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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
 

Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool, 
Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textiles and 
Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the People's Republic of 
China

December 16, 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: January 1, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Aldrich, 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) 927-6703. 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 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) dated January 17, 1994 
between the Governments of the United States and the People's Republic 
of China establishes limits for the period beginning January 1, 1995 
and extending through December 31, 1995.
    In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the 
Commissioner of Customs to establish the 1995 limits. The limits for 
Categories 334, 315, 359-V, 362 and 840 in Group I and the limits for 
Groups II, III and IV have been reduced for carryforward used during 
the previous agreement period.
    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 China are members of the World Trade Organization, 
the restraint limits will be modified in accordance with the URATC.
    It should be noted that CITA reserves the right under the bilateral 
agreement to deny entry permanently to goods which have been 
overshipped, or to allow entry and charge to the following restraint 
period merchandise exported during a prior agreement period which 
exceeds the restraint limit(s) estblished for that period.
    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 MOU, 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 16, 1995.

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, 1993; 
pursuant to the Memorandum of Understanding dated January 17, 1994 
between the Governments of the United States and the People's 
Republic of China; and in accordance with the provisions of 
Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as amended, you are directed 
to prohibit, effective on January 1, 1995, entry into the United 
States for consumption and withdrawal from warehouse for consumption 
of cotton, wool, man-made fiber, silk blend and other vegetable 
fiber textiles and textile products in the following categories, 
produced or manufactured in China and exported during the twelve-
month period beginning on January 1, 1995 and extending through 
December 31, 1995, in excess of the following levels of restraint:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
              Category                   Twelve-month restraint limit   
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Group I                              ...................................
200, 218, 219, 226, 237, 239, 300/   1,417,443,606 square meters        
 301, 313-315, 317/326, 331, 333-     equivalent.                       
 336, 338/339, 340-342, 345, 347/                                       
 348, 350-352, 359-C\1\, 359-V\2\,                                      
 360-363, 369-D\3\, 369-H\4\, 369-                                      
 L\5\, 410, 433-436, 438, 440, 442-                                     
 444, 445/446, 447, 448, 607, 611,                                      
 613-615, 617, 631, 633-636, 638/                                       
 639, 640-643, 644/844, 645/646,                                        
 647-652, 659-C\6\, 659-H\7\, 659-                                      
 S\8\, 666, 669-P\9\, 670-L\10\,                                        
 831, 833, 835, 836, 840, 842 and                                       
 845-847 as a group.                                                    
Sublevels in Group I                 ...................................
200................................  636,631 kilograms.                 
218................................  10,717,580 square meters.          
219................................  2,200,180 square meters.           
226................................  9,990,420 square meters.           
237................................  1,710,204 dozen.                   
239................................  2,708,592 kilograms.               
300/301............................  3,646,273 kilograms.               
313................................  40,488,163 square meters.          
314................................  46,384,611 square meters.          
315................................  152,876,348 square meters.         
317/326............................  19,168,347 square meters of which  
                                      not more than 3,667,282 square    
                                      meters shall be in Category 326.  
331................................  4,790,070 dozen pairs.             
333................................  88,076 dozen.                      
334................................  292,050 dozen.                     
335................................  373,166 dozen.                     
336................................  154,474 dozen.                     
338/339............................  2,358,603 dozen of which not more  
                                      than 1,790,438 dozen shall be in  
                                      knit shirts other than T-shirts   
                                      and tank tops in Categories 338-S/
                                      339-S\11\.                        
340................................  810,489 dozen of which not more    
                                      than 405,245 dozen shall be in    
                                      shirts made from fabric with two  
                                      or more colors in the warp and/or 
                                      the filling, excluding napped     
                                      shirts in Category 340-Z\12\.     
341................................  647,737 dozen of which not more    
                                      than 388,642 dozen shall be in    
                                      blouses made from fabric with two 
                                      or more colors in the warp and/or 
                                      the filling in Category 341-Y\13\.
342................................  253,685 dozen.                     
345................................  128,004 dozen.                     
347/348............................  2,399,850 dozen.                   
350................................  149,861 dozen.                     
351................................  486,391 dozen.                     
352................................  1,792,203 dozen.                   
359-C..............................  543,371 kilograms.                 
359-V..............................  775,663 kilograms.                 
360................................  6,967,235 numbers of which not more
                                      than 4,752,327 numbers shall be in
                                      Category 360-P\14\.               
361................................  3,915,089 numbers.                 
362................................  5,459,248 numbers.                 
363................................  29,534,790 numbers.                
369-D..............................  4,393,040 kilograms.               
369-H..............................  4,523,841 kilograms.               
369-L..............................  2,981,395 kilograms.               
410................................  1,939,331 square meters of which   
                                      not more than 1,554,583 square    
                                      meters shall be Category 410-A\15\
                                      and not more than 1,554,583 square
                                      meters shall be in Category 410-  
                                      B\16\.                            
433................................  22,709 dozen.                      
434................................  12,939 dozen.                      
435................................  23,766 dozen.                      
436................................  14,788 dozen.                      
438................................  25,878 dozen.                      
440................................  36,970 dozen of which not more than
                                      21,125 dozen shall be in Category 
                                      440-M\17\.                        
442................................  41,195 dozen.                      
443................................  133,089 numbers.                   
444................................  198,843 numbers.                   
445/446............................  284,056 dozen.                     
447................................  76,913 dozen.                      
448................................  21,621 dozen.                      
607................................  2,964,411 kilograms.               
611................................  4,918,717 square meters.           
613................................  6,954,734 square meters.           
614................................  10,928,866 square meters.          
615................................  22,751,913 square meters.          
617................................  15,896,532 square meters.          
631................................  1,155,528 dozen pairs.             
633................................  52,447 dozen.                      
634................................  570,588 dozen.                     
635................................  596,028 dozen.                     
636................................  520,547 dozen.                     
638/639............................  2,341,756 dozen.                   
640................................  1,430,716 dozen.                   
641................................  1,287,542 dozen.                   
642................................  301,521 dozen.                     
643................................  478,012 numbers.                   
644/844............................  3,439,898 numbers.                 
645/646............................  818,511 dozen.                     
647................................  1,494,575 dozen.                   
648................................  1,067,864 dozen.                   
649................................  850,891 dozen.                     
650................................  106,455 dozen.                     
651................................  721,988 dozen of which not more    
                                      than 127,111 dozen shall be in    
                                      Category 651-B\18\.               
652................................  2,439,888 dozen.                   
659-C..............................  382,228 kilograms.                 
659-H..............................  2,624,405 kilograms.               
659-S..............................  566,137 kilograms.                 
666................................  3,310,354 kilograms.               
669-P..............................  1,847,886 kilograms.               
670-L..............................  14,707,188 kilograms.              
831................................  483,557 dozen pairs.               
833................................  25,445 dozen.                      
835................................  117,591 dozen.                     
836................................  257,587 dozen.                     
840................................  443,879 dozen.                     
842................................  250,768 dozen.                     
845................................  2,415,753 dozen.                   
846................................  163,922 dozen.                     
847................................  1,174,553 dozen.                   
Group II                                                                
330, 332, 349, 353, 354, 359-O\19\,  117,557,827 square meters          
 431, 432, 439, 459, 630,632, 653,    equivalent.                       
 654 and 659-O\20\, as a group.                                         
Group III                                                               
201, 220, 222, 223, 224-V\21\, 224-  248,250,301 square meters          
 O\22\, 225, 227, 229, 369-O\23\,     equivalent.                       
 400, 414, 464, 465, 469, 600, 603,                                     
 604-O\24\, 606, 618-622, 624-629,                                      
 665, 669-O\25\ and 670-O\26\, as a                                     
 group.                                                                 
Group IV                                                                
832, 834, 838, 839, 843, 850-852,    10,496,227 square meters           
 858 and 859, as a group.             equivalent.                       
Levels not in a Group                                                   
369-S\27\..........................  608,940 kilograms.                 
863-S\28\..........................  8,490,533 numbers.                 
870................................  28,995,752 kilograms.              
------------------------------------------------------------------------


\1\Category 359-C: only HTS numbers 6103.42.2025, 6103.49.3034,         
 6104.62.1020, 6104.69.3010, 6114.20.0048, 6114.20.0052, 6203.42.2010,  
 6203.42.2090, 6204.62.2010, 6211.32.0010, 6211.32.0025 and             
 6211.42.0010.                                                          
\2\Category 359-V: only HTS numbers 6103.19.2030, 6103.19.4030,         
 6104.12.0040, 6104.19.2040, 6110.20.1022, 6110.20.1024, 6110.20.2030,  
 6110.20.2035, 6110.90.0044, 6110.90.0046, 6201.92.2010, 6202.92.2020,  
 6203.19.1030, 6203.19.4030, 6204.12.0040, 6204.19.3040, 6211.32.0070   
 and 6211.42.0070.                                                      
\3\Category 369-D: only HTS numbers 6302.60.0010, 6302.91.0005 and      
 6302.91.0045.                                                          
\4\Category 369-H: only HTS numbers 4202.22.4020, 4202.22.4500 and      
 4202.22.8030.                                                          
\5\Category 369-L: only HTS numbers 4202.12.4000, 4202.12.8020,         
 4202.12.8060, 4202.92.1500, 4202.92.3015 and 4202.92.6090.             
\6\Category 659-C: only HTS numbers 6103.23.0055, 6103.43.2020,         
 6103.43.2025, 6103.49.2000, 6103.49.3038, 6104.63.1020, 6104.63.1030,  
 6104.69.1000, 6104.69.3014, 6114.30.3044, 6114.30.3054, 6203.43.2010,  
 6203.43.2090, 6203.49.1010, 6203.49.1090, 6204.63.1510, 6204.69.1010,  
 6210.10.4015, 6211.33.0010, 6211.33.0017 and 6211.43.0010.             
\7\Category 659-H: only HTS numbers 6502.00.9030, 6504.00.9015,         
 6504.00.9060, 6505.90.5090, 6505.90.6090, 6505.90.7090 and             
 6505.90.8090.                                                          
\8\Category 659-S: only HTS numbers 6112.31.0010, 6112.31.0020,         
 6112.41.0010, 6112.41.0020, 6112.41.0030, 6112.41.0040, 6211.11.1010,  
 6211.11.1020, 6211.12.1010 and 6211.12.1020.                           
\9\Category 669-P: only HTS numbers 6305.31.0010, 6305.31.0020 and      
 6305.39.0000.                                                          
\10\Category 670-L: only HTS numbers 4202.12.8030, 4202.12.8070,        
 4202.92.3020, 4202.92.3030 and 4202.92.9025.                           
\11\Categories 338-S/339-S: all HTS numbers except 6109.10.0012,        
 6109.10.0014, 6109.10.0018, 6109.10.0023, 6109.10.0040, 6109.10.0045,  
 6109.10.0060 and 6109.10.0065.                                         
\12\Category 340-Z: only HTS numbers 6205.20.2015, 6205.20.2020,        
 6205.20.2050 and 6205.20.2060.                                         
\13\Category 341-Y: only HTS numbers 6204.22.3060, 6206.30.3010,        
 6206.30.3030 and 6211.42.0054.                                         
\14\Category 360-P: only HTS numbers 6302.21.1010, 6302.21.1020,        
 6302.21.2010, 6302.21.2020, 6302.31.1010, 6302.31.1020, 6302.31.2010   
 and 6302.31.2020.                                                      
\15\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.                                         
\16\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.                                                          
\17\Category 440-M: only HTS numbers 6203.21.0030, 6203.23.0030,        
 6205.10.1000, 6205.10.2010, 6205.10.2020, 6205.30.1510, 6205.30.1520,  
 6205.90.2020, 6205.90.4020 and 6211.31.0030.                           
\18\Category 651-B: only HTS numbers 6107.22.0015 and 6108.32.0015.     
\19\Category 359-O: all HTS numbers except 6103.42.2025, 6103.49.3034,  
 6104.62.1020, 6104.69.3010, 6114.20.0048, 6114.20.0052, 6203.42.2010,  
 6203.42.2090, 6204.62.2010, 6211.32.0010, 6211.32.0025, 6211.42.0010   
 (Category 359-C); 6103.19.2030, 6103.19.4030, 6104.12.0040,            
 6104.19.2040, 6110.20.1022, 6110.20.1024, 6110.20.2030, 6110.20.2035,  
 6110.90.0044, 6110.90.0046, 6201.92.2010, 6202.92.2020, 6203.19.1030,  
 6203.19.4030, 6204.12.0040, 6204.19.3040, 6211.32.0070 and 6211.42.0070
 (Category 359-V).                                                      
\20\Category 659-O: all HTS numbers except 6103.23.0055, 6103.43.2020,  
 6103.43.2025, 6103.49.2000, 6103.49.3038, 6104.63.1020, 6104.63.1030,  
 6104.69.1000, 6104.69.3014, 6114.30.3044, 6114.30.3054, 6203.43.2010,  
 6203.43.2090, 6203.49.1010, 6203.49.1090, 6204.63.1510, 6204.69.1010,  
 6210.10.4015, 6211.33.0010, 6211.33.0017, 6211.43.0010 (Category 659-  
 C); 6502.00.9030, 6504.00.9015, 6504.00.9060, 6505.90.5090,            
 6505.90.6090, 6505.90.7090, 6505.90.8090 (Category 659-H);             
 6112.31.0010, 6112.31.0020, 6112.41.0010, 6112.41.0020, 6112.41.0030,  
 6112.41.0040, 6211.11.1010, 6211.11.1020, 6211.12.1010 and 6211.12.1020
 (Category 659-S).                                                      
\21\Category 224-V: only HTS numbers 5801.21.0000, 5801.23.0000,        
 5801.24.0000, 5801.25.0010, 5801.25.0020, 5801.26.0010, 5801.26.0020,  
 5801.31.0000, 5801.33.0000, 5801.34.0000, 5801.35.0010, 5801.35.0020,  
 5801.36.0010 and 5801.36,0020.                                         
\22\Category 224-O: all HTS numbers except 5801.21.0000, 5801.23.0000,  
 5801.24.0000, 5801.25.0010, 5801.25.0020, 5801.26.0010, 5801.26.0020,  
 5801.31.0000, 5801.33.0000, 5801.34.0000, 5801.35.0010, 5801.35.0020,  
 5801.36.0010 and 5801.36,0020 (Category 224-V).                        
\23\Category 369-O: all HTS numbers except 6302.60.0010, 6302.91.0005,  
 6302.91.0045 (Category 369-D); 4202.22.4020, 4202.22.4500, 4202.22.8030
 (Category 369-H); 4202.12.4000, 4202.12.8020, 4202.12.8060,            
 4202.92.1500, 4202.92.3015, 4202.92.6090 (Category 369-L); and         
 6307.10.2005 (Category 369-S).                                         
\24\Category 604-O: all HTS numbers except 5509.32.0000 (Category 604-  
 A).                                                                    
\25\Category 669-O: all HTS numbers except 6305.31.0010, 6305.31.0020   
 and 6305.39.0000 (Category 669-P).                                     
\26\Category 670-O: only HTS numbers 4202.22.4030, 4202.22.8050 and     
 4202.32.9550.                                                          
\27\Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.                       
\28\Category 863-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2015.                       
                                                                        

    Imports charged to these category limits for the periods January 
1, 1994 through December 31, 1994, shall be charged against those 
levels of restraint to the extent of any unfilled balances. In the 
event the limits established for those periods have been exhausted 
by previous entries, such goods shall be subject to the levels set 
forth in this directive.
    The conversion factor for merged Categories 638/639 is 12.96 
(square meters equivalent/category unit).
    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. 94-31364 Filed 12-20-94; 8:45 am]
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