[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 105 (Thursday, June 1, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 28579]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-13346]



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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber 
Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in India

May 25, 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: June 2, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janet Heinzen, 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) 927-6705. 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 during the previous year.
    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 62645, published on December 20, 1994). Also see 
60 FR 8344, published on February 14, 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 25, 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 February 9, 1995, by the Chairman, 
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That 
directive concerns imports of certain cotton, man-made fiber, silk 
blend and other vegetable fiber textiles and textile products, 
produced or manufactured in India and exported during the twelve-
month period which began on January 1, 1995 and extends through 
December 31, 1995.
    Effective on June 2, 1995, you are directed to amend the 
directive dated February 9, 1995 to reduce the 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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Levels in Group I                                                       
218................................  10,665,700 square meters.          
313................................  28,158,481 square meters.          
315................................  10,056,171 square meters.          
317................................  32,551,200 square meters.          
336/636............................  691,862 dozen.                     
340/640............................  1,627,927 dozen.                   
363................................  32,796,479 numbers.                
369-S \2\..........................  544,505 kilograms.                 
647/648............................  652,273 dozen.                     
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports        
  exported after December 31, 1994.                                     
\2\ Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.                       

    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. 95-13346 Filed 5-31-95; 8:45 am]
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