[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 165 (Friday, August 25, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 44318]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-21213]



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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool, Man-Made 
Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textile Products Produced 
or Manufactured in Bahrain

August 21, 1995.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs increasing 
limits.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: August 28, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janet Heinzen, 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) 927-5850. 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).

    The current limits for certain categories are being increased for 
carryover.
    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 17317, published on April 5, 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 21, 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 March 30, 1995, 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 Bahrain and exported during the twelve-month period 
which began on January 1, 1995 and extends through December 31, 
1995.
    Effective on August 28, 1995, you are directed to increase the 
limits for the following categories, as provided under 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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Group I                                                                 
237, 239, 330-336, 338, 339, 340-    37,945,350 square meters           
 342, 345, 347, 348-354, 359, 431-    equivalent.                       
 436, 438-440, 442-448, 459, 630-                                       
 636, 638, 639, 640-647, 648, 649,                                      
 650-654, 659, 831-836, 838, 839,                                       
 840, 842-847, 850-852, 858 and                                         
 859, as a group.                                                       
Sublevels in Group I                                                    
338/339............................  484,131 dozen.                     
340/640............................  252,969 dozen of which not more    
                                      than 189,727 dozen shall be in    
                                      Categories 340-Y/640-Y \2\.       
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports        
  exported after December 31, 1994.                                     
\2\ Category 340-Y: only HTS numbers 6205.20.2015, 6205.20.2020,        
  6205.20.2046, 6205.20.2050 and 6205.20.2060; Category 640-Y: only HTS 
  numbers 6205.30.2010, 6205.30.2020, 6205.30.2050 and 6205.30.2060.    

    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. 95-21213 Filed 8-25-95; 8:45 am]
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