[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 234 (Wednesday, December 6, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62407-62409]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-29600]



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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

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

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: 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 each Customs port or call (202) 927-6707. 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 Korea 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 directive to 
reduce the limits for certain categories for carryforward used during 
1995 will be published in the Federal Register at a later date.
    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 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 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 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, man-made fiber, silk blend and other 
vegetable fiber textiles and textile products in the following 
categories, produced or manufactured in the Republic of Korea 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:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                Category                   Twelve-month restraint limit 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Group I                                                                 
  200-223, 224-V\1\, 224-O\2\, 225-229,  406,509,575 square meters      
   300-326, 360-363, 369-O\3\, 400-414,   equivalent.                   
   464-469, 600-629, 665-669 and 670-                                   
   O\4\, as a group.                                                    
Sublevels within Group I                                                
  200..................................  432,441 kilograms.             
  201..................................  1,877,628 kilograms.           
  218..................................  8,765,718 square meters.       
  219..................................  7,981,791 square meters.       
  224-V................................  10,062,270 square meters.      
  300/301..............................  2,940,444 kilograms.           
  313..................................  47,919,257 square meters.      
  314..................................  26,717,675 square meters.      
  315..................................  17,577,926 square meters.      
  317/326..............................  17,808,042 square meters.      
  363..................................  1,026,231 numbers.             
  410..................................  3,460,880 square meters.       
  604..................................  360,019 kilograms.             
  607..................................  1,051,887 kilograms.           
  611..................................  3,506,288 square meters.       
  613/614..............................  5,843,811 square meters.       
  617..................................  4,846,088 square meters.       
  619/620..............................  92,112,643 square meters.      
  624..................................  8,551,920 square meters.       
  625/626/627/628/629..................  14,960,158 square meters.      
  669-P\5\.............................  2,151,808 kilograms.           
Group II                                                                
  237, 239, 330-359, 431-459 and 630-    578,869,292 square meters      
   659, as a group.                       equivalent.                   
Sublevels within Group II                                               
  237..................................  58,152 dozen.                  
  239..................................  971,233 kilograms.             
  333/334/335..........................  262,972 dozen of which not more
                                          than 134,408 dozen shall be in
                                          Category 335.                 
  336..................................  55,573 dozen.                  
  338/339..............................  1,168,763 dozen.               
  340..................................  607,757 dozen of which not more
                                          than 315,567 dozen shall be in
                                          Category 340-D\6\.            
  341..................................  175,780 dozen.                 
  342/642..............................  211,365 dozen.                 
  345..................................  113,543 dozen.                 
  347/348..............................  432,441 dozen.                 
  350..................................  16,163 dozen.                  
  351/651..............................  222,044 dozen.                 
  352..................................  172,789 dozen.                 
  353/354/653/654......................  259,909 dozen.                 
  359-H\7\.............................  2,489,197 kilograms.           
  433..................................  13,755 dozen.                  
  434..................................  7,055 dozen.                   
  435..................................  34,328 dozen.                  
  436..................................  14,532 dozen.                  
  438..................................  58,262 dozen.                  
  440..................................  196,084 dozen.                 
  442..................................  49,109 dozen.                  
  443..................................  322,056 numbers.               
  444..................................  53,514 numbers.                
  445/446..............................  51,602 dozen.                  
  447..................................  88,037 dozen.                  
  448..................................  34,548 dozen.                  
  459-W\8\.............................  93,455 kilograms.              
  631..................................  291,752 dozen pairs.           
  632..................................  1,545,530 dozen pairs.         
  633/634/635..........................  1,348,047 dozen of which not   
                                          more than 152,866 dozen shall 
                                          be in Category 633 and not    
                                          more than 569,683 dozen shall 
                                          be in Category 635.           
  636..................................  261,182 dozen.                 
  638/639..............................  5,248,417 dozen.               
  640-D\9\.............................  3,096,056 dozen.               
  640-O\10\............................  2,580,046 dozen.               
  641..................................  1,037,334 dozen of which not   
                                          more than 39,183 dozen shall  
                                          be in Category 641-Y\11\.     
  643..................................  768,507 numbers.               
  644..................................  1,156,186 numbers.             
  645/646..............................  3,546,496 dozen.               
  647/648..............................  1,294,013 dozen.               
  650..................................  23,653 dozen.                  
  659-H\12\............................  1,289,450 kilograms.           

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  659-S\13\............................  173,944 kilograms.             
Group III                                                               
  831-844 and 847-859, as a group......  18,181,285 square meters       
                                          equivalent.                   
Sublevel within Group III                                               
  835..................................  28,426 dozen.                  
Group IV                                                                
  845..................................  2,315,056 dozen.               
  846..................................  816,654 dozen.                 
Group VI                                                                
  369-L/670-L/870\14\..................  68,571,604 square meters       
                                          equivalent.                   
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\1\Category 224-V: only HTS numbers 5801.21.0000, 5801.23.0000,         
  5801.24.0000, 5801.25.0010, 5801.25.0020, 5801.26.0010, 5801.26.0020, 
  5801.31.0000, 5801.33.0000, 5801.34.0000, 5801.35.0010, 5801.35.0020, 
  5801.36.0010 and 5801.36,0020.                                        
\2\Category 224-O: all remaining HTS numbers in Category 224.           
\3\Category 369-O: all HTS numbers except 4202.12.4000, 4202.12.8020,   
  4202.12.8060, 4202.92.1500, 4202.92.3015 and 4202.92.6090 (Category   
  369-L); and 5601.21.0090.                                             
\4\Category 670-O: all HTS numbers except 4202.12.8030, 4202.12.8070,   
  4202.92.3020, 4202.92.3030 and 4202.92.9025 (Category 670-L).         
\5\Category 669-P: only HTS numbers 6305.31.0010, 6305.31.0020 and      
  6305.39.0000.                                                         
\6\Category 340-D: only HTS numbers 6205.20.2015, 6205.20.2020,         
  6205.20.2025 and 6205.20.2030.                                        
\7\Category 359-H: only HTS numbers 6505.90.1540 and 6505.90.2060.      
\8\Category 459-W: only HTS number 6505.90.4090.                        
\9\Category 640-D: only HTS numbers 6205.30.2010, 6205.30.2020,         
  6205.30.2030, 6205.30.2040, 6205.90.3030 and 6205.90.4030.            
\10\Category 640-O: all HTS numbers except 6205.30.2010, 6205.30.2020,  
  6205.30.2030, 6205.30.2040, 6205.90.3030 and 6205.90.4030 (Category   
  640-D).                                                               
\11\Category 641-Y: only HTS numbers 6204.23.0050, 6204.29.2030,        
  6206.40.3010 and 6206.40.3025.                                        
\12\Category 659-H: only HTS numbers 6502.00.9030, 6504.00.9015,        
  6504.00.9060, 6505.90.5090, 6505.90.6090, 6505.90.7090 and            
  6505.90.8090.                                                         
\13\Category 659-S: only HTS numbers 6112.31.0010, 6112.31.0020,        
  6112.41.0010, 6112.41.0020, 6112.41.0030, 6112.41.0040, 6211.11.1010, 
  6211.11.1020, 6211.12.1010 and 6211.12.1020.                          
\14\Category 870; Category 369-L: only HTS numbers 4202.12.4000,        
  4202.12.8020, 4202.12.8060, 4202.92.1500, 4202.92.3015 and            
  4202.92.6090; Category 670-L: only HTS numbers 4202.12.8030,          
  4202.12.8070, 4202.92.3020, 4202.92.3030 and 4202.92.9025.            


    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 levels 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.
    The conversion factors for the following merged categories are 
listed below:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                              Conversion factor (Square 
                 Category                    meters equivalent/category 
                                                        unit)           
------------------------------------------------------------------------
333/334/335...............................  33.75                       
369-L/670-L/870...........................  3.8                         
633/634/635...............................  34.1                        
638/639...................................  12.96                       
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    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. 95-29600 Filed 12-5-95; 8:45 am]
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