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[FR Doc No: 94-31222]


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[Federal Register: December 20, 1994]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
 

Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton and 
Wool Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Uruguay

December 14, 1994.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs establishing 
limits for the new agreement year.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: December 21, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Naomi Freeman, International Trade 
Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, (202) 482-4212. 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 (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).

    The Governments of the United States and Uruguay have agreed to 
extend their Bilateral Cotton and Wool Textile Agreement, effected by 
exchange of notes dated December 30, 1983 and January 23, 1984, for two 
consecutive one-year periods beginning on July 1, 1994 and extending 
through June 30, 1996.
    In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the 
Commissioner of Customs to establish limits for the period beginning on 
July 1, 1994 and extending through June 30, 1995.
    These limits are subject to revision pursuant to the Uruguay Round 
Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (URATC). On the date that both the 
United States and Uruguay are members of the World Trade Organization, 
the restraint limits will be modified in accordance with the URATC.
    A copy of the current bilateral agreement is available from the 
Textiles Division, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, U.S. 
Department of State (202) 647-1683.
    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 58 FR 62645, published on November 29, 1993). 
Information regarding the 1995 CORRELATION will be published in the 
Federal Register at a later date.
    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
December 14, 1994.

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), and the 
Arrangement Regarding International Trade in Textiles done at Geneva 
on December 20, 1973, as further extended on December 9, 1992, 
pursuant to the Bilateral Cotton and Wool Textile Agreement, 
effected by exchange of notes dated December 30, 1983 and January 
23, 1984, as amended and extended, between the Governments of the 
United States and Uruguay; and in accordance with the provisions of 
Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as amended, you are directed 
to prohibit, effective on December 21, 1994, entry into the United 
States for consumption and withdrawal from warehouse for consumption 
of cotton and wool textile products in the following categories, 
produced or manufactured in Uruguay and exported during the twelve-
month period beginning on July 1, 1994 and extending through June 
30, 1995, in excess of the following levels of restraint:

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              Category                   Twelve-month restraint limit   
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334................................  117,029 dozen.                     
335................................  100,744 dozen.                     
410................................  2,768,150 square meters of which   
                                      not more than 1,581,801 square    
                                      meters shall be in Category 410-  
                                      A\1\ and not more than 2,548,456  
                                      square meters shall be in Category
                                      410-B\2\                          
433................................  16,529 dozen.                      
434................................  24,659 dozen.                      
435................................  49,801 dozen.                      
442................................  35,229 dozen.                      
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\1\Category 410-A: only HTS numbers 5111.11.3000, 5111.11.7030,         
  5111.11.7060, 5111.19.2000, 5111.19.6020, 5111.19.6040, 5111.19.6060, 
  5111.19.6080, 5111.20.9000, 5111.30.9000, 5111.90.3000, 5111.90.9000, 
  5212.11.1010, 5212.12.1010, 5212.13.1010, 5212.14.1010, 5212.15.1010, 
  5212.21.1010, 5212.22.1010, 5212.23.1010, 5212.24.1010, 5212.25.1010, 
  5311.00.2000, 5407.91.0510, 5407.92.0510, 5407.93.0510, 5407.94.0510, 
  5408.31.0510, 5408.32.0510, 5408.33.0510, 5408.34.0510, 5515.13.0510, 
  5515.22.0510, 5515.92.0510, 5516.31.0510, 5516.32.0510, 5516.33.0510, 
  5516.34.0510 and 6301.20.0020.                                        
\2\Category 410-B: only HTS numbers 5007.10.6030, 5007.90.6030,         
  5112.11.2030, 5112.11.2060, 5112.19.9010, 5112.19.9020, 5112.19.9030, 
  5112.19.9040, 5112.19.9050, 5112.19.9060, 5112.20.3000, 5112.30.3000, 
  5112.90.3000, 5112.90.9010, 5112.90.9090, 5212.11.1020, 5212.12.1020, 
  5212.13.1020, 5212.14.1020, 5212.15.1020, 5212.21.1020, 5212.22.1020, 
  5212.23.1020, 5212.24.1020, 5212.25.1020, 5309.21.2000, 5309.29.2000, 
  5407.91.0520, 5407.92.0520, 5407.93.0520, 5407.94.0520, 5408.31.0520, 
  5408.32.0520, 5408.33.0520, 5408.34.0520, 5515.13.0520, 5515.22.0520, 
  5515.92.0520, 5516.31.0520, 5516.32.0520, 5516.33.0520 and            
  5516.34.0520.                                                         

    Imports charged to these category limits for the period July 1, 
1993 through June 30, 1994 shall be charged against those levels of 
restraint to the extent of any unfilled balances. In the event the 
limits established for that period have been exhausted by previous 
entries, such goods shall be subject to the levels set forth in this 
directive.
    The limits set forth above are subject to adjustment in the 
future pursuant to the provisions of the current bilateral agreement 
between the Governments of the United States and Uruguay.
    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. 94-31222 Filed 12-19-94; 8:45 am]
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