[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 234 (Wednesday, December 6, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 62410]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-29587]



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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton and 
Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Nepal

November 29, 1995.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

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

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EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 1996.

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) 927-5850. 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 Bilateral Textile Agreement, effected by exchange of notes 
dated May 30 and June 1, 1986, as amended and extended, establishes 
limits for the period beginning on January 1, 1996 through December 31, 
1996.
    These limits are subject to revision pursuant to the Uruguay Round 
Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing 
(ATC). On the date that Nepal becomes a member of the World Trade 
Organization the restraint limits will be modified in accordance with 
the ATC.
    In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the 
Commissioner of Customs to establish the 1996 limits. The 1996 limit 
for Categories 336/636 has been reduced for carryforward applied to the 
1995 limit.
    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). 
Information regarding the 1996 CORRELATION will be published in the 
Federal Register at a later date.
    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 bilateral agreement, but are designed to assist only in the 
implementation of certain of its provisions.
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
November 29, 1995.

Commissioner of Customs,
Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.

    Dear Commissioner: Under the terms of section 204 of the 
Agricultural Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1854); pursuant to 
the Bilateral Textile Agreement, effected by exchange of notes dated 
May 30 and June 1, 1986, as amended an extended, between the 
Governments of the United States and Nepal; and in accordance with 
the provisions of Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as 
amended, you are directed to prohibit, effective on January 1, 1996, 
entry into the United States for consumption and withdrawal from 
warehouse for consumption of cotton and man-made fiber textile 
products in the following categories, produced or manufactured in 
Nepal and exported during the twelve-month period beginning on 
January 1, 1996 and extending through December 31, 1996, in excess 
of the following levels of restraint:

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                Category                   Twelve-month restraint limit 
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336/636................................  178,773 dozen.                 
340....................................  301,067 dozen.                 
341....................................  967,060 dozen.                 
342....................................  146,795 dozen.                 
347/348................................  678,138 dozen.                 
640....................................  151,525 dozen.                 
641....................................  341,652 dozen.                 
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    Imports charged to these category limits for the period January 
1, 1995 through December 31, 1995 shall be charged against those 
levels of restraint to the extent of any unfilled balances. In the 
event the limits established for that period have been exhausted by 
previous entries, such goods shall be subject to the levels set 
forth in this directive.
    Should Nepal become a member of the World Trade Organization 
(WTO), the limits set forth above will be subject to adjustment in 
the future pursuant to the provisions of the Uruguay Round 
Agreements Act, the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing 
and any administrative arrangements notified to the Textiles 
Monitoring Body.
    In carrying out the above directions, the Commissioner of 
Customs should construe entry into the United States for consumption 
to include entry for consumption into the Commonwealth of Puerto 
Rico.
    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. 95-29587 Filed 12-5-95; 8:45 am]
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