95-19266. Amendment and Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Poland

[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 150 (Friday, August 4, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 39943]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-19266]



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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Amendment and Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton, 
Wool and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in 
Poland

July 31, 1995.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs amending and 
adjusting limits.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: August 8, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Naomi Freeman, 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].

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).

    Pursuant to the Uruguay Round Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round 
Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC), the current limits are being 
amended for textile products, produced or manufactured in Poland and 
exported during the period beginning on January 1, 1995 and extending 
through December 31, 1995. These limits are being amended because 
Poland is now a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO). Also, the 
limit for Category 443 is being increased by recrediting unused 
carryforward.
    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 62718, published on December 6, 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 Uruguay Round Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round Agreement on 
Textiles and Clothing, but are designed to assist only in the 
implementation of certain of their provisions.
Rita D. Hayes,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
July 31, 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 November 29, 1994, by the Chairman, 
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That 
directive concerns imports of certain cotton, wool and man-made 
fiber textile products, produced or manufactured in Poland and 
exported during the twelve-month period beginning on January 1, 1995 
and extending through December 31, 1995.
    Effective on August 8, 1995, you are directed, pursuant to the 
Uruguay Round Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round Agreement on 
Textiles and Clothing (ATC), to increase the limits for the 
following categories:

                                                                        
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              Category                      Twelve-month limit \1\      
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335................................  157,023 dozen.                     
338/339............................  1,691,018 dozen.                   
410................................  2,582,128 square meters.           
433................................  18,235 dozen.                      
434................................  9,946 dozen.                       
435................................  13,014 dozen.                      
443................................  204,233 numbers.                   
611................................  4,833,291 square meters.           
645/646............................  247,613 dozen.                     
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports        
  exported after 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. 95-19266 Filed 8-3-95; 8:45 am]
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