[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 154 (Thursday, August 10, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40824-40825]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-19758]



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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Transshipment Charges for Certain Cotton Textile Products 
Produced or Manufactured in Pakistan

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

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs charging 
illegal transshipments to a 1995 limit.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: August 11, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anne Novak, 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).

    Based on investigations conducted by the Government of the United 
States, CITA has determined that cotton sheets in Category 361 were 
transshipped in circumvention of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act and 
the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing.
    The United States Government requested consultations in writing 
with the Government of Pakistan on February 7, 1995. The U.S. 
Government and the Government of Pakistan met on March 28 and 29, 1995 
and July 11 and 12, 1995, in Washington to discuss the charges. The 
U.S. Government provided the Government of Pakistan with sufficient 
evidence of transshipment during these meetings. The U.S. Government 
informed the Government of Pakistan of the charges to be made to the 
1995 quota for Category 361. Accordingly, since a mutually satisfactory 
agreement was not reached, in the letter published below the Chairman 
of CITA directs the Commissioner of Customs to charge 691,082 numbers 
to the 1995 quota level for Category 361.
    U.S. Customs continues to conduct other investigations of such 
transshipments of textiles produced in Pakistan and exported to the 
United States. The charges resulting from these investigations will be 
published in the Federal Register.
    The U.S. Government is taking this action pursuant to the Uruguay 
Round Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and 
Clothing.
    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 9014, published on February 16, 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: To facilitate implementation of the Uruguay 
Round Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and 
Clothing, I request that, effective on August 11, 1995, you charge 
691,082 numbers to the limit established in the directive dated 
February 13, 1995 for textile products in Category 361, produced or 
manufactured in Pakistan and exported during the period beginning on 
January 1, 1995 and extending through December 31, 1995.
    This letter will be published in the Federal Register.

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    Sincerely,
Rita D. Hayes,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
[FR Doc. 95-19758 Filed 8-9-95; 8:45 am]
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