[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 144 (Thursday, July 27, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38550-38551]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-18401]
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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 Indonesia
July 21, 1995.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).
ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs adjusting
limits.
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EFFECTIVE DATE: July 28, 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) 927-6704. 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 adjusted,
variously, for 5 percent allowance for traditional folklore products,
swing and special shift.
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 17325, 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
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implementation of certain of their provisions.
Rita D. Hayes,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
July 21, 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 textiles and textile products,
produced or manufactured in Indonesia and exported during the
twelve-month period which began on January 1, 1995 and extends
through December 31, 1995.
Effective on July 28, 1995, you are directed to amend the
directive dated March 30, 1995 to adjust 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:
219.......... 5,867,479 square meters.
313.......... 13,555,344 square meters.
314.......... 47,250,253 square meters.
317/617/326.. 20,560,336 square meters of which not more than 3,083,244
square meters shall be in Category 326.
331/631...... 1,545,003 dozen pairs.
334/335...... 184,373 dozen.
336/636...... 535,173 dozen.
338/339...... 1,204,271 dozen.
340/640...... 1,274,789 dozen.
341.......... 801,497 dozen.
342/642...... 306,544 dozen.
345.......... 289,589 dozen.
347/348...... 1,567,173 dozen.
350/650...... 102,870 dozen.
351/651...... 452,074 dozen.
445/446...... 40,045 dozen.
448.......... 15,232 dozen.
604-A \2\.... 457,538 kilograms.
618.......... 2,369,516 square meters.
625/626/627/ 19,881,056 square meters.
628/629.
634/635...... 245,236 dozen.
638/639...... 1,294,594 dozen.
641.......... 1,834,440 dozen.
644.......... 313,765 numbers.
647/648...... 2,723,165 dozen.
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports
exported after December 31, 1994.
\2\ Category 604-A: only HTS number 5509.32.0000.
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.95-18401 Filed 7-26-95; 8:45 am]
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