[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 58 (Monday, March 27, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15749-15750]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-7423]



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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


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

March 21, 1995.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs reducing 
limits.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: March 28, 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 current limits for certain categories are being reduced for 
carryforward used during 1994.
    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). Also see 
59 FR 65760, published on December 21, 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 Memorandum of Understanding dated January 17, 1994, 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
March 21, 1995.

Commissioner of Customs,
Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.

    Dear Commissioner: This directive amends, but does not cancel, 
the directive issued to you on December 16, 1994, by the Chairman, 
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That 
directive concerns imports of certain cotton, wool, man-made fiber, 
silk blend and other vegetable fiber textile products, produced or 
manufactured in the People's Republic of China and exported during 
the twelve-month period which began on January 1, 1995 and extends 
through December 31, 1995.
    Effective on March 28, 1995, you are directed to amend the 
directive dated December 16, 1994 to reduce the limits for the 
following categories, as provided under the terms of the Memorandum 
of Understanding dated January 17, 1994 between the Governments of 
the United States and the People's Republic of China:

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              Category                  Adjusted twelve-month limit\1\  
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Sublevels in Group I                                                    
340................................  786,355 dozen of which not more    
                                      than 405,245 dozen shall be in    
                                      Category 340-Z.\2\                
617................................  15,431,268 square meters.          
634................................  553,806 dozen.                     
636................................  505,085 dozen.                     
638/639............................  2,272,199 dozen.                   
643................................  463,884 numbers.                   
670-L\3\...........................  14,276,734 kilograms.              
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870................................  27,553,177 kilograms.              
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\1\The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports exported
  after December 31, 1994.                                              
\2\Category 340-Z: only HTS numbers 6205.20.2015, 6205.20.2020,         
  6205.20.2050 and 6205.20.2060.                                        
\3\Category 670-L: only HTS numbers 4202.12.8030, 4202.12.8070,         
  4202.92.3020, 4202.92.3030 and 4202.92.9025.                          

  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. 95-7423 Filed 3-24-95; 8:45 am]
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