Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 245 / Thursday, December 21, 1995 / Notices 66265

Agricultural Act of 1956, as amended (7

U.S.C. 1854).

The Governments of the United States

and the State of Qatar agreed to extend

their Bilateral Textile Agreement,

effected by exchange of notes dated

February 11, 1995 and May 30, 1995, for

two consecutive one-year periods,

beginning on January 1, 1996 and

extending through December 31, 1997.

In the letter published below, the

Chairman of CITA directs the

Commissioner of Customs to establish

limits for the 1996 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

Schedule of the United States (see

Federal Register notice 59 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 15, 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 Textile Agreement, effected by

exchange of notes dated February 11, 1995

and May 30, 1995, as amended and extended,

between the Governments of the United

States and the State of Qatar; and in

accordance with the provisions of Executive

Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as amended,

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 and

man-made fiber textile products in the

following categories, produced or

manufactured in Qatar 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

restraint limit

340/640 ..................... 365,170 dozen.

341/641 ..................... 168,540 dozen.

347/348 ..................... 415,732 dozen.

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 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

provisions of the current bilateral agreement

between the Governments of the United

States and the State of Qatar.

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. 95–31028 Filed 12–20–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–M

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

Sri Lanka

December 15, 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:

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).

The import restraint limits for textile

products, produced or manufactured in

Sri Lanka and exported during the

period January 1, 1996 through

December 31, 1996 are based on limits

notified to the Textiles Monitoring Body

pursuant to the Uruguay Round

Agreements Act and Uruguay Round

Agreement on Textiles and Clothing

(ATC).

In the letter published below, the

Chairman of CITA directs the

Commissioner of Customs to establish

the 1996 limits. The limits for

Categories 331/631, 334/634, 335/835,

336/636/836, 338/339, 340/640, 341/

641, 341 (sublimit), 347/348/847, 351/

651, 352/652, 635 and 840 have been

reduced for special carryforward

applied to the 1995 limits.

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).

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 Uruguay Round

Agreements Act and the ATC, but are

designed to assist only in the

implementation of certain of their

provisions.

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation

of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements

December 15, 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 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 Sri Lanka

exported during the period beginning on

January 1, 1996 and extending through

December 31, 1996, in excess of the following

restraint limits:

Category Twelve-month limit

237 ....................... 275,884 dozen.

314 ....................... 4,118,559 square meters.

331/631 ................ 2,503,111 dozen pairs.

333/633 ................ 51,932 dozen.

334/634 ................ 523,224 dozen.

335/835 ................ 242,735 dozen.
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Category Twelve-month limit

336/636/836 ......... 288,416 dozen.

338/339 ................ 1,160,240 dozen.

340/640 ................ 1,018,301 dozen.

341/641 ................ 1,792,827 dozen of

which not more than,

1,175,777 dozen shall

be in Category 341

and not more than

1,234,099 dozen shall

be in Category 641.

342/642/842 ......... 632,910 dozen.

345/845 ................ 163,910 dozen.

347/348/847 ......... 963,800 dozen.

350/650 ................ 113,599 dozen.

351/651 ................ 285,227 dozen.

352/652 ................ 1,237,589 dozen.

359–C/659–C 1 ..... 1,250,003 kilograms.

360 ....................... 1,372,853 numbers.

363 ....................... 11,765,652 numbers.

369–D 2 ................ 883,335 kilograms.

369–S3 ................ 736,110 kilograms.

434 ....................... 7,163 dozen.

435 ....................... 15,350 dozen.

440 ....................... 10,233 dozen.

611 ....................... 5,377,008 square meters.

635 ....................... 323,648 dozen.

638/639/838 ......... 867,307 dozen.

644 ....................... 486,855 numbers.

645/646 ................ 194,741 dozen.

647/648 ................ 1.044,135 dozen.

670–L 4 ................. 7,950,000 kilograms.

840 ....................... 277,281 dozen.

1 Category 359–C: only HTS numbers

6103.42.2025, 6103.2025, 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; 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,

6210.40.9010, 6211.33.0010, 6211.33.0017

and 6211.43.0010. 2 Category 369–D: only HTS numbers

6302.60.0010, 6302.91.0005 and

6302.91.0045. 3 Category 369–S: only HTS number

6307.10.2005. 4 Category 670–L: only HTS numbers

4202.12.8030, 4202.12.8070, 4202.92.3020,

4202.92.3030 and 4202.92.9025.

Imports charged to the category limits for

the periods June 23, 1995 through December

31, 1995 (Category 670–L) and January 1,

1995 through December 31, 1995 (remaining

categories) shall be charged to those levels of

restraint to the extent of any unfilled

balances. In the event the limits established

for those periods 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

adjustments in the future pursuant to the

provisions of the Uruguay Round Agreements

Act, 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 to 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. 95–31029 Filed 12–20–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–M

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

Hong Kong

December 15, 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:

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) 927–5850. 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 import restraint limits for textile

products, produced or manufactured in

Hong Kong and exported during the

period January 1, 1996 through

December 31, 1996 are based on limits

notified to the Textiles Monitoring Body

pursuant to the Uruguay Round

Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round

Agreement on Textiles and Clothing

(ATC).

In the letter published below, the

Chairman of CITA directs the

Commissioner of Customs to establish

the 1996 limits. These limits have been

increased, variously, for adjustments

permitted under the flexibility

provisions of 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 59 FR 65531,

published on December 20, 1994).

Information regarding the 1996

CORRELATION will be available 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 Uruguay Round

Agreements Act and the ATC, but are

designed to assist only in the

implementation of certain of their

provisions.

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation

of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements

December 15, 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 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 Hong Kong and

exported during the twelve-month period

beginning on January 1, 1996 and extending

through December 31, 1996, in excess of the

following limits:

Category Twelve-month restraint limit

Group I

200–229, 300–326,

360–369, 400–

414, 464–469,

600–629 and

665–670, as a

group.

231,732,646 square

meters equivalent.

Sublevels in Group I

219 .......................... 39,616,503 square

meters.

218/225/317/326 ..... 71,092,259 square

meters of which

not more than

3,915,484 square

meters shall be in

Category

218(1) 1 (yard dyed

fabric other than

denim and jacquard).

611 .......................... 6,246,076 square

meters.

617 .......................... 3,940,835 square

meters.