[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 154 (Thursday, August 10, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 40825]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-19757]



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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Recision of a Request to Consult and a Limit on Certain Cotton 
and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in 
Thailand

August 4, 1995.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Announcing the recission of a request to consult and issuing a 
directive to the Commissioner of Customs cancelling a limit.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: August 11, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ross Arnold, International Trade 
Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, (202) 482-4212.

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 United States Government has decided to rescind the request 
made on March 29, 1995 to consult on imports of cotton and man-made 
fiber underwear in Categories 352/652 from Thailand.
    In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the 
Commissioner of Customs to cancel the limit established for Categories 
352/652 for the period March 29, 1995 through December 31, 1995.
    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 32656, published on June 23, 1995.
Rita D. Hayes,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
August 4, 1995.

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

    Dear Commissioner: This directive cancels and supersedes the 
directive issued to you on June 26, 1995, by the Chairman, Committee 
for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That directive 
concerns imports of cotton and man-made fiber textile products in 
Categories 352/652, produced or manufactured in Thailand and 
exported during the period which began on March 29, 1995 and extends 
through December 31, 1995. All import charges shall be retained.
    Effective on August 11, 1995, you are directed to cancel the 
limit established for Categories 352/652 for the period March 29, 
1995 through December 31, 1995. For administrative purposes, 
individual Categories 352 and 652 shall remain subject to the Group 
II limit established in the directive dated March 30, 1995 for the 
period beginning on January 1, 1995 and extending through December 
31, 1995.
    The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has 
determined that this action falls 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.95-19757 Filed 8-9-95; 8:45 am]
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