[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 187 (Wednesday, September 27, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49830-49831]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-23939]



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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

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

September 22, 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: Septembr 26, 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) 927-6705. 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, 

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for swing, special shift, carryover and 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 62645, published on December 20, 1994). Also see 
60 FR 8344, published on February 14, 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 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 February 9, 1995, by the Chairman, 
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That 
directive concerns imports of certain cotton, man-made fiber, silk 
blend and other vegetable fiber textiles and textile products, 
produced or manufactured in India and exported during the twelve-
month period which began on January 1, 1995 and extends through 
December 31, 1995.
    Effective on September 26, 1995, you are directed to amend the 
directive dated February 9, 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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Levels in Group I                                                       
218................................  12,554,621 square meters.          
219................................  52,238,883 square meters.          
313................................  31,726,050 square meters.          
314................................  5,998,656 sqyare meters.           
315................................  11,867,317 square meters.          
317................................  25,329,201 square meters.          
326................................  7,645,900 square meters.           
334/634............................  126,325 dozen.                     
335/635............................  520,924 dozen.                     
336/636............................  740,530 dozen.                     
338/339............................  3,638,856 dozen.                   
340/640............................  1,744,280 dozen.                   
341................................  4,015,211 dozen of which not more  
                                      than 2,299,620 dozen shall be in  
                                      Caegory 341-Y \2\.                
342/642............................  1,124,346 dozen.                   
345................................  148,259 dozen.                     
347/348............................  535,263 dozen.                     
351/651............................  254,949 dozen.                     
363................................  34,532,650 numbers.                
369-D \3\..........................  1,173,920 kilograms.               
641................................  993,514 dozen.                     
647/648............................  396,289 dozen.                     
Group II                                                                
200, 201, 220-229, 237, 239, 300,    99,288,114 square meters           
 301, 330-333, 349, 350, 352, 359-    equivalent.                       
 362, 600-607, 611-629, 630-633,                                        
 638, 639, 643-646, 649, 650, 652,                                      
 659, 665-O \4\, 666, 669, 670 and                                      
 831-859, as a group.                                                   
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports        
  exported after December 31, 1994.                                     
\2\ Category 341-Y: only HTS numbers 6204.22.3060, 6206.30.3010,        
  6206.30.3030 and 6211.42.0054.                                        
\3\ Category 369-D: only HTS numbers 6302.60.0010, 6302.91.0005 and     
  6302.91.0045.                                                         
\4\ Category 665-O: Category 665-O: all HTS numbers except 5702.10.9030,
  5702.42.2020, 5702.92.0010 and 5703.20.1000.                          

    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. 95-23939 Filed 9-26-95; 8:45 am]
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