[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 234 (Wednesday, December 6, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62399-62400]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-29591]



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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton, Man-
Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textiles and Textile 
Products Produced or Manufactured in India

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) 927-6705. 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 India 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 limit for 
Categories 340/640 has been reduced 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 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 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 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), the Uruguay 
Round Agreements Act and the Uruguay 

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Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC); 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, man-made fiber, silk blend and 
other vegetable fiber textiles and textile products in the following 
categories, produced or manufactured in India 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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Levels in Group I                                                       
218....................................  12,013,542 square meters.      
219....................................  56,990,137 square meters.      
313....................................  32,143,792 square meters.      
314....................................  6,784,540 square meters.       
315....................................  11,395,309 square meters.      
317....................................  36,133,448 square meters.      
326....................................  8,212,147 square meters.       
334/634................................  121,269 dozen.                 
335/635................................  539,888 dozen.                 
336/636................................  747,677 dozen.                 
338/339................................  3,558,597 dozen.               
340/640................................  1,658,861 dozen.               
341....................................  3,819,560 dozen of which not   
                                          more than 2,291,735 dozen     
                                          shall be in Category 341-Y\1\.
342/642................................  1,093,273 dozen.               
345....................................  160,606 dozen.                 
347/348................................  516,720 dozen.                 
351/651................................  231,097 dozen.                 
363....................................  37,542,958 numbers.            
369-D\2\...............................  1,131,194 kilograms.           
369-S\3\...............................  617,015 kilograms.             
641....................................  1,272,851 dozen.               
647/648................................  739,132 dozen.                 
Group II                                                                
200, 201, 220-229, 237, 239, 300, 301,   98,195,449 square meters       
 330-333, 349, 350, 352, 359-362, 600-    equivalent.                   
 607, 611-629, 630-633, 638, 639, 643-                                  
 646, 649, 650, 652, 659, 665-O\4\,                                     
 666, 669, 670, and 831-859, as a group.                                
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\1\Category 341-Y: only HTS numbers 6204.22.3060, 6206.30.3010,         
  6206.30.3030 and 6211.42.0054.                                        
\2\Category 369-D: only HTS numbers 6302.60.0010, 6302.91.0005 and      
  6302.91.0045.                                                         
\3\Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.                        
\4\Category 665-O: all HTS numbers except 5702.10.9030, 5702.42.2020,   
  5702.92.0010 and 5703.20.1000 (rugs).                                 

    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 ATC 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. 95-29591 Filed 12-5-95; 8:45 am]
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