65292 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 243 / Tuesday, December 19, 1995 / Notices

Request for Public Comments on

Bilateral Textile Consultations with the

Government of Bulgaria on Certain

Wool Textile Products

December 13, 1995.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Notice.

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

categories for which consultations have

been requested, call (202) 482–3740.

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).

On November 29, 1995, in accordance

with Section 204 of the Agricultural Act

of 1956, as amended, the Government of

the United States requested

consultations with the Government of

Bulgaria with respect to women’s and

girls’ wool suits in Category 444,

produced or manufactured in Bulgaria.

The purpose of this notice is to advise

the public that, if no solution is agreed

upon in consultations with the

Government of Bulgaria, the Committee

for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements may later establish a limit

for the entry and withdrawal from

warehouse for consumption of wool

textile products in Category 444,

produced or manufactured in Bulgaria

and exported during the twelve-month

period which began on November 29,

1995 and extends through November 28,

1996, at a level of not less than 59,569

numbers.

A statement of serious damage

concerning Category 444 follows this

notice.

Anyone wishing to comment or

provide data or information regarding

the treatment of Category 444, or to

comment on domestic production or

availability of products included in

Category 444, is invited to submit 10

copies of such comments or information

to Troy H. Cribb, Chairman, Committee

for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements, U.S. Department of

Commerce, Washington, DC 20230;

ATTN: Helen L. LeGrande. The

comments received will be considered

in the context of the consultations with

the Government of Bulgaria.

Because the exact timing of the

consultations is not yet certain,

comments should be submitted

promptly. Comments or information

submitted in response to this notice will

be available for public inspection in the

Office of Textiles and Apparel, room

H3100, U.S. Department of Commerce,

14th and Constitution Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC.

Further comments may be invited

regarding particular comments or

information received from the public

which the Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

considers appropriate for further

consideration.

The solicitation of comments

regarding any aspect of the

implementation of an agreement is not

a waiver in any respect of the exemption

contained in 5 U.S.C. 553(a)(1) relating

to matters which constitute ‘‘a foreign

affairs function of the United States.’’

The United States remains committed

to finding a solution concerning

Category 444. Should such a solution be

reached in consultations with the

Government of Bulgaria, further notice

will be published in the Federal

Register.

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).

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation

of Textile Agreements.

Statement of Serious Damage

Bulgaria

Women’s and Girls’ Wool Suits—Category

444

November 1995

Import Situation and Conclusion

U.S. imports of women’s and girls’

wool suits, Category 444, from Bulgaria

reached 59,569 units for the year-ending

August 1995, almost 14 times the 4,305

units imported during the same period

a year earlier. Bulgaria shipped 41,624

units during 1994 and 1,161 units in

1992. There were no imports from

Bulgaria in 1993. Imports from Bulgaria

were 4.6 percent of total U.S. imports of

Category 444 in the year-ending August

1995, and were equivalent to 1.5 percent

of U.S. production of Category 444 for

the year-ending June 1995.

U.S. imports of women’s and girls’

wool suits from Bulgaria in Category

444 during the first eight months of

1995 was $50.27 per unit, 65 percent

below the average U.S. producers’ price

for women’s and girls’ wool suits.

The sharp and substantial increase of

low-valued Category 444 imports from

Bulgaria is causing serious damage to

the U.S. domestic industry producing

women’s and girls’ wool suits.

U.S. Production, Import Penetration, and

Market Share

U.S. production of women’s and girls’

wool suits, Category 444, fell from

6,286,000 units in 1992 to 4,309,000

units in 1994, a decline of 31 percent.

Domestic production of women’s and

girls’ wool suits continued to decline in

1995, falling to 3,961,000 units in the

year-ending June 1995, 22 percent

below the year-ending June 1994 level.

In contrast, imports of Category 444

increased from 943,000 units in 1992 to

1,093,000 units in 1994, a 16 percent

increase. Category 444 imports surged to

1,307,000 units in the year-ending

August 1995, 24 percent above the yearending August 1994 level.

The ratio of imports to domestic

production increased from 15 percent in

1992 to 25 percent in 1994 to 31 percent

in the year-ending June 1995. The share

of the U.S. market for women’s and

girls’ wool suits held by domestic

manufacturers fell from 92 percent in

1992 to 88 percent in 1994, and to 82

percent in the year-ending June 1995.

[FR Doc. 95–30812 Filed 12–18–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–F

Announcement of Import Restraint

Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool, ManMade Fiber, Silk Blend and Other

Vegetable Fiber Textiles and Textile

Products Produced or Manufactured in

the People’s Republic of China

December 13, 1995.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs establishing

limits.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jennifer Aldrich, 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) 927–6703. 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 Cotton, Wool, ManMade Fiber, Silk Blend and Other

Vegetable Fiber Textile Agreement,
Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 243 / Tuesday, December 19, 1995 / Notices 65293

effected by exchange of notes dated

March 29, 1995 and June 8, 1995,

between the Governments of the United

States and the People’s Republic of

China establishes limits for the period

beginning on January 1, 1996 and

extending through December 31, 1996.

In the letter published below, the

Chairman of CITA directs the

Commisioner of Customs to establish

the 1996 limits. The limits for

Categories 336, 362 and 642 in Group I

have been reduced for carryforward

applied in 1995.

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 China becomes

a member of the World Trade

Organization and the United States

applies the Uruguay Round Agreements

to China, 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 65531,

published on December 20, 1994).

Information regarding the 1996

CORRELATION will be published in the

Federal Register at a later date.

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

its provisions.

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation

of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements

December 13, 1995.

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

Bilateral Cotton, Wool, Man-Made Fiber, Silk

Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textile

Agreement, effected by exchange of notes

dated March 29, 1995 and June 8, 1995,

between the Governments of the United

States and the People’s Republic of China,

you are directed to prohibit, effective on

January 1, 1996, 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 China and exported during

the twelve-month period beginning on

January 1, 1996 and extending through

December 31, 1996, in excess of the following

levels of restraint:

Category Twelve-month limit

Group I

200, 218, 219, 226,

237, 239, 300/301,

313–315, 317/326,

331, 333–336,

338/339, 340–342,

345, 347/348,

350–352, 359–C 1,

359–V2, 360–363,

369–D 3, 369–H 4,

369–L 5, 410, 433-

436, 438, 440,

442–444, 445/446,

447, 448, 607,

611, 613–615,

617, 631, 633–

636, 638/639,

640–643, 644/844,

645/646, 647–652,

659–C 6, 659–H 7,

659–S6, 666,

669–P9, 670–L 10,

831, 833, 835,

836, 840, 842 and

845–847, as a

group.

1,431,618,042 square

meters equivalent.

Sublevels in Group I

200 ........................... 655,730 kilograms.

218 ........................... 10,878,344 square

meters.

219 ........................... 2,255,185 square meters.

226 ........................... 10,240,181 square

meters.

237 ........................... 1,761,510 dozen.

239 ........................... 2,762,764 kilograms.

300/301 .................... 3,700,967 kilograms.

313 ........................... 41,216,950 square

meters.

314 ........................... 47,544,226 square

meters.

315 ........................... 159,895,467 square

meters.

317/326 .................... 19,743,397 square

meters of which not

more than 3,777,300

square meters shall

be in Category 326.

331 ........................... 4,861,921 dozen pairs.

333 ........................... 90,718 dozen.

334 ........................... 305,459 dozen.

335 ........................... 375,032 dozen.

336 ........................... 153,702 dozen.

338/339 .................... 2,370,396 dozen of

which not more than

1,799,390 dozen

shall be in Categories 338–S/339–

S11.

340 ........................... 816,568 dozen of

which not more than

408,284 dozen shall

be in Category 340–

Z 12.

341 ........................... 652,595 dozen of

which not more than

391,557 dozen shall

be in Category 341–

Y13.

342 ........................... 256,222 dozen.

345 ........................... 128,260 dozen.

Category Twelve-month limit

347/348 .................... 2,404,650 dozen.

350 ........................... 154,357 dozen.

351 ........................... 500,983 dozen.

352 ........................... 1,801,164 dozen.

359–C ...................... 559,672 kilograms.

359–V ...................... 815,151 kilograms.

360 ........................... 7,176,252 numbers of

which not more than

4,894,897 numbers

shall be in Category

360–P14.

361 ........................... 4,012,966 numbers.

362 ........................... 6,978,163 numbers.

363 ........................... 29,977,812 numbers.

369–D ...................... 4,480,901 kilograms.

369–H ...................... 4,645,985 kilograms.

369–L ....................... 3,070,837 kilograms.

410 ........................... 1,958,724 square meters of which not

more than 1,570,129

square meters shall

be in Category 410–

A15 and not more

than 1,570,129

square meters shall

be in Category 410–

B16.

433 ........................... 22,823 dozen.

434 ........................... 13,004 dozen.

435 ........................... 23,885 dozen.

436 ........................... 14,862 dozen.

438 ........................... 26,007 dozen.

440 ........................... 37,155 dozen of which

not more than

21,231 dozen shall

be in Category 440–

M 17.

442 ........................... 41,401 dozen.

443 ........................... 133,754 numbers.

444 ........................... 200,831 numbers.

445/446 .................... 284,340 dozen.

447 ........................... 77,298 dozen.

448 ........................... 21,729 dozen.

607 ........................... 3,038,521 kilograms.

611 ........................... 5,193,696 square meters.

613 ........................... 7,128,602 square meters.

614 ........................... 11,202,088 square

meters.

615 ........................... 23,320,711 square

meters.

617 ........................... 16,293,945 square

meters.

631 ........................... 1,184,416 dozen pairs.

633 ........................... 53,496 dozen.

634 ........................... 582,000 dozen.

635 ........................... 607,949 dozen.

636 ........................... 525,752 dozen.

638/639 .................... 2,365,174 dozen.

640 ........................... 1,437,870 dozen.

641 ........................... 1,293,980 dozen.

642 ........................... 300,013 dozen.

643 ........................... 485,182 numbers.

644/844 .................... 3,474,297 numbers.

645/646 .................... 820,148 dozen.

647 ........................... 1,509,521 dozen.

648 ........................... 1,078,543 dozen.

649 ........................... 876,418 dozen.

650 ........................... 109,116 dozen.
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Category Twelve-month limit

651 ........................... 736,428 dozen of

which not more than

129,653 dozen shall

be in Category 651–

B18.

652 ........................... 2,513,085 dozen.

659–C ...................... 389,873 kilograms.

659–H ...................... 2,683,454 kilograms.

659–S ...................... 580,290 kilograms.

666 ........................... 3,376,561 kilograms.

669–P ...................... 1,894,083 kilograms.

670–L ....................... 15,074,868 kilograms.

831 ........................... 503,383 dozen.

833 ........................... 26,336 dozen.

835 ........................... 119,061 dozen pairs.

836 ........................... 264,027 dozen.

840 ........................... 463,151 dozen.

842 ........................... 255,783 dozen.

845 ........................... 2,420,585 dozen.

846 ........................... 165,561 dozen.

847 ........................... 1,222,614 dozen.

Group II

330, 332, 349, 353,

354, 359–O 19,

431, 432, 439,

459, 630, 632,

653, 654 and 659–

O 20, as a group.

121,132,059 square

meters equivalent.

Group III

201, 220, 222, 223,

224–V21, 224–

O 22, 225, 227,

229, 369–O 23,

400, 414, 464,

465, 469, 600,

603, 604–O 24,

606, 618–622,

624–629, 665,

669–O 25 and

670–O 26, as a

group.

255,798,114 square

meters equivalent.

Sublevel in Group III

224–V ...................... 3,393,051 square meters.

Group IV

832, 834, 838, 839,

843, 850–852, 858

and 859, as a

group.

11,030,580 square

meters equivalent.

Levels not in a

Group

369–S27 .................. 610,158 kilograms.

863–S28 .................. 8,532,986 numbers.

870 ........................... 32,771,172 kilograms.

1 Category 359–C: only HTS

numbers 6103.42.2025,

6103.49.8034, 6104.62.1020,

6104.69.8010, 6114.20.0048,

6114.20.0052, 6203.42.2010,

6203.42.2090, 6204.62.2010,

6211.32.0010, 6211.32.0025 and

6211.42.0010.

2 Category 359–V: only HTS

numbers 6103.19.2030,

6103.19.9030, 6104.12.0040,

6104.19.8040, 6110.20.1022,

6110.20.1024, 6110.20.2030,

6110.20.2035, 6110.90.9044,

6110.90.9046, 6201.92.2010,

6202.92.2020, 6203.19.1030,

6203.19.9030, 6204.12.0040,

6204.19.8040, 6211.32.0070 and

6211.42.0070.

3 Category 369–D: only HTS

numbers 6302.60.0010,

6302.91.0005 and 6302.91.0045.

4 Category 369–H: only HTS

numbers 4202.22.4020,

4202.22.4500 and 4202.22.8030.

5 Category 369–L: only HTS numbers 4202.12.4000, 4202.12.8020,

4202.12.8060, 4202.92.1500,

4202.92.3015 and 4202.92.6090.

6 Category 659–C: only HTS

numbers 6103.23.0055,

6103.43.2020, 6103.43.2025,

6103.49.2000, 6103.49.8038,

6104.63.1020, 6104.63.1030,

6104.69.1000, 6104.69.8014,

6114.30.3044, 6114.30.3054,

6203.43.2010, 6203.43.2090,

6203.49.1010, 6203.49.1090,

6204.63.1510, 6204.69.1010,

6210.10.9010, 6211.33.0010,

6211.33.0017 and 6211.43.0010.

7 Category 659–H: only HTS

numbers 6502.00.9030,

6504.00.9015, 6504.00.9060,

6505.90.5090, 6505.90.6090,

6505.90.7090 and 6505.90.8090.

8 Category 659–S: only HTS

numbers 6112.31.0010,

6112.31.0020, 6112.41.0010,

6112.41.0020, 6112.41.0030,

6112.41.0040, 6211.11.1010,

6211.11.1020, 6211.12.1010 and

6211.12.1020.

9 Category 669–P: only HTS

numbers 6305.31.0010,

6305.31.0020 and 6305.39.0000.

10 Category 670–L: only HTS

numbers 4202.12.8030,

4202.12.8070, 4202.92.3020,

4202.92.3030 and 4202.92.9025.

11 Category 338–S: all HTS numbers except 6109.10.0012,

6109.10.0014, 6109.10.0018 and

6109.10.0023; Category 339–S: all

HTS numbers except 6109.10.0040,

6109.10.0045, 6109.10.0060 and

6109.10.0065.

12 Category 340–Z: only HTS

numbers 6205.20.2015,

6205.20.2020, 6205.20.2050 and

6205.20.2060.

13 Category 341–Y: only HTS

numbers 6204.22.3060,

6206.30.3010, 6206.30.3030 and

6211.42.0054.

14 Category 360–P: only HTS

numbers 6302.21.3010,

6302.21.5010, 6302.21.7010,

6302.21.9010, 6302.31.3010,

6302.31.5010, 6302.31.7010 and

6302.31.9010.

15 Category 410–A: only HTS

numbers 5111.11.3000,

5111.11.7030, 5111.11.7060,

5111.19.2000, 5111.19.6020,

5111.19.6040, 5111.19.6060,

5111.19.6080, 5111.20.9000,

5111.30.9000, 5111.90.3000,

5111.90.9000, 5212.11.1010,

5212.12.1010, 5212.13.1010,

5212.14.1010, 5212.15.1010,

5212.21.1010, 5212.22.1010,

5212.23.1010, 5212.24.1010,

5212.25.1010, 5311.00.2000,

5407.91.0510, 5407.92.0510,

5407.93.0510, 5407.94.0510,

5408.31.0510, 5408.32.0510,

5408.33.0510, 5408.34.0510,

5515.13.0510, 5515.22.0510,

5515.92.0510, 5516.31.0510,

5516.32.0510, 5516.33.0510,

5516.34.0510 and 6301.20.0020.

16 Category 410–B: only HTS

numbers 5007.10.6030,

5007.90.6030, 5112.11.2030,

5112.11.2060, 5112.19.9010,

5112.19.9020, 5112.19.9030,

5112.19.9040, 5112.19.9050,

5112.19.9060, 5112.20.3000,

5112.30.3000, 5112.90.3000,

5112.90.9010, 5112.90.9090,

5212.11.1020, 5212.12.1020,

5212.13.1020, 5212.14.1020,

5212.15.1020, 5212.21.1020,

5212.22.1020, 5212.23.1020,

5212.24.1020, 5212.25.1020,

5309.21.2000, 5309.29.2000,

5407.91.0520, 5407.92.0520,

5407.93.0520, 5407.94.0520,

5408.31.0520, 5408.32.0520,

5408.33.0520, 5408.34.0520,

5515.13.0520, 5515.22.0520,

5515.92.0520, 5516.31.0520,

5516.32.0520, 5516.33.0520 and

5516.34.0520.
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17 Category 440–M: HTS numbers 6203.21.0030, 6203.23.0030,

6205.10.1000, 6205.10.2010,

6205.10.2020, 6205.30.1510,

6205.30.1520, 6205.90.3020,

6205.90.4020 and 6211.31.0030.

18 Category 651–B: only HTS

numbers 6107.22.0015 and

6108.32.0015.

19 Category 359–O: all HTS numbers except 6103.42.2025,

6103.49.8034, 6104.62.1020,

6104.69.8010, 6114.20.0048,

6114.20.0052, 6203.42.2010,

6203.42.2090, 6204.62.2010,

6211.32.0010, 6211.32.0025,

6211.42.0010 (Category 359–C);

6103.19.2030, 6103.19.9030,

6104.12.0040, 6104.19.8040,

6110.20.1022, 6110.20.1024,

6110.20.2030, 6110.20.2035,

6110.90.9044, 6110.90.9046,

6201.92.2010, 6202.92.2020,

6203.19.1030, 6203.19.9030,

6204.12.0040, 6204.19.8040,

6211.32.0070 and 6211.42.0070

(Category 359–V).

20 Category 659–O: all HTS numbers except 6103.23.0055,

6103.43.2020, 6103.43.2025,

6103.49.2000, 6103.49.8038,

6104.63.1020, 6104.63.1030,

6104.69.1000, 6104.69.8014,

6114.30.3044, 6114.30.3054,

6203.43.2010, 6203.43.2090,

6203.49.1010, 6203.49.1090,

6204.63.1510, 6204.69.1010,

6210.10.9010, 6211.33.0010,

6211.33.0017, 6211.43.0010 (Category 659–C); 6502.00.9030,

6504.00.9015, 6504.00.9060,

6505.90.5090, 6505.90.6090,

6505.90.7090, 6505.90.8090 (Category 659–H); 6112.31.0010,

6112.31.0020, 6112.41.0010,

6112.41.0020, 6112.41.0030,

6112.41.0040, 6211.11.1010,

6211.11.1020, 6211.12.1010 and

6211.12.1020 (Category 659–S).

21 Category 224–V: only HTS

numbers 5801.21.0000,

5801.23.0000, 5801.24.0000,

5801.25.0010, 5801.25.0020,

5801.26.0010, 5801.26.0020,

5801.31.0000, 5801.33.0000,

5801.34.0000, 5801.35.0010,

5801.35.0020, 5801.36.0010 and

5801.36.0020.

22 Category 224–O: all HTS numbers except 5801.21.0000,

5801.23.0000, 5801.24.0000,

5801.25.0010, 5801.25.0020,

5801.26.0010, 5801.26.0020,

5801.31.0000, 5801.33.0000,

5801.34.0000, 5801.35.0010,

5801.35.0020, 5801.36.0010 and

5801.36.0020 (Category 224–V).

23 Category 369–O: all HTS numbers except 6302.60.0010,

6302.91.0005 and 6302.91.0045

(Category 369–D); 4202.22.4020,

4202.22.4500, 4202.22.8030 (Category 369–H); 4202.12.4000,

4202.12.8020, 4202.12.8060,

4202.92.1500, 4202.92.3015,

4202.92.6090 (Category 369–L);

and 6307.10.2005 (Category 369–

24 Category 604–O: all HTS

numbers except 5509.32.0000

(Category 604–A).

25 Category 669–O: all HTS numbers except 6305.31.0010,

6305.31.0020 and 6305.39.0000

(Category 669–P).

26 Category 670–O: only HTS

numbers 4202.22.4030,

4202.22.8050 and 4202.32.9550.

27 Category 369–S: only HTS

number 6307.10.2005.

28 Category 863–S: only HTS

number 6307.10.2015.

Imports charged to these category limits 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 has been exhausted by

previous entries, such goods shall be subject

to the levels set forth in this directive.

The conversion factor for merged

Categories 638/639 is 12.96 (square meters

equivalent/category unit).

Should China become a member of the

World Trade Organization (WTO) and the

United States applies the Uruguay Round

Agreements to China, the limits set forth

above may be subject to adjustment in the

future pursuant to the provisions of the

Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and

Clothing, the Uruguay Round Agreements

Act 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,

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation

of Textile Agreements.

[FR Doc. 95–30807 Filed 12–18–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–F

Amendment of Import Limits and

Establishment of Special Access

Levels for Certain Cotton, Wool and

Man-Made Fiber Textile Products

Produced or Manufactured in

Colombia

December 13, 1995.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs amending

import limits and establishing special

access levels.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 20, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jennifer Aldrich, 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 Memoranda of

Understanding (MOUs) dated June 27,

1995 and August 9, 1995, Special

Access Levels are being established for

textile products in Categories 352/652

and 444 under the Andean Special

Access Textile Program for textile

products which are assembled in

Colombia from fabric wholly formed

and cut in the United States that are

intended for re-export to the United

States during the periods April 1, 1995

through December 31, 1995 (Categories

352/652) and January 1, 1995 through

December 31, 1995 (Category 444).

There is a sublimit for products that are

not assembled from U.S. formed and cut

fabrics.

In the letter published below, the

Chairman of CITA directs the

Commissioner of Customs to establish a

Special Access Level at 22,500,000

dozen for Categories 352/652 and

201,000 numbers for Category 444. The

current limits for Categories 352/652

and 444 shall be amended to become

sublimits to the Special Access Levels at