[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 62 (Friday, March 31, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 16624]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-7895]



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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton and 
Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Qatar

March 27, 1995.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

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

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EFFECTIVE DATE: April 4, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Tallarico, 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 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) dated June 28, 1994 between 
the Governments of the United States and the State of Qatar establishes 
limits for the period beginning on January 1, 1995 and extending 
through December 31, 1995.
    These limits will be subject to revision pursuant to the Uruguay 
Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC) on the date that Qatar 
becomes a member of the World Trade Organization, the restraint limits 
will be modified in accordance with the ATC.
    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 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
March 27, 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); pursuant to 
the Memorandum of Understanding dated June 28, 1994 between the 
Governments of the United States and the State of Qatar; and in 
accordance with the provisions of Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 
1972, as amended, you are directed to prohibit, effective on April 
4, 1995, entry into the United States for consumption and withdrawal 
from warehouse for consumption of cotton and man-made fiber textile 
products in the following categories, produced or manufactured in 
the State of Qatar and exported during the 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                        Restraint limit\1\        
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340/640............................  344,500 dozen.                     
341/641............................  159,000 dozen.                     
347/348............................  392,200 dozen.                     
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\1\The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports exported
  after December 31, 1994.                                              

    Imports charged to these category limits for the period 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 that period have been exhausted by 
previous entries, such goods shall be subject to the levels set 
forth in this directive.
    Should Qatar become a member of the World Trade Organization 
(WTO), the limits set forth above will be subject to adjustment in 
the future pursuant to the provisions of the Uruguay Round Agreement 
on Textiles and Clothing and any administrative arrangement notified 
to the Textiles Monitoring Body.
    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. 95-7895 Filed 3-30-95; 8:45 am]
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