[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 245 (Thursday, December 21, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66268-66269]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-31032]



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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 Macau

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) 927-6709. 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 Macau 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 the 1996 limits. The limits for 
Categories 333/334/335/833/834/835, 

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336/836, 338, 339, 340, 347/348/847, 351/851, 359-C/659-C, 359-V, 633/
634/635, 638/639/838, 642/842 and 647/648 have been reduced for 
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: Under the terms of section 204 of the 
Agricultural Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1854), Uruguay Round 
Agreements Act, 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, 
wood, man-made fiber, silk blend and other vegetable fiber textiles 
and textile products in the following categories, produced or 
manufactured in Macau 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                                                       
219.......................................  2,646,000 square meters.    
225.......................................  9,261,000 square meters.    
313.......................................  6,615,000 square meters.    
314.......................................  1,102,500 square meters.    
315.......................................  3,307,500 square meters.    
317.......................................  6,615,000 square meters.    
326.......................................  2,646,000 square meters.    
333/334/335/833/834/835...................  231,554 dozen of which not  
                                             more than 129,162 dozen    
                                             shall be in Categories 333/
                                             335/833/835.               
336/836...................................  54,883 dozen.               
338.......................................  298,088 dozen.              
339.......................................  1,248,586 dozen.            
340.......................................  282,141 dozen.              
341.......................................  192,699 dozen.              
342.......................................  87,176 dozen.               
345.......................................  53,306 dozen.               
347/348/847...............................  705,568 dozen.              
350/850...................................  58,117 dozen.               
351/851...................................  65,861 dozen.               
359-C/659-C \1\...........................  332,535 kilograms.          
359-V \2\.................................  109,767 kilograms.          
611.......................................  2,646,000 square meters.    
625/626/627/628/629.......................  6,615,000 square meters.    
633/634/635...............................  490,334 dozen.              
638/639/838...............................  1,546,815 dozen.            
640.......................................  114,963 dozen.              
641/840...................................  197,591 dozen.              
642/842...................................  108,711 dozen.              
645/646...................................  269,484 dozen.              
647/648...................................  513,377 dozen.              
659-S \3\.................................  116,236 kilograms.          
Group II                                                                
400-469, as a group.......................  1,484,449 square meters     
                                             equivalent.                
Sublevel in Group II                                                    
445/446...................................  80,029 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, 6211.00.0017 and            
  6211.43.0010.                                                         
\2\ Category 359-V: only HTS numbers 6103.19.2030, 6103.19.9030,        
  6104.12.0040, 6104.19.8040, 6110.20.1022, 6110.20.1024, 6110.20.2030, 
  6110.20.2035, 6110.90.904, 6110.90.9046, 6201.92.2010, 6202.92.2020,  
  6203.19.1030, 6203.19.9030, 6204.12.0040, 6204.19.8040, 6211.32.0070  
  and 6211.42.0070.                                                     
\3\ 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.                          

    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,
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
[FR Doc. 95-31032 Filed 12-20-95; 8:45 am]
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