[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 65 (Wednesday, April 5, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17321-17322]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-8296]
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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
Announcement of Import Restraint Limits and Guaranteed Access
Levels for Certain Cotton, Wool and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products
Produced or Manufactured in the Dominican Republic
March 30, 1995.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).
ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs establishing
limits and guaranteed access levels.
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EFFECTIVE DATE: April 14, 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 Dominican Republic, as
notified to the Uruguay Round Textiles Monitoring Body (TMB), are being
amended for the period beginning on January 1, 1995 and extending
through December 31, 1995. Pursuant to the ATC, these new limits
supersede those notified to the TMB contained in the Memorandum of
Understanding (MOU) dated November 15, 1994, between the Governments of
the United States and the Dominican Republic.
In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the
Commissioner of Customs to establish the limits and guaranteed access
levels for 1995. The limit for Category 448 has been reduced for
carryforward used during 1994.
A description of the textile and apparel categories in terms of HTS
[[Page 17322]] 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).
Requirements for participation in the Special Access Program are
available in Federal Register notices 51 FR 21208, published on June
11, 1986; 52 FR 6594, published on March 4, 1987; 52 FR 26057,
published on July 10, 1987; and 54 FR 50425, published on December 6,
1989.
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 14, 1995, entry into the United States
for consumption and withdrawal from warehouse for consumption of
cotton, wool and man-made fiber textile products in the following
categories, produced or manufactured in the Dominican Republic and
exported during the 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 (MOU) dated November 15, 1994, between the Governments
of the United States and the Dominican Republic.
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Category Restraint limit
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338/638............................ 686,208 dozen.
339/639............................ 816,588 dozen.
340/640............................ 706,414 dozen.
342/642............................ 497,120 dozen.
347/348/647/648.................... 1,691,018 dozen of which not more
than 893,366 shall be in
Categories 647/648.
351/651............................ 846,870 dozen.
433................................ 20,875 dozen.
442................................ 70,875 dozen.
443................................ 129,666 numbers.
444................................ 70,875 numbers.
448................................ 32,185 dozen.
633................................ 103,652 dozen.
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Imports charged to these category limits for the periods January
1, 1994 through December 31, 1994 and December 1, 1994 through
December 31, 1994 (Categories 442 and 444) 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.
Additionally, pursuant to the Uruguay Round Agreements Act and
the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC), and
under the terms of the Special Access Program, as set forth in 51 FR
21208 (June 11, 1986), 52 FR 26057 (July 10, 1987) and 54 FR 50425
(December 6, 1989), effective on April 14, 1995, guaranteed access
levels are being established for properly certified textile products
assembled in the Dominican Republic from fabric formed and cut in
the United States in cotton, wool and man-made fiber textile
products in the following categories for the period January 1, 1995
through December 31, 1995:
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Category Guaranteed access level
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338/638............................ 1,150,000 dozen.
339/639............................ 1,150,000 dozen.
340/640............................ 1,000,000 dozen.
342/642............................ 1,000,000 dozen.
347/348/647/648.................... 8,050,000 dozen.
351/651............................ 1,000,000 dozen.
433................................ 21,000 dozen.
442................................ 65,000 dozen.
443................................ 50,000 numbers.
444................................ 30,000 numbers.
448................................ 40,000 dozen.
633................................ 60,000 dozen.
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Any shipment for entry under the Special Access Program which is
not accompanied by a valid and correct certification and Export
Declaration in accordance with the provisions of the certification
requirements established in the directive of February 25, 1987, as
amended, shall be denied entry unless the Government of the
Dominican Republic authorizes the entry and any charges to the
appropriate specific limits. Any shipment which is declared for
entry under the Special Access Program but found not to qualify
shall be denied entry into the United States.
The limits set forth above are subject to adjustment in the
future pursuant to the provisions of the 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. 95-8296 Filed 4-4-95; 8:45 am]
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