[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 196 (Wednesday, October 11, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52897-52898]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-25191]



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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 Textiles and Textile 
Products Produced or Manufactured in Indonesia

October 4, 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: October 11, 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) 927-6704. 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 
60 FR 17325, 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.
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
October 4, 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, man-made fiber, 
silk blend and other vegetable fiber textiles and textile products, 
produced or manufactured in Indonesia and exported during the 
twelve-month period which began on January 1, 1995 and extends 
through December 31, 1995.
    Effective on October 11, 1995, you are directed to amend the 
directive dated March 30, 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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                                                Adjusted twelve-month   
                 Category                             limit\1\          
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Levels in Group I                                                       
336/636...................................  564,601 dozen.              
338/339...................................  1,261,166 dozen.            
341.......................................  843,639 dozen.              
350/650...................................  120,405 dozen.              
359-S/659-S\2\............................  1,226,046 kilograms.        
433.......................................  10,144 dozen.               
447.......................................  18,232 dozen.               
604-A\3\..................................  412,623 kilograms.          
618.......................................  1,883,343 square meters.    
625/626/627/628/629.......................  18,094,443 square meters.   
638/639...................................  1,367,464 dozen.            
Group II                                                                
201, 218, 220, 222-224, 226, 227, 229,      76,369,401 square meters    
 237, 239, 330, 332, 333, 349, 352-354,      equivalent.                
 359-O\4\, 362, 363, 369-O\5\, 400, 410,                                
 414, 431, 432, 434, 435, 436, 438, 439,                                
 440, 442, 444, 459, 464, 465, 469, 603,                                
 604-O\6\, 606, 607, 621, 622, 624, 630,                                
 632, 633, 649, 652-654, 659-O\7\, 665,                                 
 666, 669-O\8\, 670-O\9\, 831-836, 838,                                 
 839, 840, 842-846, 850-852, 858, and 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 359-S: only HTS numbers 6112.39.0010, 6112.49.0010,         
  6211.11.8010, 6211.11.8020, 6211.12.8010 and 6211.12.8020; Category   
  659-S: only HTS numbers 6112.31.0010, 6112.31.0020, 6112.41.0010,     
  6112.41.0020, 6112.41.0030, 6112.41.0040, 6211.11.1010, 6211.11.1020, 
  6211.12.1010 and 6211.12.1020.                                        
\3\Category 604-A: only HTS number 5509.32.0000.                        
\4\Category 359-O: all HTS numbers except 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 359-S: only HTS 
  numbers 6112.39.0010, 6112.49.0010, 6211.11.8010, 6211.11.8020,       
  6211.12.8010 and 6211.12.8020.                                        
\5\Category 369-O: all HTS numbers except 6307.10.2005.                 
\6\Category 604-O: all HTS numbers except 5590.32.0000 (Category 604-A).
\7\Category 659-O: all HTS numbers except 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, 6211.43.0010 (Category 659- 
  C); 6112.31.0010, 6112.31.0020, 6112.41.0010, 6112.41.0020,           
  6112.41.0030, 6112.41.0040, 6211.11.1010, 6211.11.1020, 6211.12.1010  
  and 6211.12.1020 (Category 659-S).                                    
\8\Category 669-O: all HTS numbers except 6305.31.0010, 6305.31.0020 and
  6305.39.0000 (Category 669-P).                                        
\9\Category 670-O: all HTS numbers except 4202.12.8030, 4202.12.8070,   
  4202.92.3020, 4202.92.3030 and 4202.92.9025 (Category 670-L).         

    The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has 
determined that these actions fall within the foreign affairs 

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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.
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