 1995 and extending through April 17, 1996 
at levels of 45,750 dozen (Category 434), 37,487 dozen (Category 435) 
and 76,698 dozen (Category 440).
    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 434, 435, and 440. Should such a solution be 
reached in consultations with the Government of India, 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).
Rita D. Hayes,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
July 7, 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), the 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 30, 1972, as amended, you are directed to prohibit, 
effective on July 14, 1995, entry into the United States for 
consumption and withdrawal from warehouse for consumption of wool 
textile products in the following categories, produced or 
manufactured in India and exported during the period beginning on 
April 18, 1995 and extending through April 17, 1996, in excess of 
the following limits:

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              Category                          New limit \1\           
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434................................  45,750 dozen.                      
435................................  37,487 dozen.                      
440................................  76,698 dozen.                      
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports        
  exported after April 18, 1995.                                        

    Textile products in Categories 434, 435, and 440 which have been 
exported to the United States prior to April 18, 1995 shall not be 
subject to 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 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. 95-17041 Filed 7-11-95; 8:45 am]
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