[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 234 (Wednesday, December 6, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 62403]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-29589]



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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

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

November 30, 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) 927-6716. 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 import restraint limits for textile products, produced or 
manufactured in Singapore and exported during the period January 1, 
1996 through December 31, 1996 are based on limits notified to the 
Textiles Monitoring Body pursuant to the Uruguay Round Agreements Act 
and the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (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 338/339 has been adjusted for carryforward applied in 
1995.
    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 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 Uruguay Round Agreements Act and the ATC, 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 30, 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), the Uruguay 
Round Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and 
Clothing; 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, 
wool and man-made fiber textile products in the following 
categories, produced or manufactured in Singapore 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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222.......................................  433,299 kilograms.          
237.......................................  253,114 dozen.              
239.......................................  493,300 kilograms.          
331.......................................  449,555 dozen pairs.        
334.......................................  69,380 dozen.               
335.......................................  208,697 dozen.              
338/339...................................  1,174,717 dozen of which not
                                             more than 713,983 dozen    
                                             shall be in Category 338   
                                             and not more than 793,860  
                                             dozen shall be in Category 
                                             339.                       
340.......................................  855,022 dozen.              
341.......................................  214,996 dozen.              
342.......................................  132,304 dozen.              
347/348...................................  976,659 dozen of which not  
                                             more than 610,412 dozen    
                                             shall be in Category 347   
                                             and not more than 474,765  
                                             dozen shall be in Category 
                                             348.                       
435.......................................  6,735 dozen.                
604.......................................  873,704 kilograms.          
631.......................................  496,144 dozen pairs.        
634.......................................  264,882 dozen.              
635.......................................  271,064 dozen.              
638.......................................  972,868 dozen.              
639.......................................  3,375,801 dozen.            
640.......................................  182,283 dozen.              
641.......................................  297,322 dozen.              
642.......................................  284,922 dozen.              
645/646...................................  149,212 dozen.              
647.......................................  568,040 dozen.              
648.......................................  1,512,252 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.
    The limits set forth above are 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. 95-29589 Filed 12-5-95; 8:45 am]
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