[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 166 (Monday, August 28, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 44479]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-21238]



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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of an Import Limit for Certain Cotton Textile Products 
Produced or Manufactured in Singapore

August 22, 1995.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs reducing a 
limit.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: August 30, 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 this 
limit, 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 limit for Categories 338/339 is being reduced for 
carryforward used.
    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 17335, 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 22, 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 and man-made 
fiber textile products, produced or manufactured in Singapore and 
exported during the twelve-month period which began on January 1, 
1995 and extends through December 31, 1995.
    Effective on August 30, 1995, you are directed to reduce the 
limit 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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338/339                              1,092,151 dozen of which not more  
                                      than 674,842 dozen shall be in    
                                      Category 338 and not more than    
                                      750,340 dozen shall be in Category
                                      339.                              
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\1\ The limit has not been adjusted to account for any imports exported 
  after December 31, 1994.                                              

    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. 95-21238 Filed 8-25-95; 8:45 am]
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