[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 200 (Tuesday, October 17, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53764-53765]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-25746]
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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
Adjustment of an Import Limit for Certain Cotton and Man-Made
Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Singapore
October 11, 1995.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).
ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs adjusting
limits.
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EFFECTIVE DATE: October 18, 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) 927-6716. 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 limit for Categories 338/339 is being increased for
swing and carryforward. The limit for Categories 639 is being reduced
to account for the swing being applied.
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). Also see
60 FR 17335, 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
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Agreement on Textiles and Clothing, but are designed to assist only in
the implementation of certain of their provisions.
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile
Agreements.
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
October 11, 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 and man-made
fiber textile products, produced or manufactured in Singapore and
exported during the twelve-month period which began on January 1,
1995 and extends through December 31, 1995.
Effective on October 18, 1995, you are directed to adjust the
limits for the following categories, as provided for under the
Uruguay Round Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round Agreement on
Textiles and Clothing:
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Adjusted twelve-month
Category limit\1\
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338/339................................... 1,219,983 dozen of which not
more than 722,081 dozen
shall be in Category 338
and not more than 802,864
dozen shall be in Category
339.
639....................................... 3,260,459 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,
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile
Agreements.
[FR Doc. 95-25746 Filed 10-16-95; 8:45 am]
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