[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 234 (Wednesday, December 6, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62394-62396]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-29601]



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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

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

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 

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status of these limits, refer to the Quota Status Reports posted on the 
bulletin boards of each Customs port or call (202) 927-6712. 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 Malaysia 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 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: Pursuant to 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 textiles and textile products and 
silk blend and other vegetable fiber apparel in the following 
categories, produced or manufactured in Malaysia and exported during 
the twelve-month period beginning on January 1, 1996 and extending 
through December 31, 1996, in excess of the following limits:

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                Category                   Twelve-month restraint limit 
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Fabric Group                                                            
218, 219, 220, 225-227, 313-315, 317,     106,424,002 square meters.    
 326, 611, 613/614/615/617, 619 and 620,                                
 as a group.                                                            
Sublevels within the group                                              
218.....................................  6,106,086 square meters.      
219.....................................  29,580,596 square meters.     
220.....................................  29,580,596 square meters.     
225.....................................  29,580,596 square meters.     
226.....................................  29,580,596 square meters.     
227.....................................  29,580,596 square meters.     
313.....................................  35,279,609 square meters.     
314.....................................  42,444,038 square meters.     
315.....................................  29,580,596 square meters.     
317.....................................  29,580,596 square meters.     
326.....................................  5,720,221 square meters.      
611.....................................  3,432,132 square meters.      
613/614/615/617.........................  33,955,231 square meters.     
619.....................................  4,576,177 square meters.      
620.....................................  5,720,221 square meters.      
Other Specific Limits                                                   
200.....................................  257,491 kilograms.            
237.....................................  346,452 dozen.                
300/301.................................  2,730,975 kilograms.          
331/631.................................  1,875,047 dozen pairs.        
333/334/335/835.........................  215,029 dozen of which not    
                                           more than 129,017 dozen shall
                                           be in Category 333 and not   
                                           more than 129,017 dozen shall
                                           be in Category 835.          
336/636.................................  417,481 dozen.                
338/339.................................  1,035,036 dozen.              
340/640.................................  1,205,616 dozen.              
341/641.................................  1,562,523 dozen of which not  
                                           more than 557,431 dozen shall
                                           be in Category 341.          
342/642/842.............................  374,258 dozen.                
345.....................................  143,515 dozen.                
347/348.................................  438,650 dozen.                
350/650.................................  134,972 dozen.                
351/651.................................  232,229 dozen.                
363.....................................  3,638,060 numbers.            
435.....................................  15,044 dozen.                 
438-W\1\................................  12,311 dozen.                 
442.....................................  18,333 dozen.                 
445/446.................................  29,101 dozen.                 
604.....................................  1,197,472 kilograms.          
634/635.................................  729,275 dozen.                
638/639.................................  429,598 dozen.                
645/646.................................  328,583 dozen.                
647/648.................................  1,546,272 dozen of which not  
                                           more than 1,082,389 dozen    
                                           shall be in Category 647-K\2\
                                           and not more than 1,082,389  
                                           dozen shall be in Category   
                                           648-K\3\.                    
Group II                                                                
201, 222-224, 229, 239, 330, 332, 349,    41,591,218 square meters      
 352-354, 359-362, 369, 400-434, 436,      equivalent.                  
 438-O\4\, 439, 440, 443, 444, 447, 448,                                
 459, 464-469, 600-603, 606, 607, 618,                                  
 621, 622, 624-630, 632, 633, 643, 644,                                 
 649, 652-654, 659, 665-670, 831-834,                                   
 836, 838, 839, 840 and 843-859, as a                                   
 group.                                                                 
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\1\Category 438-W: only HTS numbers 6104.21.0060, 6104.23.0020,         
  6104.29.2051, 6106.20.1010, 6106.20.1020, 6106.90.1010, 6106.90.1020, 
  6106.90.2520, 6106.90.3020, 6109.90.1540, 6109.90.8020, 6110.10.2080, 
  6110.30.1560, 6110.90.9074 and 6114.10.0040.                          
\2\Category 647-K: only HTS numbers 6103.23.0040, 6103.23.0045,         
  6103.29.1020, 6103.29.1030, 6103.43.1520, 6103.43.1540, 6103.43.1550, 
  6103.43.1570, 6103.49.1020, 6103.49.1060, 6103.49.8014, 6112.12.0050, 
  6112.19.1050, 6112.20.1060 and 6113.00.9044.                          
\3\Category 648-K: only HTS numbers 6104.23.0032, 6104.23.0034,         
  6104.29.1030, 6104.29.1040, 6104.29.2038, 6104.63.2010, 6104.63.2025, 
  6104.63.2030, 6104.63.2060, 6104.69.2030, 6104.69.2060, 6104.69.8026, 
  6112.12.0060, 6112.19.1060, 6112.20.1070, 6113.00.9052 and            
  6117.90.9070.                                                         
\4\Category 438-O: only HTS numbers 6103.21.0050, 6103.23.0025,         
  6105.20.1000, 6105.90.1000, 6105.90.8020, 6109.90.1520, 6110.10.2070, 
  6110.30.1550, 6110.90.9072, 6114.10.0020 and 6117.90.9025.            

    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 limits set forth above are subject to adjustment in the 
future pursuant to the provisions of 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 

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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. 95-29601 Filed 12-5-95; 8:45 am]
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