[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 174 (Friday, September 8, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 46822]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-22372]



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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Wool Textile Products 
Produced or Manufactured in the Slovak Republic

September 1, 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: September 6, 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) 927-5850. 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 adjusted, 
variously, for swing 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 
59 FR 30346, published on June 13, 1994; and 60 FR 17336, 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
September 1, 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 7, 1994, as amended on March 30, 
1995, by the Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements. That directive concerns imports of certain wool textile 
products, produced or manufactured in the Slovak Republic and 
exported during the twelve-month period which began on January 1, 
1995 and extends through December 31, 1995.
    Effective on September 6, 1995, you are directed to adjust the 
current limits for the following categories, as provided for 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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433................................  11,923 dozen.                      
435................................  15,766 dozen.                      
443................................  106,115 numbers.                   
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports        
  exported after 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. 95-22372 Filed 9-7-95; 8:45 am]
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