[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 245 (Thursday, December 21, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66264-66265]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-31028]



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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton and 
Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Qatar

December 15, 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) 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) 927-5850. 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 

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Agricultural Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1854).

    The Governments of the United States and the State of Qatar agreed 
to extend their Bilateral Textile Agreement, effected by exchange of 
notes dated February 11, 1995 and May 30, 1995, for two consecutive 
one-year periods, beginning on January 1, 1996 and extending through 
December 31, 1997.
    In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the 
Commissioner of Customs to establish limits for the 1996 period.
    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 bilateral agreement, but are designed to assist only in the 
implementation of certain of its provisions.
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

December 15, 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 Bilateral Textile Agreement, effected by exchange of notes dated 
February 11, 1995 and May 30, 1995, as amended and extended, between 
the Governments of the United States and the State of Qatar; 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 and man-made fiber textile 
products in the following categories, produced or manufactured in 
Qatar 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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                                               Twelve-month  restraint  
                 Category                               limit           
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340/640...................................  365,170 dozen.              
341/641...................................  168,540 dozen.              
347/348...................................  415,732 dozen.              
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    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 current bilateral agreement 
between the Governments of the United States and the State of Qatar.
    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,
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

[FR Doc. 95-31028 Filed 12-20-95; 8:45 am]
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