66268 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 245 / Thursday, December 21, 1995 / Notices

arrangements notified to the Textiles

Monitoring Body.

The conversion factors for merged

Categories 333/334, 633/634/635 and 638/

639 are 33, 33.90 and 13, respectively.

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. 95–31030 Filed 12–20–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–F

Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain

Cotton and Man-Made Fiber Textile

Products Produced or Manufactured in

Indonesia

December 15, 1995.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs adjusting

limits.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 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) 927–6704. 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 adjusted, variously,

for swing.

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 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.

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: 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 December 18, 1995, you are

directed to amend the directive dated March

30, 1995 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:

Category Adjusted twelve-month

limit 1

Levels in Group I

300/301 .................... 3,436,220 kilograms.

313 ........................... 12,999,037 square

meters.

315 ........................... 20,854,102 square

meters.

340/640 .................... 1,356,534 dozen.

342/642 .................... 331,632 dozen.

359–C/659–C 2 ........ 1,187,058 kilograms.

359–S/659–S3 ......... 1,026,046 kilograms.

360 ........................... 853,748 numbers.

369–S4 .................... 810,029 kilograms.

433 ........................... 10,698 dozen.

604–A5 .................... 312,623 kilograms.

618 ........................... 1,123,311 square meters.

634/635 .................... 274,344 dozen.

1The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports exported after December

31, 1994. 2 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; 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.

3 Category 359–S: only HTS numbers

6112.39.0010, 6112.49.0010, 6211.11.8010,

6211.11.8020, 6211.12.8010 and

6211.12.8020; 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. 4 Category 369–S: only HTS number

6307.10.2005. 5 Category 604–A: only HTS number

5509.32.0000.

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.95–31031 Filed 12–20–95; 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

Macau

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) 927–6709. 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

Macau 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. The limits for

Categories 333/334/335/833/834/835,
Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 245 / Thursday, December 21, 1995 / Notices 66269

336/836, 338, 339, 340, 347/348/847,

351/851, 359–C/659–C, 359–V, 633/634/

635, 638/639/838, 642/842 and 647/648

have been reduced for 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: Under the terms of

section 204 of the Agricultural Act of 1956,

as amended (7 U.S.C. 1854), Uruguay Round

Agreements Act, 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, wood, man-made fiber, silk blend

and other vegetable fiber textiles and textile

products in the following categories,

produced or manufactured in Macau 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

Levels in Group I

219 ........................... 2,646,000 square meters.

225 ........................... 9,261,000 square meters.

313 ........................... 6,615,000 square meters.

314 ........................... 1,102,500 square meters.

315 ........................... 3,307,500 square meters.

317 ........................... 6,615,000 square meters.

326 ........................... 2,646,000 square meters.

Category Twelve-month restraint

limit

333/334/335/833/

834/835.

231,554 dozen of

which not more than

129,162 dozen shall

be in Categories

333/335/833/835.

336/836 .................... 54,883 dozen.

338 ........................... 298,088 dozen.

339 ........................... 1,248,586 dozen.

340 ........................... 282,141 dozen.

341 ........................... 192,699 dozen.

342 ........................... 87,176 dozen.

345 ........................... 53,306 dozen.

347/348/847 ............. 705,568 dozen.

350/850 .................... 58,117 dozen.

351/851 .................... 65,861 dozen.

359–C/659–C 1 ........ 332,535 kilograms.

359–V2 .................... 109,767 kilograms.

611 ........................... 2,646,000 square meters.

625/626/627/628/629 6,615,000 square meters.

633/634/635 ............. 490,334 dozen.

638/639/838 ............. 1,546,815 dozen.

640 ........................... 114,963 dozen.

641/840 .................... 197,591 dozen.

642/842 .................... 108,711 dozen.

645/646 .................... 269,484 dozen.

647/648 .................... 513,377 dozen.

659–S3 .................... 116,236 kilograms.

Group II

400–469, as a group 1,484,449 square meters equivalent.

Sublevel in Group II

445/446 .................... 80,029 dozen.

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; 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, 6211.00.0017

and 6211.43.0010. 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, 6110.90.904,

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 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.

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 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 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. 95–31032 Filed 12–20–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–C

Request for Public Comments on

Bilateral Textile Consultations with the

Government of Nepal on Certain ManMade Fiber Textile Products

December 15, 1995.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Notice.

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

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 28, 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

Nepal with respect to man-made fiber

skirts in Category 642, produced or

manufactured in Nepal.

The purpose of this notice is to advise

the public that, if no solution is agreed

upon in consultations with the

Government of Nepal, the Committee for

the Implementation of Textile

Agreements may later establish a limit

for the entry and withdrawal from

warehouse for consumption of manmade fiber textile products in Category

642, produced or manufactured in

Nepal and exported during the twelvemonth period which began on

November 28, 1995 and extends through

November 27, 1996, at a level of not less

than 92,081 dozen.

A statement of serious damage

concerning Category 642 follows this

notice.

Anyone wishing to comment or

provide data or information regarding