[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 65 (Wednesday, April 5, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17327-17328]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-8299]
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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 Kenya
March 30, 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: April 14, 1995.
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).
Pursuant to the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing
(ATC) and the Uruguay Round Agreements Act, the limits agreed upon by
the Governments of the United States and the Republic of Kenya, as
notified to the Uruguay Round Textiles Monitoring Body (TMB), are being
amended for the period beginning on January 1, 1995 and extending
through December 31, 1995. Pursuant to the ATC, these new limits
supersede those notified to the TMB contained in the Bilateral Textile
Agreement, effected by exchange of notes dated August 23, 1994 and
October 25, 1994, between the Governments of the United States and the
Republic of Kenya.
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).
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 ATC, but are designed to assist only in the implementation of
certain of its provisions.
Rita D. Hayes,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
March 30, 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 April 14, 1995, 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 Kenya and exported during
the twelve-month period beginning on January 1, 1995 and extending
through December 31, 1995, in excess of the following limits. These
limits supersede [[Page 17328]] those contained in the Bilateral
Textile Agreement, effected by exchange of notes dated August 23,
1994 and October 25, 1994, between the Governments of the United
States and the Republic of Kenya.
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Category Twelve-month restraint limit\1\
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340/640............................ 387,000 dozen.
360................................ 2,795,000 numbers.
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\1\The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports exported
after December 31, 1994.
Imports charged to these category limits for the period January
1, 1994 through December 31, 1994 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 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,
Rita D. Hayes,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
[FR Doc. 95-8299 Filed 4-4-95; 8:45 am]
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