[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 245 (Thursday, December 21, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66265-66266]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-31029]



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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 Sri Lanka

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: Helen L. LeGrande, 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 Agricultural Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C. 
1854).

    The import restraint limits for textile products, produced or 
manufactured in Sri Lanka 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 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. The limits for 
Categories 331/631, 334/634, 335/835, 336/636/836, 338/339, 340/640, 
341/641, 341 (sublimit), 347/348/847, 351/651, 352/652, 635 and 840 
have been reduced for special carryforward applied to the 1995 limits.
    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.
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: 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 Sri Lanka exported during the period beginning on 
January 1, 1996 and extending through December 31, 1996, in excess 
of the following restraint limits:
      

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                Category                        Twelve-month limit      
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237....................................  275,884 dozen.                 
314....................................  4,118,559 square meters.       
331/631................................  2,503,111 dozen pairs.         
333/633................................  51,932 dozen.                  
334/634................................  523,224 dozen.                 
335/835................................  242,735 dozen.                 

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336/636/836............................  288,416 dozen.                 
338/339................................  1,160,240 dozen.               
340/640................................  1,018,301 dozen.               
341/641................................  1,792,827 dozen of which not   
                                          more than, 1,175,777 dozen    
                                          shall be in Category 341 and  
                                          not more than 1,234,099 dozen 
                                          shall be in Category 641.     
342/642/842............................  632,910 dozen.                 
345/845................................  163,910 dozen.                 
347/348/847............................  963,800 dozen.                 
350/650................................  113,599 dozen.                 
351/651................................  285,227 dozen.                 
352/652................................  1,237,589 dozen.               
359-C/659-C \1\........................  1,250,003 kilograms.           
360....................................  1,372,853 numbers.             
363....................................  11,765,652 numbers.            
369-D \2\..............................  883,335 kilograms.             
369-S \3\..............................  736,110 kilograms.             
434....................................  7,163 dozen.                   
435....................................  15,350 dozen.                  
440....................................  10,233 dozen.                  
611....................................  5,377,008 square meters.       
635....................................  323,648 dozen.                 
638/639/838............................  867,307 dozen.                 
644....................................  486,855 numbers.               
645/646................................  194,741 dozen.                 
647/648................................  1.044,135 dozen.               
670-L \4\..............................  7,950,000 kilograms.           
840....................................  277,281 dozen.                 
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\1\ Category 359-C: only HTS numbers 6103.42.2025, 6103.2025,           
  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, 6210.40.9010, 6211.33.0010, 6211.33.0017 and            
  6211.43.0010.                                                         
\2\ Category 369-D: only HTS numbers 6302.60.0010, 6302.91.0005 and     
  6302.91.0045.                                                         
\3\ Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.                       
\4\ Category 670-L: only HTS numbers 4202.12.8030, 4202.12.8070,        
  4202.92.3020, 4202.92.3030 and 4202.92.9025.                          


    Imports charged to the category limits for the periods June 23, 
1995 through December 31, 1995 (Category 670-L) and January 1, 1995 
through December 31, 1995 (remaining categories) shall be charged to 
those levels of restraint to the extent of any unfilled balances. In 
the event the limits established for those periods 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 adjustments 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 to 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. 95-31029 Filed 12-20-95; 8:45 am]
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