[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 243 (Tuesday, December 19, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65292-65295]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-30807]



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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 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.

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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, Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other 
Vegetable Fiber Textile Agreement, 

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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:

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                 Category                        Twelve-month limit     
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Group I                                                                 
200, 218, 219, 226, 237, 239, 300/301, 313- 1,431,618,042 square meters 
 315, 317/326, 331, 333-336, 338/339, 340-   equivalent.                
 342, 345, 347/348, 350-352, 359-C \1\,                                 
 359-V \2\, 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-S \6\, 666, 669-P \9\, 670-L                                
 \10\, 831, 833, 835, 836, 840, 842 and                                 
 845-847, as a group.                                                   
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-S \11\.              
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-Y 
                                             \13\.                      
342.......................................  256,222 dozen.              
345.......................................  128,260 dozen.              
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-P \14\.       
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-A 
                                             \15\ and not more than     
                                             1,570,129 square meters    
                                             shall be in Category 410-B 
                                             \16\.                      
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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651.......................................  736,428 dozen of which not  
                                             more than 129,653 dozen    
                                             shall be in Category 651-B 
                                             \18\.                      
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,   121,132,059 square meters   
 432, 439, 459, 630, 632, 653, 654 and 659-  equivalent.                
 O \20\, as a group.                                                    
Group III                                                               
201, 220, 222, 223, 224-V \21\, 224-O       255,798,114 square meters   
 \22\, 225, 227, 229, 369-O \23\, 400,       equivalent.                
 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.                                            
Sublevel in Group III                                                   
224-V.....................................  3,393,051 square meters.    
Group IV                                                                
832, 834, 838, 839, 843, 850-852, 858 and   11,030,580 square meters    
 859, as a group.                            equivalent.                
Levels not in a Group                                                   
369-S \27\................................  610,158 kilograms.          
863-S \28\................................  8,532,986 numbers.          
870.......................................  32,771,172 kilograms.       
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  \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-S)                                           
                                                                        
  \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]
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