[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 234 (Wednesday, December 6, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62406-62407]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-29598]



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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 
Honduras

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

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

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EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Aldrich, 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 import restraint limits for textile products, produced or 
manufactured in Honduras 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.
    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 

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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 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, wool and man-made fiber textile products in the following 
categories, produced or manufactured in Honduras and exported during 
the period beginning on January 1, 1996 and extending through 
December 31, 1996, in excess of the following restraint limits:

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                 Category                        Twelve-month limit     
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352/652...................................  10,070,000 dozen of which   
                                             not more than 7,420,000    
                                             dozen shall be in          
                                             Categories 352-K/652-K\1\. 
435.......................................  14,688 dozen.               
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\1\Category 352-K: only HTS numbers 6107.11.0010, 6107.11.0020,         
  6108.19.9010, 6108.21.0010, 6108.21.0020, 6108.91.0005, 6108.91.0015, 
  6109.91.0025, 6109.10.0005, 6109.10.0007, 6109.10.0009, 6109.10.0037; 
  Category 652-K: only HTS numbers 6107.12.0010, 6107.12.0020,          
  6108.11.0010, 6108.11.0020, 6108.22.9020, 6108.22.9030, 6108.92.0005, 
  6108.92.0015, 6108.92.0025, 6109.90.1047 and 6109.90.1075.            

    Imports charged to these category limits for the periods March 
27, 1995 through December 31, 1995 (Categories 352/652) and April 
24, 1995 through December 31, 1995 (Category 435) shall be charged 
against those levels of restraint to the extent of any unfilled 
balances. In the event the limits established for those periods 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 according 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. 95-29598 Filed 12-5-95; 8:45 am]
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