95-20295. Adjustment of an Import Limit and Charges for Certain Cotton Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the People's Republic of China

[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 158 (Wednesday, August 16, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 42547]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-20295]



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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Adjustment of an Import Limit and Charges for Certain Cotton 
Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the People's Republic of 
China

August 11, 1995.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs adjusting a 
limit and import charges.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: August 18, 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 the 
1995 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).

    The 1994 limit for Category 342 is being increased by application 
of swing. Also, import charges for goods exported during 1994 are being 
adjusted. As a result, the 1995 limit for Category 342, which is 
currently filled, will re-open.
    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 3847, published on January 27, 1994; and 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 bilateral agreement, 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.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
August 11, 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 January 24, 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, 1994 and extends 
through December 31, 1994.
    Effective on August 18, 1995, you are directed to amend further 
the directive dated January 24, 1994 to increase the limit for 
Category 342 to 271,586 dozen \1\, as provided under the terms of 
the current bilateral textile agreement 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, 1993.
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    You are directed to deduct 15,390 dozen, for goods exported 
during 1994, from the charges made to the limit established in the 
directive dated December 16, 1994 for textile products in Category 
342, produced or manufactured in China and exported during 1995. 
This same amount shall be charged to Category 342 for the period 
January 1, 1994 through December 31, 1994.
    The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has 
determined that these actions fall 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. 95-20295 Filed 8-15-95; 8:45 am]
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