[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 157 (Tuesday, August 15, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 42148]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-20092]



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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber 
Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Pakistan

August 9, 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: August 16, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anne Novak, 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) 927-6714. 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 swing, special shift and carryforward.
    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.
    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 
implementation of certain of their provisions.
Rita D. Hayes,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
August 9, 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 February 13, 1995, by the Chairman, 
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That 
directive concerns imports of certain cotton and man-made fiber 
textile products, produced or manufactured in Pakistan and exported 
during the twelve-month period beginning on January 1, 1995 and 
extending through December 31, 1995.
    Effective on August 16, 1995, you are directed to adjust the 
limits for the following categories, pursuant to 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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237................................  166,573 dozen.                     
239................................  1,043,292 kilograms.               
315................................  68,937,690 square meters.          
317/617............................  22,289,745 square meters.          
331/631............................  2,217,445 dozen pairs.             
334/634............................  232,140 dozen.                     
335/635............................  315,483 dozen.                     
336/636............................  397,355 dozen.                     
338................................  5,020,012 dozen.                   
339................................  1,125,569 dozen.                   
340/640............................  529,806 dozen of which not more    
                                      than 185,680 dozen shall be in    
                                      dress shirts in Categories 340-D/ 
                                      640-D \2\.                        
347/348............................  781,754 dozen.                     
352/652............................  662,258 dozen.                     
359-C/659-C \3\....................  562,594 kilograms.                 
363................................  40,619,515 numbers.                
369-F/369-P \4\....................  1,986,775 kilograms.               
369-R \5\..........................  9,271,615 kilograms.               
613/614............................  11,872,889 square meters.          
638/639............................  196,829 dozen.                     
647/648............................  538,508 dozen.                     
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports        
  exported after December 31, 1994.                                     
\2\ Category 340-D: only HTS numbers 6205.20.2015, 6205.20.2020,        
  6205.20.2025 and 6205.20.2030; Category 640-D: only HTS numbers       
  6205.30.2010, 6205.30.2020, 6205.30.2030, 6205.30.2040, 6205.90.3030  
  and 6205.90.4030.                                                     
\3\ Category 359-C: only HTS numbers 6103.42.2025, 6103.49.8034,        
  6104.62.1020, 6104.69.8010, 6114.20.0048, 6114.20.0052, 6203.42.2010, 
  6203.42.2090, 6204.62.2010, 6211.32.0010, 6211.32.0025 and            
  6211.42.0010; Category 659-C: only HTS numbers 6103.23.0055,          
  6103.43.2020, 6103.43.2025, 6103.49.2000, 6103.49.8038, 6104.63.1020, 
  6104.63.1030, 6104.69.1000, 6104.69.8014, 6114.30.3044, 6114.30.3054, 
  6203.43.2010, 6203.43.2090, 6203.49.1010, 6203.49.1090, 6204.63.1510, 
  6204.69.1010, 6210.10.9010, 6211.33.0010, 6211.33.0017 and            
  6211.43.0010; Category 369-P: only HTS numbers 6302.60.0010 and       
  6302.91.0005.                                                         
\4\ Category 369-F: only HTS number 6302.91.0045;                       
\5\ Category 369-R: only HTS number 6307.10.2020.                       

    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. 95-20092 Filed 8-14-95; 8:45 am]
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