[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 82 (Friday, April 28, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20969-20970]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-10473]



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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

April 24, 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: May 2, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anne Novak, 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).

    The Bilateral Textile and Apparel Agreement of December 20, 1994 
between the Governments of the United States and Romania establishes 
limits for the period beginning on January 1, 1995 and extending 
through December 31, 1995.

    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 bilateral agreement, but are designed to assist only in the 
implementation of certain of their provisions.

Rita D. Hyaes,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

April 24, 1995.

Commissioner of Customs,

Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.

    Dear Commissioner: Effective on May 2, 1995, you are directed to 
no longer count imports of textile products in Categories 410, 414, 
464, 465, 469, 611, 613-615, 617-622, 624-629, 665, 666, 669 and 
670, produced or manufactured in Romania and exported during the 
period beginning on January 1, 1995 and extending through December 
31, 1995 (see directive dated November 29, 1994).

    Under the terms of section 204 of the Agricultural Act of 1956, 
as amended (7 U.S.C. 1854); pursuant to the Bilateral Textile and 
Apparel Agreement of December 20, 1994 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 May 2, 1995, entry into the 
United States for consumption and withdrawal from warehouse for 
consumption of cotton, wool, man-made fiber, silk blend and other 
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, 1995 and extending 
through December 31, 1995, in excess of the following limits:

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              Category                 Twelve-month restraint limit\1\  
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Cotton Group                                                            
200, 201, 218-220, 222-227, 229,     54,060,737 square meters           
 237, 239, 300, 301, 313-315, 317,    equivalent.                       
 326, 330-342, 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                                               
  315..............................  2,847,370 square meters.           
  333/833..........................  112,772 dozen.                     
  334..............................  272,582 dozen.                     
  335/835..........................  142,845 dozen.                     
  338/339..........................  616,488 dozen.                     
  340..............................  269,092 dozen.                     
  341/840..........................  112,772 dozen.                     
  347/348..........................  481,162 dozen.                     
  360..............................  1,590,000 numbers.                 
  361..............................  1,060,000 numbers.                 
  836..............................  53,000 dozen.                      
Group III                                                               
  431-436, 438-440, 442-448, 459,    60,367,521 square meters           
   630-654 and 659, as a group.       equivalent.                       
Sublevels in Group III                                                  
  433/434..........................  7,156 dozen.                       
  435..............................  7,575 dozen.                       
  442..............................  11,110 dozen.                      
  443..............................  104,237 numbers.                   
  444..............................  40,400 numbers.                    
  447/448..........................  20,200 dozen.                      
  638/639..........................  545,150 dozen.                     
Level not in a group                                                    
  604..............................  1,580,516 kilograms.               
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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 conversion factors for the following merged categories are 
listed below:

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                                       Conversion factor (square meters 
              Category                    equivalent/category unit)     
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341/840............................  12.1                               
433/434............................  35.2                               
638/639............................  12.96                              
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    In carrying out the above directions, the Commissioner of 
Customs should construe [[Page 20970]] 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. 95-10473 Filed 4-27-95; 8:45 am]

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