[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 158 (Wednesday, August 16, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 42547]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-20295]
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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
Adjustment of an Import Limit and Charges for Certain Cotton
Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the People's Republic of
China
August 11, 1995.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).
ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs adjusting a
limit and import charges.
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EFFECTIVE DATE: August 18, 1995.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Aldrich, International Trade
Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of
Commerce, (202) 482-4212. For information on the quota status of the
1995 limit, refer to the Quota Status Reports posted on the bulletin
boards of each Customs port or call (202) 927-6703. 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 1994 limit for Category 342 is being increased by application
of swing. Also, import charges for goods exported during 1994 are being
adjusted. As a result, the 1995 limit for Category 342, which is
currently filled, will re-open.
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
59 FR 3847, published on January 27, 1994; and 59 FR 65760, published
on December 21, 1994.
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 bilateral agreement, but are designed to assist only in the
implementation of certain of its provisions.
Rita D. Hayes,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
August 11, 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 January 24, 1994, 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 textile products, produced or
manufactured in the People's Republic of China and exported during
the twelve-month period which began on January 1, 1994 and extends
through December 31, 1994.
Effective on August 18, 1995, you are directed to amend further
the directive dated January 24, 1994 to increase the limit for
Category 342 to 271,586 dozen \1\, as provided under the terms of
the current bilateral textile agreement between the Governments of
the United States and the People's Republic of China.
\1\ The limit has not been adjusted to account for any imports
exported after December 31, 1993.
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You are directed to deduct 15,390 dozen, for goods exported
during 1994, from the charges made to the limit established in the
directive dated December 16, 1994 for textile products in Category
342, produced or manufactured in China and exported during 1995.
This same amount shall be charged to Category 342 for the period
January 1, 1994 through December 31, 1994.
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. 95-20295 Filed 8-15-95; 8:45 am]
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