[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 26 (Wednesday, February 7, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4627-4628]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-2592]
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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 Romania
February 1, 1996.
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: February 8, 1996.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Naomi Freeman, 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).
In a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) dated December 15, 1995, the
Governments of the United States and Romania agreed to amend and extend
their Bilateral Textile and Apparel Agreement of December 20, 1994 for
three consecutive one-year periods, beginning on January 1, 1996 and
extending through December 31, 1998.
These limits may be subject to revision pursuant to the Uruguay
Round Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and
Clothing (ATC). On the date that the United States applies the Uruguay
Round Agreements to Romania, the restraint limits will be modified in
accordance with the ATC.
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 60 FR 65299, published on December 19, 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 MOU, but are designed to assist only in the implementation of
certain of its provisions.
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile
Agreements.
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
February 1, 1996.
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 Memorandum of Understanding dated December 15, 1995 between the
Governments of the United States and Romania; and in accordance with
the provisions of Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as
amended, you are directed to prohibit, effective on February 8,
1996, entry into the United States for consumption and withdrawal
from warehouse for consumption of cotton, wool, man-made fiber, silk
blend and other
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vegetable fiber textiles and textile products in the following
categories, produced or manufactured in Romania and exported during
the twelve-month period beginning on January 1, 1996 and extending
through December 31, 1996, in excess of the following limits:
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Twelve-month restraint limit
Category \1\
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Cotton Group
200, 201, 218-220, 222-227, 229, 237, 239, 57,304,381 square meters
300, 301, 313-315, 317, 326, 330-342, equivalent.
345, 347-354, 359-363, 369, 800, 810, 831-
836, 838-840, 842-847, 850-852, 858, 859,
863, 870, 871 and 899, as a group.
Sublevels in Cotton Group
237..................................... 61,000 dozen.
313..................................... 1,672,255 square meters.
314..................................... 1,254,191 square meters.
315..................................... 3,018,212 square meters.
333/833................................. 119,538 dozen.
334..................................... 288,937 dozen.
335/835................................. 151,416 dozen.
338/339................................. 653,477 dozen.
340..................................... 285,238 dozen.
341/840................................. 119,538 dozen.
347/348................................. 510,032 dozen.
350..................................... 27,000 dozen.
352..................................... 181,818 dozen.
359..................................... 652,174 kilograms.
360..................................... 1,685,400 numbers.
361..................................... 1,123,600 numbers.
369..................................... 295,821 kilograms.
810..................................... 4,180,637 square meters.
836..................................... 56,180 dozen.
847..................................... 75,000 dozen.
Group III
431-436, 438-440, 442-448, 459, 630-654 64,593,247 square meters
and 659, as a group. equivalent.
Sublevels in Group III
433/434................................. 9,262 dozen.
435..................................... 9,688 dozen.
442..................................... 11,221 dozen.
443..................................... 86,557 numbers.
444..................................... 40,804 numbers.
447/448................................. 22,503 dozen.
459..................................... 34,019 kilograms.
633..................................... 44,199 dozen.
634..................................... 53,687 dozen.
638/639................................. 583,311 dozen.
640..................................... 80,225 dozen.
641..................................... 34,775 dozen.
647..................................... 80,737 dozen.
648..................................... 57,746 dozen.
659..................................... 101,768 kilograms.
Levels not in a group
410..................................... 167,225 square meters.
465..................................... 129,600 square meters.
604..................................... 1,596,321 kilograms.
618..................................... 1,672,255 square meters.
666..................................... 116,306 kilograms.
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports
exported after December 31, 1995.
Imports charged to these category limits, except Categories 410,
465, 618 and 666, 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 conversion factors for the following merged categories are
listed below:
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Conversion factor (square
Category meters equivalent/category
unit)
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341/840................................... 12.1
433/434................................... 35.2
638/639................................... 12.96
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These limits may be subject to revision pursuant to the Uruguay
Round Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and
Clothing (ATC).
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. 96-2592 Filed 2-6-96; 8:45 am]
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