62412 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 234 / Wednesday, December 6, 1995 / Notices

5 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); 6112.39.0010,

6112.49.0010, 6211.11.8010, 6211.11.8020,

6211.12.8010 and 6211.12.8020 (Category

359–S). 6 Category 369–O: all HTS numbers except

6307.10.2005 (Category 369–S). 7 Category 604–O: all HTS numbers except

5509.32.0000 (Category 604–A). 8 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); 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). 9 Category 669–O: all HTS numbers except

6305.31.0010, 6305.31.0020 and

6305.39.0000 (Category 669–P). 10 Category 670–O: all HTS numbers except

4202.12.8030, 4202.12.8070, 4202.92.3020,

4202.92.3030 and 4202.92.9025 (Category

670–L).

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,

D. Michael Hutchinson,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements.

[FR Doc. 95–29725 Filed 12–5–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–F

Announcement of Import Restraint

Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool and

Man-Made Fiber Textiles and Textile

Products and Silk Blend and Other

Vegetable Fiber Apparel Produced or

Manufactured in the Philippines

November 30, 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) 927–6713. 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

the Philippines 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 1996 limits for

Categories 331/631, 333/334, 335, 336,

338/339, 340/640, 347/348, 351/651,

433, 443, 447, 634, 635, 647/648, 650

and 659–H have been reduced for

carryforward used in 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).

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.

D. Michael Hutchinson,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements

November 30, 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 and man-made fiber textiles

and textile products and silk blend and other

vegetable fiber apparel in the following

categories, produced or manufactured in the

Philippines and exported during the twelvemonth period beginning on January 1, 1996

and extending through December 31, 1996, in

excess of the following limits:

Category Twelve-month restraint

limit

Levels in Group I

237 ........................... 1,529,879 dozen.

239 ........................... 9,230,839 kilograms.

331/631 .................... 4,676,321 dozen pairs.

333/334 .................... 226,214 dozen of

which not more than

34,405 dozen shall

be in Category 333.

335 ........................... 147,242 dozen.

336 ........................... 535,828 dozen.

338/339 .................... 1,877,921 dozen.

340/640 .................... 833,907 dozen.

341/641 .................... 798,267 dozen.

342/642 .................... 491,008 dozen.

345 ........................... 146,221 dozen.

347/348 .................... 1,623,724 dozen.

350 ........................... 129,445 dozen.

351/651 .................... 505,499 dozen.

352/652 .................... 2,103,211 dozen.

359–C/659–C 1 ........ 727,613 kilograms.

361 ........................... 1,635,090 numbers.

369–S2 .................... 370,634 kilograms.

431 ........................... 166,219 dozen pairs.

433 ........................... 3,079 dozen.

443 ........................... 37,229 numbers.

445/446 .................... 27,031 dozen.

447 ........................... 7,070 dozen.

611 ........................... 4,907,035 square meters.

633 ........................... 31,638 dozen.

634 ........................... 370,522 dozen.

635 ........................... 310,483 dozen.

636 ........................... 1,479,388 dozen.

638/639 .................... 2,046,481 dozen.

643 ........................... 755,697 numbers.

645/646 .................... 665,076 dozen.

647/648 .................... 979,739 dozen.

649 ........................... 6,711,896 dozen.

650 ........................... 87,451 dozen.

659–H 3 .................... 1,150,616 kilograms.

847 ........................... 808,538 dozen.
Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 234 / Wednesday, December 6, 1995 / Notices 62413

Category Twelve-month restraint

limit

Group II

200–229, 300–326,

330, 332, 349,

353, 354, 359–O 4,

360, 362, 363,

369–O 5, 400–414,

432, 434–442,

444, 448, 459,

464–469, 600–

607, 613–629,

630, 632, 644,

653, 654, 659–O 6,

665, 666, 669–O 7,

670–O 8, 831–846

and 850–859, as a

group.

141,102,070 square

meters equivalent.

Sublevel in Group II

604 ....................... 1,733,506 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; 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. 2 Category 369–S: only HTS number

6307.10.2005. 3 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. 4 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). 5 Category 369–O: all HTS numbers except

6307.10.2005 (Category 369–S). 6 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). 7 Category 669–O: all HTS numbers except

6305.31.0010, 6305.31.0020 and

6305.39.0000 (Category 669–P). 8 Category 670–O: all HTS numbers except

4202.12.8030, 4202.12.8070, 4202.92.3020,

4202.92.3030 and 4202.92.9025 (Category

670–L).

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,

D. Michael Hutchinson,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements.

[FR Doc. 95–29726 Filed 12–5–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–F

Announcement of Import Restraint

Limits for Silk Apparel Produced or

Manufactured in the People’s Republic

of China

November 30, 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) 482094212. 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 Memorandum of Understanding

(MOU) dated January 17, 1994 and the

exchange of letters dated March 17,

1994 between the Governments of the

United States and the People’s Republic

of China establish a limit for wearing

apparel containing 70 percent or more

by weight of silk, produced or

manufactured in China and exported

during the period beginning on January

1, 1996 and extending through

December 31, 1996.

This limit 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 limit will be

modified in accordance with the ATC.

A description of the silk apparel

categories is available in the U.S.

CORRELATION: Silk Apparel

Categories with the Harmonized Tariff

Schedule of the United States (see

Federal Register 59 FR 15381,

published on April 1, 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 MOU, but are

designed to assist only in the

implementation of certain of its

provisions.

D. Michael Hutchinson,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements

November 30, 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

Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)

dated January 17, 1994 and exchange of

letters dated March 17, 1994 between the

Governments of the United States and the

People’s Republic of China; 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 wearing

apparel containing 70 percent or more by

weight of silk in the following categories,

produced or manufactured in China and

exported during the period beginning on

January 1, 1996 and extending through

December 31, 1996, in excess of the following

limits:

Category Twelve-month limit

Silk Apparel Group

733, 734, 735, 736,

738, 739, 740,

741, 742, 743,

744, 745, 746,

747, 748, 750,

751, 752, 758 and

759, as a group.

346,104,629 square

meters equivalent.

Specific Limit within

Group

740 (Men’s and

boys’ shirts, not

knit).

3,303,620 dozen.

741 (Women’s and

girls’ shirts/

blouses, not knit).

8,243,864 dozen.

1Silk handkerchiefs, gloves, hosiery, brassieres and other body supporting garments,

scarves, and babies’ garments are not included in this Agreement.

Imports charged to this category limit for

the period January 1, 1995 through December