[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 128 (Wednesday, July 5, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 34972]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-16461]
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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool and Man-Made
Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Taiwan
June 28, 1995.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).
ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs increasing
limits.
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EFFECTIVE DATE: July 5, 1995.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Aldrich, 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) 927-6719. 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 increased by
application of swing.
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
59 FR 66297, published on December 23, 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 bilateral agreement, 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
June 28, 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 December 19, 1994, 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 textiles and textile products,
produced or manufactured in Taiwan and exported during the twelve-
month period which began on January 1, 1995 and extends through
December 31, 1995.
Effective on July 5, 1995, you are directed to amend further the
December 19, 1994 directive to adjust the limits for the following
categories, as provided under the terms of the current bilateral
textile agreement concerning textile products from Taiwan:
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Category Twelve-month limit\1\
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Within Group I Subgroup
604................................ 228,576 kilograms.
Sublevels in Group II
347/348............................ 1,294,577 dozen of which not more
than 1,128,827 dozen shall be in
Categories 347-W/348-W\2\.
435................................ 25,597 dozen.
443................................ 43,054 numbers.
444................................ 61,317 numbers.
445/446............................ 140,081 dozen.
633/634/635........................ 1,645,547 dozen of which not more
than 945,237 dozen shall be in
Categories 633/634 and not more
than 858,578 dozen shall be in
Category 635.
642................................ 831,532 dozen.
647/648............................ 5,571,721 dozen.
Within Group II Subgroup
447/448............................ 21,013 dozen.
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\1\The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports exported
after December 31, 1994.
\2\Category 347-W: only HTS numbers 6203.19.1020, 6203.19.9020,
6203.22.3020, 6203.22.3030, 6203.42.4005, 6203.42.4010, 6203.42.4015,
6203.42.4025, 6203.42.4035, 6203.42.4045, 6203.42.4050, 6203.42.4060,
6203.49.8020, 6210.40.9033, 6211.20.1520, 6211.20.3810 and
6211.32.0040; Category 348-W: only HTS numbers 6204.12.0030,
6204.19.8030, 6204.22.3040, 6204.22.3050, 6204.29.4034, 6204.62.3000,
6204.62.4005, 6204.62.4010, 6204.62.4020, 6204.62.4030, 6204.62.4040,
6204.62.4050, 6204.62.4055, 6204.62.4065, 6204.69.6010, 6204.69.9010,
6210.50.9060, 6211.20.1550, 6211.20.6810, 6211.42.0030 and
6217.90.9050.
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. 95-16461 Filed 7-3-95; 8:45 am]
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