[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 234 (Wednesday, December 6, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62410-62412]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-29725]



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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 Indonesia

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: Janet Heinzen, 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) 927096704. For information on 
embargoes and quota re-openings, call (202) 482093715.

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 Indonesia 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 

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the 1996 limits. The 1996 limits for Categories 336/636, 338/339, 341, 
350/650, 369-S, 433, 447 and 638/639 have been reduced for carryforward 
applied in 1995.
    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 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), 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 Indonesia 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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Levels in Group I                          .............................
200......................................  722,583 kilograms.           
219......................................  8,026,746 square meters.     
225......................................  5,620,804 square meters.     
300/301..................................  3,434,936 kilograms.         
313......................................  14,564,446 square meters.    
314......................................  50,855,399 square meters.    
315......................................  23,107,747 square meters.    
317/617/326..............................  22,318,752 square meters of  
                                            which not more than         
                                            3,297,838 square meters     
                                            shall be in Category 326.   
331/631..................................  2,049,548 dozen pairs.       
334/335..................................  187,814 dozen.               
336/636..................................  495,182 dozen.               
338/339..................................  957,348 dozen.               
340/640..................................  1,249,067 dozen.             
341......................................  709,112 dozen.               
342/642..................................  312,267 dozen.               
345......................................  363,224 dozen.               
347/348..................................  1,373,974 dozen.             
350/650..................................  136,176 dozen.               
351/651..................................  405,947 dozen.               
359-C/659-C1A\1\.........................  1,186,614 kilograms.         
359-S/659-S1A\2\.........................  1,249,067 kilograms.         
360......................................  1,111,665 numbers.           
361......................................  1,111,665 numbers.           
369-S1A\3\...............................  723,722 kilograms.           
433......................................  10,537 dozen.                
443......................................  83,099 numbers.              
445/446..................................  55,684 dozen.                
447......................................  15,635 dozen.                
448......................................  20,467 dozen.                
604-A1A\4\...............................  596,343 kilograms.           
611......................................  5,296,417 square meters.     
613/614/615..............................  21,171,692 square meters.    
618......................................  4,996,270 square meters.     
619/620..................................  7,744,218 square meters.     
625/626/627/628/629......................  23,696,939 square meters.    
634/635..................................  249,814 dozen.               
638/639..................................  1,226,161 dozen.             
641......................................  1,904,456 dozen.             
643......................................  277,917 numbers.             
644......................................  389,083 numbers.             
645/646..................................  657,348 dozen.               
647/648..................................  2,723,299 dozen.             
847......................................  344,082 dozen.               
Group II                                   .............................
  201, 218, 220, 222-224, 226, 227, 229,   79,652,572 square meters     
   237, 239, 330, 332, 333, 349, 352-354,   equivalent.                 
   359-O1A\5\, 362, 363, 369-O1A\6\, 400,                               
   410, 414, 431, 432, 434, 435, 436,                                   
   438, 439, 440, 442, 444, 459, 464,                                   
   465, 469, 603, 604-O1A\7\, 606, 607,                                 
   621, 622, 624, 630, 632, 633, 649, 652-                              
   654, 659-O1A\8\, 665, 666, 669-O1A\9\,                               
   670-O1A\10\, 831-836, 838, 839, 840,                                 
   842-846, 850-852, 858 and 859, as a                                  
   group.                                                               
Subgroup in Group II                                                    
  400, 410, 414, 431, 432, 434, 435, 436,  2,933,640 square meters      
   438, 439, 440, 442, 444, 459, 464, 465   equivalent.                 
   and 469, as a group.                                                 
In Group II subgroup                       .............................
  435....................................  46,050 dozen.                
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\1\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.                                                         
\2\Category 359-S: only HTS numbers 6112.39.0010, 6112.49.0010,         
  6211.11.8010, 6211.11.8020, 6211.12.8010 and 6211.12.8020; Category   
  659-S: only HTS numbers 6112.31.0010, 6112.31.0020, 6112.41.0010,     
  6112.41.0020, 6112.41.0030, 6112.41.0040, 6211.11.1010, 6211.11.1020, 
  6211.12.1010 and 6211.12.1020.                                        
\3\Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.                        
\4\Category 604-A: only HTS number 5509.32.0000.                        

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\5\Category 359-O: all HTS numbers except 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, 6211.42.0010  
  (Category 359-C); 6112.39.0010, 6112.49.0010, 6211.11.8010,           
  6211.11.8020, 6211.12.8010 and 6211.12.8020 (Category 359-S).         
\6\Category 369-O: all HTS numbers except 6307.10.2005 (Category 369-S).
                                                                        
\7\Category 604-O: all HTS numbers except 5509.32.0000 (Category 604-A).
\8\Category 659-O: all HTS numbers except 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, 6211.43.0010 (Category 659- 
  C); 6112.31.0010, 6112.31.0020, 6112.41.0010, 6112.41.0020,           
  6112.41.0030, 6112.41.0040, 6211.11.1010, 6211.11.1020, 6211.12.1010  
  and 6211.12.1020 (Category 659-S).                                    
\9\ Category 669-O: all HTS numbers except 6305.31.0010, 6305.31.0020   
  and 6305.39.0000 (Category 669-P).                                    
\10\Category 670-O: all HTS numbers except 4202.12.8030, 4202.12.8070,  
  4202.92.3020, 4202.92.3030 and 4202.92.9025 (Category 670-L).         


    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 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. 95-29725 Filed 12-5-95; 8:45 am]
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