[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 221 (Thursday, November 16, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57575-57576]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-28354]



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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber 
Textile Products Produced of Manufactured in Thailand

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.


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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ross Arnold, 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 of each Customs port or call (202) 927-6717. 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 
carryover.
    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 17337, 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 textiles and textile products, 
produced or manufactured in Thailand 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 increase 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 limit
                 Category                                \1\            
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239.......................................  5,080,404 kilograms.        
Levels in Group I                                                       
218.......................................  17,174,292 square meters.   
219.......................................  5,656,164 square meters.    
300.......................................  4,242,123 kilograms.        
301-P \2\.................................  4,242,123 kilograms.        
301-O \3\.................................  848,425 kilograms.          
314.......................................  41,980,800 square meters.   
317/326...................................  11,872,560 square meters.   
369-S \4\.................................  282,808 kilograms.          
607.......................................  2,779,293 kilograms.        
613/614/615...............................  40,800,842 square meters of 
                                             which not more than        
                                             24,503,389 square meters   
                                             shall be in Category 614   
                                             and not more than          
                                             22,633,511 square meters   
                                             shall be in Categories 613/
                                             615).                      
617.......................................  15,434,328 square meters.   
620.......................................  6,363,184 square meters.    
625/626/627/628/629.......................  12,466,188 square meters of 
                                             which not more than        
                                             9,898,286 square meters    
                                             shall be in Category 625.  
669-P \5\.................................  5,964,655 kilograms.        
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports        
  exported after December 31, 1994.                                     
\2\ Category 301-P: only HTS numbers 5206.21.0000, 5206.22.0000,        
  5206.23.0000, 5206.24.0000, 5206.25.0000, 5206.41.0000, 5206.42.0000, 
  5206.43.0000, 5206.44.0000 and 5206.45.0000.                          
\3\ Category 301-O: only HTS numbers 5205.21.0000, 5205.22.0000,        
  5205.23.0000, 5205.24.0000, 5205.25.0000, 5205.41.0000, 5205.42.0000, 
  5205.43.0000, 5205.44.0000 and 5205.45.0000.                          
\4\ Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.                       
\5\ Category 669-P: only HTS numbers 6305.31.0010, 6305.31.0020 and     
  6305.39.0000.                                                         

    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 Implementatin of Textile Agreements.
[FR Doc.95-28354 Filed 11-15-95; 8:45 am]
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