[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 221 (Thursday, November 16, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 57575]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-28353]



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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 Textile Products Produced 
or Manufactured in Macau

November 9, 1995.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs increasing 
limits.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: November 16, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Helen L. LeGrande, 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) 927-6709. 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 increased for 
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 17331, 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
November 9, 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 textile products, produced or 
manufactured in Macau and exported during the twelve-month period 
which began on January 1, 1995 and extends through December 31, 
1995.
    Effective on November 16, 1995, you are directed to amend 
further the directive dated March 30, 1995 to adjust the limits for 
the following categories, as provided for under the terms of the 
Uruguay Round Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round Agreement on 
Textiles and Clothing:

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                                             Adjusted twelve-month limit
                 Category                                \1\            
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Levels in Group I                                                       
333/334/335/833/834/835...................  245,472 dozen of which not  
                                             more than 119,802 dozen    
                                             shall be in Categories 333/
                                             335/833/835.               
336/836...................................  59,955 dozen.               
338.......................................  316,237 dozen.              
339.......................................  1,317,536 dozen.            
340.......................................  308,948 dozen.              
347/348/847...............................  744,530 dozen.              
351/851...................................  69,690 dozen.               
359-C/659-C \2\...........................  382,152 kilograms.          
359-V \3\.................................  115,829 kilograms.          
633/634/635...............................  544,213 dozen.              
638/639/838...............................  1,669,200 dozen.            
642/842...................................  120,657 dozen.              
647/648...................................  549,495 dozen.              
Sublevel in Group II                                                    
445/446...................................  96,430 dozen.               
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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-V: only HTS numbers 6103.19.2030, 6103.19.9030,        
  6104.12.0040, 6104.19.8040, 6110.20.1022, 6110.20.1024, 6110.20.2030, 
  6110.20.2035, 6110.90.9044, 6110.90.9046, 6201.92.2010, 6202.92.2020, 
  6203.19.1030, 6203.19.9030, 6204.12.0040, 6204.19.8040, 6211.32.0070  
  and 6211.42.0070.                                                     

    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. 95-28353 Filed 11-15-95; 8:45 am]
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