[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 234 (Wednesday, December 6, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62396-62397]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-29604]
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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 Thailand
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) 927-6717. For information on
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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 Thailand 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).
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, man-made fiber, silk blend and other vegetable fiber
textiles and textile products in the following categories, produced
or manufactured in Thailand 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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239....................................... 5,377,008 kilograms.
Levels in Group I
200....................................... 1,021,931 kilograms.
218....................................... 16,790,460 square meters.
219....................................... 5,450,300 square meters.
300....................................... 4,087,725 kilograms.
301-P\1\.................................. 4,087,725 kilograms.
301-O\2\.................................. 817,546 kilograms.
313....................................... 19,076,049 square meters.
314....................................... 43,602,397 square meters.
315....................................... 27,251,498 square meters.
317/326................................... 11,440,442 square meters.
363....................................... 17,713,473 numbers.
369-D\3\.................................. 194,849 kilograms.
369-S\4\.................................. 272,515 kilograms.
604....................................... 637,593 kilograms of which
not more than 408,772
kilograms shall be in
Category 604-A\5\.
607....................................... 2,725,149 kilograms.
611....................................... 12,652,112 square meters.
613/614/615............................... 41,185,590 square meters of
which not more than
23,981,319 square meters
shall be in Categories 613/
615 and not more than
23,981,319 square meters
shall be in Category 614.
617....................................... 14,872,574 square meters.
619....................................... 6,131,587 square meters.
620....................................... 6,131,587 square meters.
625/626/627/628/629....................... 12,012,464 square meters of
which not more than
9,538,024 square meters
shall be in Category 625.
669-P\6\.................................. 5,747,563 kilograms.
Group II
237, 330-359, 431-459, 630-659 and 831- 252,127,746 square meters
859, as a group. equivalent.
Sublevels in Group II
331/631................................. 1,487,406 dozen pairs.
334/634................................. 531,404 dozen.
335/635/835............................. 422,398 dozen.
336/636................................. 272,515 dozen.
338/339................................. 1,724,343 dozen.
340..................................... 245,264 dozen.
341/641................................. 579,094 dozen.
342/642................................. 504,153 dozen.
345..................................... 258,889 dozen.
347/348/847............................. 711,945 dozen.
351/651................................. 204,386 dozen.
359-H/659-H\7\.......................... 1,195,544 kilograms.
433..................................... 9,395 dozen.
434..................................... 11,597 dozen.
435..................................... 52,701 dozen.
438..................................... 17,396 dozen.
442..................................... 20,202 dozen.
638/639................................. 2,032,262 dozen.
640..................................... 449,649 dozen.
645/646................................. 272,515 dozen.
647/648................................. 970,153 dozen.
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\1\Category 301-P: only HTS numbers 5206.21.0000, 5206.22.0000,
5206.23.0000, 5206.24.0000, 5206.25.0000, 5206.41.0000, 5206.42.0000,
5206.43.0000, 5206.44.0000 and 5206.45.0000.
\2\Category 301-O: only HTS numbers 5205.21.0000, 5205.22.0000,
5205.23.0000, 5205.24.0000, 5205.25.0000, 5205.41.0000, 5205.42.0000,
5205.43.0000, 5205.44.0000 and 5205.45.0000.
\3\Category 369-D: only HTS numbers 6302.60.0010, 6302.91.0005 and
6302.91.0045.
\4\Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.
\5\Category 604-A: only HTS number 5509.32.0000.
\6\Category 669-P: only HTS numbers 6305.31.0010, 6305.31.0020 and
6305.39.0000.
\7\Category 359-H: only HTS numbers 6505.90.1540 and 6505.90.2060;
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.
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 according to the provisions of the Uruguay Round Agreements
Act and the ATC and any administrative arrangements notified to the
Textiles Monitoring Body.
The conversion factors for merged Categories 359-H/659-H and
638/639 are 11.5 and 12.96, respectively.
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. 95-29604 Filed 12-5-95; 8:45 am]
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