[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 200 (Tuesday, October 17, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53763-53764]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-25745]



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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool and Man-Made 
Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the Philippines

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 18, 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) 927-6713. For information on 
embargoes and quota re-openings, call (202) 482-3715. For information 
on categories on which consultations have been requested, call (202) 
482-3740.

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 17334, 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 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 30, 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 and silk blend and other 
vegetable fiber apparel, produced or manufactured in the Philippines 
and exported during the twelve-month period beginning on January 1, 
1995 and extending through December 31, 1995.
    Effective on October 18, 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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                 Category                         Adjusted limit\1\     
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Levels in Group I                                                       
347/348...................................  1,887,971 dozen.            
359-C/659-C\2\............................  802,714 kilograms.          
433.......................................  3,463 dozen.                
447.......................................  8,396 dozen.                
634.......................................  430,822 dozen.              
635.......................................  345,349 dozen.              
647/648...................................  1,053,916 dozen.            
650.......................................  97,879 dozen.               
Group II                                                                
200-229, 300-326, 330, 332, 349, 353, 354,  112,471,517 square meters   
 359-O\3\, 360, 362, 363, 369-O\4\, 400-     equivalent.                
 414, 432, 434-442, 444, 448, 459, 464-                                 
 469, 600-607, 613-629, 630, 632, 644,                                  
 653, 654, 659-O\5\, 665, 666, 669-O\6\,                                
 670-O\7\, 831-846 and 850-859, 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-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 359-O: all HTS numbers except 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, 6211.42.0010  
  (Category 359-C).                                                     
\4\Category 369-O: all HTS numbers except 6307.10.2005 (Category 369-S).
\5\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); 6502.00.9030, 6504.00.9015, 6504.00.9060, 6505.90.5090,           
  6505.90.6090, 6505.90.7090, 6505.90.8090 (Category 659-H).            
\6\Category 669-O: all HTS numbers except 6305.31.0010, 6305.31.0020 and
  6305.39.0000 (Category 669-P).                                        
\7\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 
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. 95-25745 Filed 10-16-95; 8:45 am]
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