[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 18 (Friday, January 27, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5371-5372]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-2102]



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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


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

January 24, 1995.
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: February 1, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ross Arnold, 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 Bilateral Textile Agreement of December 10, 1994 between the 
Governments of the United States and the People's Republic of 
Bangladesh establishes limits, pursuant to the Uruguay Round Agreement 
on Textiles and Clothing (URATC), for the period beginning on January 
1, 1995 and extending through December 31, 1995. The limits have been 
reduced to account for carryforward used and special carryforward used 
during 1994.
    A copy of the bilateral textile 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 59 FR 65531, published on December 20, 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 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
January 24, 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 
Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (URATC); pursuant 
to the Bilateral Textile Agreement of December 10, 1994 between the 
Governments of the United States and the People's Republic of 
Bangladesh; and in accordance with the provisions of Executive Order 
11651 of March 3, 1972, as amended, [[Page 5372]] you are directed 
to prohibit, effective on February 1, 1995, entry into the United 
States for consumption and withdrawal from warehouse for consumption 
of cotton, man-made fiber, silk blend and other vegetable fiber 
textiles and textile products in the following categories, produced 
or manufactured in Bangladesh 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:

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              Category                 Twelve-month restraint limit\1\  
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237................................  309,820 dozen.                     
331................................  784,917 dozen pairs.               
334................................  89,644 dozen.                      
335................................  169,709 dozen.                     
336/636............................  303,700 dozen.                     
338/339............................  879,784 dozen.                     
340/640............................  1,886,237 dozen.                   
341................................  1,562,576 dozen.                   
342/642............................  285,052 dozen.                     
347/348............................  1,482,791 dozen.                   
351/651............................  429,372 dozen.                     
352/652............................  8,007,120 dozen.                   
363................................  16,004,493 numbers.                
369-S\2\...........................  1,131,129 kilograms.               
634................................  313,625 dozen.                     
635................................  203,191 dozen.                     
638/639............................  1,115,728 dozen.                   
641................................  654,294 dozen.                     
645/646............................  262,016 dozen.                     
647/648............................  884,478 dozen.                     
847................................  469,625 dozen.                     
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\1\The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports exported
  after December 31, 1994.                                              
\2\Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.                        

    Imports charged to these category limits for the periods 
February 1, 1994 through December 31, 1994 and December 1, 1994 
through December 31, 1994 (Categories 352/652) 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 limits set forth above are subject to adjustment in the 
future pursuant to the provisions of the URATC and any 
administrative arrangements notified.
    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. 95-2102 Filed 1-26-95; 8:45 am]
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