[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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