[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 128 (Wednesday, July 5, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 34971]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-16463]



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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton and Wool Textile 
Products Produced or Manufactured in the Republic of Korea

June 28, 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: July 5, 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) 927-6707. 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 Categories 338/339 and 435 are being reduced 
for carryforward used in 1994. Additional deductions may be made later 
in the year if import data show that more carryforward has been 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 17328, 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
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 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 the Republic of Korea 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 the 
directive dated March 30, 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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Sublevels within Group II                                               
338/339............................  1,118,980 dozen.                   
435................................  33,290 dozen.                      
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\1\The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports exported
  after December 31, 1994.                                              

    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. 95-16463 Filed 7-3-95; 8:45 am]
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