[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 234 (Wednesday, December 6, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62393-62394]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-29602]



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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


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

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) 927-6714. For information on 
embargoes and quota re-openings, call (202) 927-3715.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

    Authority: Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as amended; 
section 204 of the 

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Agricultural Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1854).

    The import restraint limits for textile products, produced or 
manufactured in Pakistan 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 limits 
for Categories 338, 340/640, 360, 361, 363, 369-F/369-P, 369-R, 369-S 
and 638/639 have been reduced for carryforward applied to the 1995 
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: 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 and man-made fiber textile products in the following 
categories, produced or manufactured in Pakistan 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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Specific Limits                                                         
219....................................  6,879,526 square meters.       
226/313................................  102,421,264 square meters.     
237....................................  334,595 dozen.                 
239....................................  1,575,274 kilograms.           
314....................................  5,003,292 square meters.       
315....................................  68,538,238 square meters.      
317/617................................  26,886,849 square meters.      
331/631................................  2,049,146 dozen pairs.         
334/634................................  197,630 dozen.                 
335/635................................  305,201 dozen.                 
336/636................................  401,514 dozen.                 
338....................................  4,073,147 dozen.               
339....................................  1,137,351 dozen.               
340/640................................  505,643 dozen of which not more
                                          than 200,757 dozen shall be in
                                          dress shirts in Categories 340-
                                          D/640-D\1\.                   
341/641................................  602,272 dozen.                 
342/642................................  298,093 dozen.                 
347/348................................  665,537 dozen.                 
351/651................................  267,676 dozen.                 
352/652................................  669,190 dozen.                 
359-C/659-C\2\.........................  1,204,542 kilograms.           
360....................................  2,206,738 numbers.             
361....................................  2,869,590 numbers.             
363....................................  37,886,241 numbers.            
369-F/369-P\3\.........................  1,896,163 kilograms.           
369-R\4\...............................  8,848,760 kilograms.           
369-S\5\...............................  578,911 kilograms.             
613/614................................  20,280,350 square meters.      
615....................................  21,574,836 square meters.      
625/626/627/628/629....................  66,354,561 square meters of    
                                          which not more than 33,177,281
                                          square meters shall be in     
                                          Category 625, not more than   
                                          33,177,281 square meters shall
                                          be in Category 626, not more  
                                          than 33,177,281 square meters 
                                          shall be in Category 627, not 
                                          more than 6,864,265 square    
                                          meters shall be in Category   
                                          628, and not more than        
                                          33,177,281 square meters shall
                                          be in Category 629.           
638/639................................  364,003 dozen.                 
647/648................................  731,148 dozen.                 
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\1\Category 340-D: only HTS numbers 6205.20.2015, 6205.20.2020,         
  6205.20.2025 and 6205.20.2030; 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.                                                     
\2\Category 359-C: only HTS numbers 6103.42.2025, 6103.49.8034,         
  6104.62.1020, 6104.69.8010, 6114.20.0048, 6114.20.0052, 6203.42.2010, 
  6203.42.2090, 6204.62.2010, 6211.32.0010, 6211.32.0025 and            
  6211.42.0010; Category 659-C: only HTS numbers 6103.23.0055,          
  6103.43.2020, 6103.43.2025, 6103.49.2000, 6103.49.8038, 6104.63.1020, 
  6104.63.1030, 6104.69.1000, 6104.69.8014, 6114.30.3044, 6114.30.3054, 
  6203.43.2010, 6203.43.2090, 6203.49.1010, 6203.49.1090, 6204.63.1510, 
  6204.69.1010, 6210.10.9010, 6211.33.0010, 6211.33.0017 and            
  6211.43.0010.                                                         
\3\Category 369-F: only HTS number 6302.91.0045; Category 369-P: only   
  HTS numbers 6302.60.0010 and 6302.91.0005.                            
\4\Category 369-R: only HTS number 6307.10.2020.                        
\5\Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.                        

    Imports charged to these category limits for the periods 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. 95-29602 Filed 11-5-95; 8:45 am]
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