[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 141 (Monday, July 24, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37880-37881]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-18082]



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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Establishment of an Import Limit for Certain Wool Products 
Produced or Manufactured in Hong Kong

July 18, 1995.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).


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ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs establishing 
a limit.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: July 25, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anne Novak, 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) 927-5850. For information on 
embargoes and quota re-openings, call (202) 482-3715. For information 
on categories on which consultations have been requested, call (202) 
482-3740.

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).

    A notice published in the Federal Register on May 23, 1995 (60 FR 
27274) announces that if no solution is agreed upon in consultations 
between the Governments of the United States and Hong Kong on Category 
440 the Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements may 
establish a limit at a level of not less than 5,428 dozen for the 
twelve-month period beginning on April 27, 1995 and extending through 
April 26, 1996.
    Inasmuch as no agreement was reached during the consultation period 
on a mutually satisfactory solution, the United States Government has 
decided to control imports in Category 440 for the period beginning on 
April 27, 1995 and extending through Decmeber 31, 1995 at a level of 
3,688 dozen. Category 440 shall remain subject to the Group II Limit.
    This action is taken in accordance with the Uruguay Round Agreement 
on Textiles and Clothing and the Uruguay Round Agreements Act.
    The United States remains committed to finding a solution 
concerning Category 440. Should such a solution be reached in 
consultations with the Government of Hong Kong, further notice will be 
published in the Federal Register.
    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).
Rita D. Hayes,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
July 18, 1995.

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

    Dear Commissioner: Under the terms of 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; and in accordance with the provisions of Executive Order 
11651 of March 30, 1972, as amended, you are directed to prohibit, 
effective on July 25, 1995, entry into the United States for 
consumption and withdrawal from warehouse for consumption of wool 
textile products in Category 440, produced or manufactured in Hong 
Kong and exported during the period beginning on April 27, 1995 and 
extending through December 31, 1995, in excess of 3,688 dozen \1\.

    \1\ The limit has not been adjusted to account for any imports 
exported after April 26, 1995.
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    Category 440 shall remain subject to the Group II limit 
established in directives dated March 30 and May 22, 1995 for the 
period beginning on January 1, 1995 and extending through December 
31, 1995.
    Textile products in Category 440 which have been exported to the 
United States prior to April 27, 1995 shall not be subject to the 
limit established in this directive.
    Import charges will be provided at a later date.
    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. 95-18082 Filed 7-21-95; 8:45 am]
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