[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 150 (Friday, August 4, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39943-39944]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-19267]



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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Settlement on an Import Limit and Amendment of Visa Requirements 
for Certain Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in 
Sri Lanka

July 31, 1995.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs establishing 
a limit and amending visa requirements.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: August 7, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Helen L. LeGrande, International Trade 
Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, (202) 482-4212. For information on the quota status of this 
limit, 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.

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).

    In a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) dated June 23, 1995, the 
Governments of the United States and the Democratic Socialist Republic 
of Sri Lanka agreed, pursuant to Article 6 of the Uruguay Round 
Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC), to establish a limit for man-
made fiber luggage in Category 670-L for a three year term--June 23, 
1995 through December 31, 1995; January 1, 1996 through December 31, 
1996; January 1, 1997 through December 31, 1997; and January 1, 1998 
through June 22, 1998.
    In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the 
Commissioner of Customs to establish a limit for Category 670-L for the 
period beginning on June 23, 1995 and extending through December 31, 
1995. Also, the visa arrangement is being amended to require a part-
category visa for goods in Category 670-L and Category 670-O, produced 
or manufactured in Sri Lanka and exported from Sri Lanka on and after 
August 7, 1995. Goods in Category 670 which are exported during the 
period August 7, 1995 through September 6, 1995 shall be permitted 
entry if visaed as 670 or the correct part category. Goods exported on 
and after September 7, 1995 must be accompanied by a 670-L visa or a 
670-O visa.
    A description of the textile and apparel categories in terms of HTS 
numbers is available in the 

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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 53 FR 34573, published on 
September 7, 1988; 60 FR 13410, published on March 13, 1995; and 60 FR 
27276, published on May 23, 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 ATC, 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
July 31, 1995.

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

    Dear Commissioner: Effective on August 7, 1995, you are directed 
to cancel the directive issued to you on May 12, 1995, by the 
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements 
(CITA), directing you to count imports of textile products in 
Category 670-L \1\ for the period beginning on April 27, 1995 and 
extending through April 26, 1996.

    \1\ Category 670-L: only HTS numbers 4202.12.8030, 4202.12.8070, 
4202.92.3020, 4202.92.3030 and 4202.92.9025.
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    This directive amends, but does not cancel, the directive issued 
to you on March 7, 1995, by the Chairman of CITA. That directive 
concerns, among other things, imports of certain cotton, wool and 
man-made fiber textile products and silk blend and other vegetable 
fiber apparel, produced or manufactured in Sri Lanka and exported 
during the period which began on January 1, 1995 and extends through 
December 31, 1995.
    Effective on August 7, 1995, you are directed, pursuant to the 
Uruguay Round Agreements Act, the Uruguay Round Agreement on 
Textiles and Clothing (ATC), and a Memorandum of Understanding dated 
June 23, 1995 between the Governments of the United States and the 
Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, to establish a limit for 
man-made fiber textile products in Category 670-L for the period 
beginning on June 23, 1995 and extending through December 31, 1995 
at a level of 3,945,206 kilograms \2\.

    \2\ The limit has not been adjusted to account for any imports 
exported after June 22, 1995.
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    Textile products in Category 670-L which have been exported to 
the United States prior to June 23, 1995 shall not be subject to 
this directive.
    Textile products in Category 670-L which have been released from 
the custody of the U.S. Customs Service under the provisions of 19 
U.S.C. 1448(b) or 1484(a)(1) prior to the effective date of this 
directive shall not be denied entry under this directive.
    For visa purposes, you are directed to amend further the 
directive dated September 1, 1988 to require a part-category visa 
for 670-L and 670-O for goods produced or manufactured in Sri Lanka 
and exported from Sri Lanka on and after August 7, 1995. Goods in 
Category 670 which are exported from Sri Lanka during the period 
August 7, 1995 through September 6, 1995 may be visaed as Category 
670 or the correct part-category. Goods in Category 670 which are 
exported on and after September 7, 1995 must be visaed as Category 
670-L or Category 670-O.
    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 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. 95-19267 Filed 8-3-95; 8:45 am]
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