[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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