[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 178 (Thursday, September 14, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47736-47737]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-22831]



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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 Apparel Produced or 
Manufactured in Sri Lanka

September 8, 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 18, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Helen L. LeGrande, 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, carryover and special 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 
60 FR 13410, published on March 13, 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.
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
September 8, 1995.

Commissioner of Customs,
Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.


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    Dear Commissioner: This directive amends, but does not cancel, 
the directive issued to you on March 7, 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 and silk blend and other vegetable fiber 
apparel, produced or manufactured in Sri Lanka and exported during 
the period which began on January 1, 1995 and extends through 
December 31, 1995.
    Effective on September 18, 1995, you are directed to amend the 
directive dated March 7, 1995 to adjust the 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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237................................  304,360 dozen.                     
314................................  4,120,099 square meters.           
331/631............................  2,663,924 dozen pairs.             
333/633............................  2,605 dozen.                       
334/634............................  615,833 dozen.                     
335/835............................  283,781 dozen.                     
336/636/836........................  572,566 dozen.                     
338/339............................  1,388,284 dozen.                   
340/640............................  1,346,490 dozen.                   
341/641............................  1,930,467 dozen of which not more  
                                      than 1,253,654 dozen shall be in  
                                      Category 341 and not more than    
                                      1,207,271 dozen shall be in       
                                      Category 641.                     
342/642/842........................  584,835 dozen.                     
345/845............................  140,563 dozen.                     
347/348/847........................  1,557,838 dozen.                   
350/650............................  116,046 dozen.                     
351/651............................  373,596 dozen.                     
352/652............................  1,246,213 dozen.                   
359-C/659-C \2\....................  1,343,928 kilograms.               
360................................  1,512,587 numbers.                 
363................................  4,194,626 numbers.                 
369-D \3\..........................  624,518 kilograms.                 
369-S \4\..........................  487,779 kilograms.                 
434................................  7,860 dozen.                       
435................................  15,933 dozen.                      
440................................  11,735 dozen.                      
611................................  5,310,564 square meters.           
635................................  383,861 dozen.                     
638/639/838........................  847,546 dozen.                     
644................................  256,876 numbers.                   
645/646............................  87,331 dozen.                      
647/648............................  991,211 dozen.                     
840................................  157,671 dozen.                     
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports        
  exported after December 31, 1994.                                     
\2\ Category 359-C: only HTS numbers 6103.42.2025, 6103.49.8034,        
  6104.62.1020, 6104.69.8010, 6114.20.0048, 6114.20.0052, 6203.42.2010, 
  6203.42.2090, 6204.62.2010, 6211.32.0010, 6211.32.0025 and            
  6211.42.0010; Category 659-C: only HTS numbers 6103.23.0055,          
  6103.43.2020, 6103.43.2025, 6103.49.2000, 6103.49.8038, 6104.63.1020, 
  6104.63.1030, 6104.69.1000, 6104.69.8014, 6114.30.3044, 6114.30.3054, 
  6203.43.2010, 6203.43.2090, 6203.49.1010, 6203.49.1090, 6204.63.1510, 
  6204.69.1010, 6210.10.9010, 6211.33.0010, 6211.33.0017 and            
  6211.43.0010.                                                         
\3\ Category 369-D: only HTS numbers 6302.60.0010, 6302.91.0005 and     
  6302.91.0045.                                                         
\4\ Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.                       

    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,
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.
[FR Doc. 95-22831 Filed 9-13-95; 8:45 am]
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