[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 235 (Thursday, December 7, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62827-62828]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-29886]



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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool and Man-Made 
Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Malaysia

December 1, 1995.

AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs adjusting 
limits.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: December 4, 1995.

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 of each Customs port or call (202) 927-6712. 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 current limits for certain categories are being adjusted, 
variously, for swing, special shift, carryforward, carryover and 
special swing.
    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). Also see 
60 FR 17332, published on April 5, 1995.
    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 Uruguay Round Agreement on 
Textiles and Clothing, but are designed to assist only in the 

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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
December 1, 1995.

Commissioner of Customs,
Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.

    Dear Commissioner: This directive amends, but does not cancel, 
the directive issued to you on March 30, 1995, by the Chairman, 
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That 
directive concerns imports of certain cotton, wool and man-made 
fiber textiles and textile products and silk blend and other 
vegetable fiber apparel, produced or manufactured in Malaysia and 
exported during the twelve-month period which began on January 1, 
1995 and extends through December 31, 1995.
    Effective on December 4, 1995, you are directed to amend the 
March 30, 1995 directive to adjust the limits for the following 
categories, as provided for under the terms of the Uruguay Round 
Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and 
Clothing:

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                                                Adjusted twelve-month   
                 Category                             limit\1\          
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336/636...................................  429,346 dozen.              
338/339...................................  1,083,807 dozen.            
340/640...................................  1,254,819 dozen.            
341/641...................................  1,243,498 dozen of which not
                                             more than 521,158 dozen    
                                             shall be in Category 341.  
347/348...................................  471,623 dozen.              
350/650...................................  104,018 dozen.              
351/651...................................  254,028 dozen.              
445/446...................................  33,945 dozen.               
638/639...................................  429,759 dozen.              
645/646...................................  214,277 dozen.              
647/648...................................  1,384,138 dozen of which not
                                             more than 1,011,957 dozen  
                                             shall be in Category 647-  
                                             K\2\ and not more than     
                                             1,011,957 dozen shall be in
                                             Category 648-K\3\.         
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\1\The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports exported
  after December 31, 1994.                                              
\2\Category 647-K: only HTS numbers 6103.23.0040, 6103.23.0045,         
  6103.29.1020, 6103.29.1030, 6103.43.1520, 6103.43.1540, 6103.43.1550, 
  6103.43.1570, 6103.49.1020, 6103.49.1060, 6103.49.8014, 6112.12.0050, 
  6112.19.1050, 6112.20,.1060 and 6113.00.9044.                         
\3\Category 648-K: only HTS numbers 6104.23.0032, 6104.23.0034,         
  6104.29.1030, 6104.29.1040, 6104.29.2038, 6104.63.2010, 6104.63.2025, 
  6104.63.2030, 6104.63.2060, 6104.69.2030, 6104.69.2060, 6104.69.8026, 
  6112.12.0060, 6112.19.1060, 6112.20.1070, 6113.00.9052 and            
  6117.90.9070.                                                         

    The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has 
determined that these actions fall within the foreign affairs 
exception to 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. 95-29886 Filed 12-06-95; 8:45 am]
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