[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 172 (Wednesday, September 6, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 46263]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-22023]



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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Establishment and Amendment of Import Limits and Amendment of a 
Restraint Period for Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products 
Produced or Manufactured in the Republic of Turkey

August 30, 1995.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs establishing 
and amending limits and amending a restraint period.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: September 7, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Naomi Freeman, 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) 927-6718. 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).

    A notice published in the Federal Register on June 23, 1995 (60 FR 
32656) announces a limit for cotton and man-made fiber underwear in 
Categories 352/652 for the period March 28, 1995 through March 27, 
1996. In an exchange of notes dated July 26, 1995 and August 23, 1995, 
the Governments of the United States and the Republic of Turkey agreed, 
pursuant to Article 6 of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act and the 
Uruguay Round Agreement of Textiles and Clothing (ATC), to establish a 
limit for textile products in Categories 352/652 for a three-year 
term--March 28, 1995 through December 31, 1995; January 1, 1996 through 
December 31, 1996; January 1, 1997 through December 31, 1997; and 
January 1, 1998 through March 27, 1998. Also, the two governments 
agreed to increase the 1995 base sublimit for Categories 338-S/339-S/
638-S/639-S.
    The 1995 limits for Categories 335, 338/339/638/639, 338-S/339-S/
638-S/639-S, 350 and 351/651 are being adjusted, variously, for special 
shift and carryforward.
    In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the 
Commissioner of Customs to amend the current limit for Categories 352/
652 to begin on March 28, 1995 and extend through December 31, 1995 at 
an increased level and to adjust the current limits for Categories 335, 
338/339/638/639, 338-S/339-S/638-S/639-S, 350 and 351/651.
    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 17338, 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.
Donald R. Foote,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
August 30, 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 June 16, 1995, by the Chairman, 
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That 
directive concerns imports of cotton and man-made fiber textile 
products in Categories 352/652, produced or manufactured in Turkey 
and exported during the twelve-month period which began on March 28, 
1995 and extends through March 27, 1996.
    This directive also amends, but does not cancel, the directive 
issued to you on March 30, 1995 concerning imports of certain 
cotton, wool and man-made fiber textile products, produced or 
manufactured in Turkey and exported during the twelve-month period 
which began on January 1, 1995 and extends through December 31, 
1995.
    Effective on September 7, 1995, you are directed to amend the 
restraint period for Categories 352/652 to end on December 31, 1995 
at a level of 1,681,644 dozen \1\ and to adjust the limits for the 
following categories for the period January 1, 1995 through December 
31, 1995, as provided for under the Uruguay Round Agreements Act and 
the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing:

    \1\ The limit has not been adjusted to account for any imports 
exported after March 27, 1995.

                                                                        
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             Category                   Adjusted twelve-month limit a   
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Limits not in group                                                     
335...............................  265,523 dozen.                      
338/339/638/639...................  4,960,608 dozen of which not more   
                                     than 3,562,811 dozen shall be in   
                                     Categories 338-S/339-S/638-S/639-S 
                                     b.                                 
350...............................  524,320 dozen.                      
351/651...........................  770,144 dozen.                      
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a1 The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports exported
  after December 31, 1994.                                              
b1 Category 338-S: only HTS numbers 6103.22.0050, 6105.10.0010,         
  6105.10.0030, 6105.90.8010, 6109.10.0027, 6110.20.1025, 6110.20.2040, 
  6110.20.2065, 6110.90.9068, 6112.11.0030 and 6114.20.0005; Category   
  339-S: only HTS numbers 6104.22.0060, 6104.29.2049, 6106.10.0010,     
  6106.10.0030, 6106.90.2510, 6106.90.3010, 6109.10.0070, 6110.20.1030, 
  6110.20.2045, 6110.20.2075, 6110.90.9070, 6112.11.0040, 6114.20.0010  
  and 6117.90.9020; Category 638-S: all HTS numbers except 6109.90.1007,
  6109.90.1009, 6109.90.1013 and 6109.90.1025; Category 639-S: all HTS  
  numbers except 6109.90.1050, 6109.90.1060, 6109.90.1065 and           
  6109.90.1070.                                                         

    The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has 
determined that these actions fall within the foreign affairs 
exception of the rulemaking provisions of 5 U.S.C. 553(a)(1).
    Sincerely,
Donald R. Foote,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.
[FR Doc. 95-22023 Filed 9-5-95; 8:45 am]
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