95-17896. Establishment of Import Limits for Certain Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Thailand

[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 139 (Thursday, July 20, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 37428]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-17896]



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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Establishment of Import Limits for Certain Man-Made Fiber Textile 
Products Produced or Manufactured in Thailand

July 14, 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 25, 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 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 17, 1995 (60 FR 
26407) (Category 603) and May 23, 1995 (60 FR 27275) (Category 670-L) 
announces that if no solution is agreed upon in consultations between 
the Governments of the United States and Thailand on Categories 603 and 
670-L the Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements may 
establish a limit at levels of not less than 1,249,659 kilograms 
(Category 603) and 19,792,859 kilograms (Category 670-L) for the 
twelve-month period beginning on April 27, 1995 and extending through 
April 26, 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 603 and 670-L for the period 
beginning on April 27, 1995 and extending through April 26, 1996 at 
levels of 1,249,659 kilograms (Category 603) and 19,792,859 kilograms 
(Category 670-L).
    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 603 and 670-L. 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).
Rita D. Hayes,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
July 14, 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 25, 1995, entry into the United States for 
consumption and withdrawal from warehouse for consumption of man-
made fiber textile products in the following categories, produced or 
manufactured in Thailand and exported during the period beginning on 
April 27, 1995 and extending through April 26, 1996, in excess of 
the following limits:

                                                                        
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              Category                          New limit \1\           
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603................................  1,249,659 kilograms.               
670-L \2\..........................  19,792,859 kilograms.              
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports        
  exported after April 26, 1995.                                        
\2\ Category 670-L: Only HTS numbers 4202.12.8030, 4202.12.8070,        
  4202.92.3020, 4202.92.3030, 4202.92.9025.                             

    Textile products in Categories 603 and 670-L which have been 
exported to the United States prior to April 27, 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. 95-17896 Filed 7-19-95; 8:45 am]
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