[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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