[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 112 (Monday, June 12, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30844-30845]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-14296]
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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool and Man-Made
Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Indonesia
June 6, 1995.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).
ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs reducing
limits.
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EFFECTIVE DATE: June 8, 1995.
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) 927-6704. 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 current limits for certain categories are being reduced for
carryforward used during the July 1, 1994 through December 31, 1994
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 [[Page 30845]] Schedule of the United States
(see Federal Register notice 59 FR 65531, published on December 20,
1994). Also see 60 FR 17325, published on April 5, 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 Uruguay Round Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round Agreement on
Textiles and Clothing, but are designed to assist only in the
implementation of certain of their provisions.
Rita D. Hayes,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
June 6, 1995.
Commissioner of Customs,
Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.
Dear Commissioner: This directive amends, but does not cancel,
the directive issued to you on March 30, 1995, by the Chairman,
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That
directive concerns imports of certain cotton, wool, man-made fiber,
silk blend and other vegetable fiber textiles and textile products,
produced or manufactured in Indonesia and exported during the
twelve-month period which began on January 1, 1995 and extends
through December 31, 1995.
Effective on June 8, 1995, you are directed to amend the
directive dated March 30, 1995 to reduce the limits for the
following categories, as provided under the Uruguay Round Agreements
Act and the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing:
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Category Adjusted twelve-month limit \1\
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Levels in Group I
336/636............................ 476,316 dozen.
341................................ 682,095 dozen.
351/651............................ 368,577 dozen.
433................................ 9,480 dozen.
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports
exported after December 31, 1994.
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,
Rita D. Hayes,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
[FR Doc.95-14296 Filed 6-9-95; 8:45 am]
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