[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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