[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 234 (Wednesday, December 6, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62413-62414]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-29724]
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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Silk Apparel Produced
or Manufactured in the People's Republic of China
November 30, 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: Jennifer Aldrich, International Trade
Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of
Commerce, (202) 482094212. 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) 927-6703. 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 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) dated January 17, 1994 and
the exchange of letters dated March 17, 1994 between the Governments of
the United States and the People's Republic of China establish a limit
for wearing apparel containing 70 percent or more by weight of silk,
produced or manufactured in China and exported during the period
beginning on January 1, 1996 and extending through December 31, 1996.
This limit may be subject to revision pursuant to the Uruguay Round
Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing
(ATC). On the date that China becomes a member of the World Trade
Organization and the United States applies the Uruguay Round Agreements
to China, the restraint limit will be modified in accordance with the
ATC.
A description of the silk apparel categories is available in the
U.S. CORRELATION: Silk Apparel Categories with the Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States (see Federal Register 59 FR 15381,
published on April 1, 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 MOU, but are designed to assist only in the implementation of
certain of its provisions.
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile
Agreements.
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
November 30, 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 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) dated January 17, 1994 and
exchange of letters dated March 17, 1994 between the Governments of
the United States and the People's Republic of China; 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 wearing apparel containing 70
percent or more by weight of silk in the following categories,
produced or manufactured in China and exported during the 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 limit
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Silk Apparel Group ............................
733, 734, 735, 736, 738, 739, 740, 741, 346,104,629 square meters
742, 743, 744, 745, 746, 747, 748, 750, equivalent.
751, 752, 758 and 759, as a group.
Specific Limit within Group ............................
740 (Men's and boys' shirts, not knit).... 3,303,620 dozen.
741 (Women's and girls' shirts/blouses, 8,243,864 dozen.
not knit).
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\1\Silk handkerchiefs, gloves, hosiery, brassieres and other body
supporting garments, scarves, and babies' garments are not included in
this Agreement.
Imports charged to this category limit for the period January 1,
1995 through December
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31, 1995 shall be charged against the level of restraint to the extent
of any unfilled balance. In the event the limit established for that
period has been exhausted by previous entries, such goods shall be
subject to the level set forth in this directive.
Should China become a member of the World Trade Organization
(WTO) and the United States applies the Uruguay Round Agreements to
China, the limit set forth above may be subject to adjustment in the
future pursuant to the provisions of the Uruguay Round Agreements
Act, the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing, and any
administrative arrangement 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. 95-29724 Filed 12-5-95; 8:45 am]
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