95-19267. Settlement on an Import Limit and Amendment of Visa Requirements for Certain Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Sri Lanka  

  • [Federal Register Volume 60, Number 150 (Friday, August 4, 1995)]
    [Notices]
    [Pages 39943-39944]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 95-19267]
    
    
    
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    COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
    
    Settlement on an Import Limit and Amendment of Visa Requirements 
    for Certain Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in 
    Sri Lanka
    
    July 31, 1995.
    AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).
    
    ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs establishing 
    a limit and amending visa requirements.
    
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    EFFECTIVE DATE: August 7, 1995.
    
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Helen L. LeGrande, International Trade 
    Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of 
    Commerce, (202) 482-4212. 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 (202) 927-5850. For information on 
    embargoes and quota re-openings, call (202) 482-3715.
    
    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).
    
        In a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) dated June 23, 1995, the 
    Governments of the United States and the Democratic Socialist Republic 
    of Sri Lanka agreed, pursuant to Article 6 of the Uruguay Round 
    Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC), to establish a limit for man-
    made fiber luggage in Category 670-L for a three year term--June 23, 
    1995 through December 31, 1995; January 1, 1996 through December 31, 
    1996; January 1, 1997 through December 31, 1997; and January 1, 1998 
    through June 22, 1998.
        In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the 
    Commissioner of Customs to establish a limit for Category 670-L for the 
    period beginning on June 23, 1995 and extending through December 31, 
    1995. Also, the visa arrangement is being amended to require a part-
    category visa for goods in Category 670-L and Category 670-O, produced 
    or manufactured in Sri Lanka and exported from Sri Lanka on and after 
    August 7, 1995. Goods in Category 670 which are exported during the 
    period August 7, 1995 through September 6, 1995 shall be permitted 
    entry if visaed as 670 or the correct part category. Goods exported on 
    and after September 7, 1995 must be accompanied by a 670-L visa or a 
    670-O visa.
        A description of the textile and apparel categories in terms of HTS 
    numbers is available in the 
    
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    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 53 FR 34573, published on 
    September 7, 1988; 60 FR 13410, published on March 13, 1995; and 60 FR 
    27276, published on May 23, 1995.
        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 ATC, 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: Effective on August 7, 1995, you are directed 
    to cancel the directive issued to you on May 12, 1995, by the 
    Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements 
    (CITA), directing you to count imports of textile products in 
    Category 670-L \1\ for the period beginning on April 27, 1995 and 
    extending through April 26, 1996.
    
        \1\ Category 670-L: only HTS numbers 4202.12.8030, 4202.12.8070, 
    4202.92.3020, 4202.92.3030 and 4202.92.9025.
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        This directive amends, but does not cancel, the directive issued 
    to you on March 7, 1995, by the Chairman of CITA. That directive 
    concerns, among other things, imports of certain cotton, wool and 
    man-made fiber textile products and silk blend and other vegetable 
    fiber apparel, produced or manufactured in Sri Lanka and exported 
    during the period which began on January 1, 1995 and extends through 
    December 31, 1995.
        Effective on August 7, 1995, you are directed, pursuant to the 
    Uruguay Round Agreements Act, the Uruguay Round Agreement on 
    Textiles and Clothing (ATC), and a Memorandum of Understanding dated 
    June 23, 1995 between the Governments of the United States and the 
    Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, to establish a limit for 
    man-made fiber textile products in Category 670-L for the period 
    beginning on June 23, 1995 and extending through December 31, 1995 
    at a level of 3,945,206 kilograms \2\.
    
        \2\ The limit has not been adjusted to account for any imports 
    exported after June 22, 1995.
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        Textile products in Category 670-L which have been exported to 
    the United States prior to June 23, 1995 shall not be subject to 
    this directive.
        Textile products in Category 670-L which have been released from 
    the custody of the U.S. Customs Service under the provisions of 19 
    U.S.C. 1448(b) or 1484(a)(1) prior to the effective date of this 
    directive shall not be denied entry under this directive.
        For visa purposes, you are directed to amend further the 
    directive dated September 1, 1988 to require a part-category visa 
    for 670-L and 670-O for goods produced or manufactured in Sri Lanka 
    and exported from Sri Lanka on and after August 7, 1995. Goods in 
    Category 670 which are exported from Sri Lanka during the period 
    August 7, 1995 through September 6, 1995 may be visaed as Category 
    670 or the correct part-category. Goods in Category 670 which are 
    exported on and after September 7, 1995 must be visaed as Category 
    670-L or Category 670-O.
        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 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. 95-19267 Filed 8-3-95; 8:45 am]
    BILLING CODE 3510-DR-F
    
    

Document Information

Effective Date:
8/7/1995
Published:
08/04/1995
Department:
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
Entry Type:
Notice
Action:
Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs establishing a limit and amending visa requirements.
Document Number:
95-19267
Dates:
August 7, 1995.
Pages:
39943-39944 (2 pages)
PDF File:
95-19267.pdf