[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 137 (Tuesday, July 18, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36785-36786]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-17631]



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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Amendment and Adjustment of Import Restraint Limits for Certain 
Cotton, Wool and Man-Made Fiber Textiles and Textile Products Produced 
or Manufactured in the Arab Republic of Egypt

July 12, 1995.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs amending and 
adjusting limits.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: July 13, 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) 927-6717. 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).

    Since the Arab Republic of Egypt is now a member of the World Trade 
Organization, pursuant to the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and 
Clothing (ATC) and the Uruguay Round Agreements Act, the limits agreed 
upon by the Governments of the United States and the Arab Republic of 
Egypt, as notified to the Uruguay Round Textiles Monitoring Body (TMB), 
are being amended to establish limits for the period beginning on 
January 1, 1995 and extending through December 31, 1995. Pursuant to 
the ATC, these limits supersede those notified to the TMB contained in 
the Bilateral Textile Agreement of March 7 and May 4, 1995, between the 
Governments of the United States and the Arab Republic of Egypt.
    The limit for Categories 340/640 was previously adjusted for 
carryforward used during 1994. The current amended limit for Category 
448 is being increased for swing and carryforward. The limit for 
Category 224 in the Fabric Group is being reduced to account for the 
swing being applied.
    A description of the textile and apparel categories in terms of HTS 


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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).
    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 ATC, 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
July 12, 1995.

Commissioner of Customs,
Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.

    Dear Commissioner: Pursuant to section 204 of the Agricultural 
Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1854), the Uruguay Round 
Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and 
Clothing (ATC); and in accordance with the provisions of Executive 
Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as amended, you are directed to 
prohibit, effective on July 13, 1995, entry into the United States 
for consumption and withdrawal from warehouse for consumption of 
cotton, wool, and man-made fiber textiles and textile products in 
the following categories, produced or manufactured in the Arab 
Republic of Egypt and exported during the twelve-month period 
beginning on January 1, 1995 and extending through December 31, 
1995, in excess of the following limits. These limits supersede 
those contained in the Bilateral Textile Agreement of March 7 and 
May 4, 1995 between the Governments of the United States and the 
Arab Republic of Egypt.

                                                                        
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              Category                 Twelve-month restraint limit \1\ 
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Fabric Group                                                            
218-220, 224-227, 313-317 and 326,   84,407,961 square meters.          
 as a group.                                                            
218................................  2,508,000 square meters.           
219................................  19,863,202 square meters.          
220................................  19,863,202 square meters.          
224................................  19,846,657 square meters.          
225................................  19,863,202 square meters.          
226................................  19,863,202 square meters.          
227................................  19,863,202 square meters.          
313................................  36,474,532 square meters.          
314................................  19,863,202 square meters.          
315................................  23,325,537 square meters.          
317................................  19,863,202 square meters.          
326................................  2,508,000 square meters.           
369-S \5\..........................  254,782 kilograms.                 
Levels not in a Group                                                   
300/301............................  7,796,723 kilograms of which not   
                                      more than 2,445,327 kilograms     
                                      shall be in Category 301.         
369-S \2\..........................  1,184,317 kilograms.               
338/339............................  2,257,500 dozen.                   
340/640............................  883,050 dozen.                     
448................................  20,593 dozen.                      
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports        
  exported after April 18, 1995.                                        
\2\ Category 369-S: Only HTS number 6307.10.2005.                       

    In carrying out the above directions, the Commissioner of 
Customs should construe entry into the United States for consumption 
to include entry for consumption into the Commonwealth of Puerto 
Rico.
    The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has 
determined that these actions fall within the foreign affairs 
exception of 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. 95-17631 Filed 7-17-95; 8:45 am]
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