[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 65 (Wednesday, April 5, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17331-17332]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-8285]



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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool, 
Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textiles and 
Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Macau

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: Helen L. LeGrande, 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) 927-6709. 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 Macau, 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. Pursuant to the ATC, these limits 
supersede those notified to the TMB and contained in the Bilateral 
Cotton, Wool, Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber 
Textile Agreement, effected by exchange of notes dated March 29, 1994 
and May 21, 1994, between the Governments of the United States and 
Macau.
    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: Effective on April 10, 1995, you are directed 
to no longer count imports of textile products in Categories 237, 
331/831, 631, 652/852, 670 and 845/846, produced or manufactured in 
Macau and exported during the period January 1, 1995 through 
December 31, 1995 (see directive dated December 12, 1994).
    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, wool, man-made 
fiber, silk blend and other vegetable fiber textiles and textile 
products in the following categories, produced or manufactured in 
Macau 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 Bilateral Cotton, Wool, Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other 
Vegetable Fiber Textile Agreement, effected by exchange of notes 
dated December 28, 1993 and January 9, 1984, as amended and 
extended, between the Governments of the United States and Macau.

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              Category                 Twelve-month restraint limit\1\  
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Levels in Group I                                                       
219................................  2,520,000 square meters.           
225................................  8,820,000 square meters.           
313................................  6,300,000 square meters.           
314................................  1,050,000 square meters.           
315................................  3,150,000 square meters.           
317................................  6,300,000 square meters.           
326................................  2,520,000 square meters.           
333/334/335/833/834/835............  227,432 dozen of which not more    
                                      than 119,802 dozen shall be in    
                                      Categories 333/335/833/835.       
336/836............................  53,906 dozen.                      
338................................  292,781 dozen.                     
339................................  1,226,359 dozen.                   
340................................  277,118 dozen.                     
341................................  178,735 dozen.                     
342................................  80,859 dozen.                      
345................................  49,443 dozen.                      
347/348/847........................  693,007 dozen.                     
350/850............................  53,906 dozen.                      
351/851............................  64,688 dozen.                      
359-C/659-C\2\.....................  323,438 kilograms.                 
359-V\3\...........................  107,813 kilograms.                 
611................................  2,520,000 square meters.           
625/626/627/628/629................  6,300,000 square meters.           
633/634/635........................  481,605 dozen.                     
638/639/838........................  1,499,730 dozen.                   
640................................  106,632 dozen.                     
641/840............................  183,273 dozen.                     
642/842............................  106,776 dozen.                     
645/646............................  249,956 dozen.                     
647/648............................  504,237 dozen.                     
659-S\4\...........................  107,813 kilograms.                 
Group II                                                                
400-469, as a group................  1,466,122 square meters equivalent.
Sublevel in Group II...............                                     
445/446............................  79,041 dozen.                      
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\1\The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports exported
  after December 31, 1994.                                              
\2\Category 359-C: only HTS numbers 6103.42.2025, 6103.49.8034,         
  6104.62.1020, 6104.69.8010, 6114.20.0048, 6114.20.0052, 6203.42.2010, 
  6203.42.2090, 6204.62.2010, 6211.32.0010, 6211.32.0025 and            
  6211.42.0010; Category 659-C: only HTS numbers 6103.23.0055,          
  6103.43.2020, 6103.43.2025, 6103.49.2000, 6103.49.8038, 6104.63.1020, 
  6104.63.1030, 6104.69.1000, 6104.69.8014, 6114.30.3044, 6114.30.3054, 
  6203.43.2010, 6203.43.2090, 6203.49.1010, 6203.49.1090, 6204.63.1510, 
  6204.69.1010, 6210.10.9010, 6211.33.0010, 6211.33.0017 and            
  6211.43.0010.                                                         
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\3\Category 359-V: only HTS numbers 6103.19.2030, 6103.19.9030,         
  6104.12.0040, 6104.19.8040, 6110.20.1022, 6110.20.1024, 6110.20.2030, 
  6110.20.2035, 6110.90.9044, 6110.90.9046, 6201.92.2010, 6202.92.2020, 
  6203.19.1030, 6203.19.9030, 6204.12.0040, 6204.19.8040, 6211.32.0070  
  and 6211.42.0070.                                                     
\4\Category 659-S: only HTS numbers 6112.31.0010, 6112.31.0020,         
  6112.41.0010, 6112.41.0020, 6112.41.0030, 6112.41.0040, 6211.11.1010, 
  6211.11.1020, 6211.12.1010 and 6211.12.1020.                          

    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.
    The limits set forth above are subject to adjustment in the 
future pursuant to the ATC and any administrative arrangements 
notified to the Textiles Monitoring Body.
    The conversion factor (square meters equivalent/category unit) 
for Categories 445/446 is 12.4.
    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. 95-8285 Filed 4-4-95; 8:45 am]
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