[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 200 (Tuesday, October 17, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53762-53763]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-25744]
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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
Adjustment of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton and Man-
Made Fiber Textiles and Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in
the Arab Republic of Egypt
October 11, 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 17, 1995.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Aldrich, 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
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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, special shift 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 36785, published on July 18, 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 11, 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 27, 1995, as amended on July
12, 1995, by the Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of
Textile Agreements. That directive concerns imports of certain
cotton, wool and man-made fiber textiles and textile products,
produced or manufactured in Egypt and exported during the twelve-
month period beginning on January 1, 1995 and extending through
December 31, 1995.
Effective on October 17, 1995, you are directed 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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Twelve-month restraint
Category limit\1\
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Fabric Group
218-220, 224-227, 313-317 and 326, as a 80,092,298 square meters.
group.
227....................................... 16,487,475 square meters.
314....................................... 18,923,266 square meters.
Levels not in a Group
300/301................................... 7,796,723 kilograms of which
not more than 2,738,767
kilograms shall be in
Category 301.
338/339................................... 2,079,641 dozen.
340/640................................... 1,144,921 dozen.
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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 of 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. 95-25744 Filed 10-16-95; 8:45 am]
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