95-21205. Establishment of an Import Limit for Certain Wool Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the Philippines

[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 165 (Friday, August 25, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 44316]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-21205]



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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Establishment of an Import Limit for Certain Wool Textile 
Products Produced or Manufactured in the Philippines

August 22, 1995.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

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

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EFFECTIVE DATE: August 28, 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 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]. 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 June 23, 1995 (60 FR 
32657) announces that if no solution is agreed upon in consultations 
between the Governments of the United States and the Philippines on 
Category 444, the Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements may establish a limit at a level of not less than 74,874 
dozen for the twelve-month period beginning on May 31, 1995 and 
extending through May 30, 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 444 for the prorated period 
beginning on May 31, 1995 and extending through December 31, 1995 at a 
level of 43,983 numbers. Category 444 shall remain subject to the Group 
II limit.
    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 444. 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). Also see 
60 FR 17334, published on April 5, 1995.
Rita D. Hayes,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
August 22, 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 March 30, 1995, by the Chairman, 
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That 
directive concerns imports of certain cotton, wool and man-made 
fiber textiles and textile products and silk blend and other 
vegetable fiber apparel, produced or manufactured in the Philippines 
and exported during the period beginning on January 1, 1995 and 
extending through December 31, 1995.
    Effective on August 28, 1995, you are directed, pursuant to the 
Uruguay Round Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round Agreement on 
Textiles and Clothing, to establish a limit at 43,983 numbers \1\ 
for textile products in Category 444, produced or manufactured in 
the Philippines and exported during the period beginning on May 31, 
1995 and extending through December 31, 1995.

    \1\ The limit has not been adjusted to account for any imports 
exported after May 30, 1995.
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    Textile products in Category 444 shall remain subject to the 
Group II limit established in the directive dated March 30, 1995 for 
the period January 1, 1995 through December 31, 1995.
    Textile products in Category 444 which have been exported to the 
United States prior to May 31, 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 this action falls 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. 95-21205 Filed 8-24-95; 8:45 am]
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