[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 102 (Friday, May 26, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27966-27967]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-12947]



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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool, Man-Made 
Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textile Products Produced 
or Manufactured in Thailand

May 22, 1995.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

[[Page 27967]] ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of 
Customs reducing limits.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: May 31, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ross Arnold, 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) 927-6717. 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 current limits for certain categories are being reduced for 
carryforward used in 1994. There may be further reductions later this 
year, if additional amounts of carryforward are used.
    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 17337, 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 Thailand 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 reduce the 
current limits for the following categories, as provided under 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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In Group I                                                              
200................................  901,837 kilograms.                 
315................................  25,057,222 square meters.          
604................................  562,665 kilograms of which not more
                                      than 382,173 kilograms shall be in
                                      Category 604-A\2\.                
619................................  5,411,024 square meters.           
Group II                                                                
237, 330-359, 431-459, 630-659 and   231,664,280 square meters          
 831-859, as a group.                 equivalent.                       
Sublevels in Group II                                                   
334/634............................  478,949 dozen.                     
335/635/835........................  391,886 dozen.                     
336/636............................  245,815 dozen.                     
338/339............................  1,560,228 dozen.                   
351/651............................  180,367 dozen.                     
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\1\The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports exported
  after December 31, 1994.                                              
\2\Category 604-A: only HTS number 5509.32.0000.                        

    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. 95-12947 Filed 5-25-95; 8:45 am]
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