95-17958. Establishment of an Import Limit for Certain Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the Philippines

[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 140 (Friday, July 21, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37628-37629]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-17958]



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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Establishment of an Import Limit for Certain Man-Made Fiber 
Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the Philippines

July 14, 1995.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).


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

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EFFECTIVE DATE: July 21, 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 
27276) announces that if no solution is agreed upon in consultations 
between the Governments of the United States and the Philippines on 
Category 670-L the Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements may establish a limit at a level of not less than 7,718,533 
kilograms for the twelve-month period beginning on April 24, 1995 and 
extending through April 23, 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 Category 670-L for the period beginning 
on April 24, 1995 and extending through April 23, 1996 at a level of 
7,718,533 kilograms.
    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 Category 670-L. Should such a solution be reached in 
consultations with the Government of the Philippines, 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 21, 1995, entry into the United States for 
consumption and withdrawal from warehouse for consumption of man-
made fiber textile products in Category 670-L \1\, produced or 
manufactured in the Philippines and exported during the period 
beginning on April 24, 1995 and extending through April 23, 1996, in 
excess of 7,718,533 kilograms \2\.

    \1\ Category 670-L: Only HTS numbers 4202.12.8030, 4202.12.8070, 
4202.92.3020, 4202.92.3030, 4202.92.9025.
    \2\ The limit has not been adjusted to account for any imports 
exported after April 23, 1995.
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    Textile products in Category 670-L which have been exported to 
the United States prior to April 24, 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. 95-17958 Filed 7-20-95; 8:45 am]
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