[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 102 (Friday, May 26, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27965-27966]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-12944]



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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 Macau

May 22, 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: May 31, 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. [[Page 27966]] 

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 
60 FR 17331, published on April 5, 1995.
    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 Uruguay Round Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round Agreement on 
Textiles and Clothing, but are designed to assist only in the 
implementation of certain of their provisions.
Rita D. Hayes,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
May 22, 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 March 30, 1995, 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 Macau and exported during the twelve-month period 
which began on January 1, 1995 and extends through December 31, 
1995.
    Effective on May 31, 1995, you are directed to amend the 
directive dated March 30, 1995 to reduce the limits for the 
following categories, as provided under the terms of the Uruguay 
Round Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and 
Clothing:

                                                                        
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              Category                  Adjusted twelve-month limit\1\  
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Levels in Group I                                                       
333/334/335/833/834/835............  215,907 dozen of which not more    
                                      than 119,802 dozen shall be in    
                                      Categories 333/335/833/835.       
336/836............................  52,948 dozen.                      
338................................  278,175 dozen.                     
339................................  1,158,109 dozen.                   
340................................  274,708 dozen.                     
347/348/847........................  654,440 dozen.                     
351/851............................  61,281 dozen.                      
359-V\2\...........................  101,813 kilograms.                 
647/648............................  483,764 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-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.                                                     

    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. 95-12944 Filed 5-25-95; 8:45 am]
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