[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 65 (Wednesday, April 5, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17330-17331]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-8283]



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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 Kuwait

March 30, 1995.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

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

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EFFECTIVE DATE: April 10, 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).

    Pursuant to the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing 
(ATC) and the Uruguay Round Agreements Act, the limits agreed upon by 
the Governments of the United States and the State of Kuwait, as 
notified to the Uruguay Round Textiles Monitoring Body (TMB), are being 
amended to establish limits for the period beginning on January 1, 1995 
and extending through December 31, 1995. The limit for Category 361 is 
zero. Pursuant to the ATC, these limits supersede those notified to the 
TMB contained in the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) dated May 10, 
1994 between the Governments of the United States and the State of 
Kuwait.
    A directive to reduce the limits for certain categories for 
carryforward used during 1994 will be published in the Federal Register 
at a later date.
    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 ATC, 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 30, 1995.

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

    Dear Commissioner: Pursuant to section 204 of the Agricultural 
Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1854), the Uruguay Round 
Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and 
Clothing (ATC); and in accordance with the provisions of Executive 
Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as amended, you are directed to 
prohibit, effective on April 10, 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 Kuwait and exported during 
the twelve-month period beginning on January 1, 1995 and extending 
through December 31, 1995, in excess of the following limits. These 
limits supersede those contained in the Memorandum of Understanding 
dated May 10, 1994 between the Governments of the United States and 
the State of Kuwait.

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              Category                 Twelve-month restraint limit\1\  
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340/640............................  215,000 dozen.                     
341/641............................  118,250 dozen.                     
361................................  --0--                              
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\1\The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports exported
  after December 31, 1994.                                              

    [[Page 17331]] Imports charged to these category limits for the 
period June 1, 1994 through December 31, 1994 shall be charged to 
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.
    The limits set forth above are subject to adjustment in the 
future pursuant to the provisions of ATC and any administrative 
arrangements 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. 95-8283 Filed 4-4-95; 8:45 am]
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