[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 32 (Thursday, February 16, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9013-9014]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-3956]



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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Amendment and Establishment of Import Restraint Limits and 
Restraint Periods for Certain Cotton, Wool, Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend 
and Other Vegetable Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in 
Myanmar

February 13, 1995.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs amending and 
establishing import limits and restraint periods.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: February 22, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ross Arnold, 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 the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing 
(URATC), the current limits for Categories 340/640, 342/642, 347/348, 
351/651, 448 and 647/648/847 are being amended for the new restraint 
periods beginning on October 1, 1994 (Categories 340/640), February 1, 
1994 (Categories 342/642 and 351/651), September 1, 1994 (Categories 
347/348) and March 1, 1994 (Categories 448 and 647/648/847) and 
extending through December 31, 1994. Also, pursuant to URATC, limits 
are being established for the period beginning on January 1, 1995 and 
extending through December 31, 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). Also see 
59 FR 7245, published on February 15, 1994; 59 FR 11256, published on 
March 10, 1994; 59 FR 11578, published on March 11, 1994; 59 FR 42210, 
published on August 17, 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 URATC, but are designed to assist only in the implementation of 
certain of its provisions.
Rita D. Hayes,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
February 13, 1995.

Commissioner of Customs,
Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.

    Dear Commissioner: This directive amends, but does not cancel, 
the directives issued to you on February 8, 1994, March 7, 1994, 
March 8, 1994 and August 12, 1994, by the Chairman, Committee for 
the Implementation of Textile Agreements. Those directives concern 
imports of certain cotton, wool, man-made fiber, silk blend and 
other vegetable fiber textile products, produced or manufactured in 
Myanmar and exported during the twelve-month periods February 1, 
1994 through January 31, 1995 (Categories 342/642 and 351/651), 
March 1, 1994 through February 28, 1995 (Categories 448 and 647/648/
847), September 1, 1994 through August 31, 1995 (Categories 347/348) 
and October 1, 1994 through September 30, 1995 (Categories 340/640).
    Effective on February 22, 1995, you are directed, pursuant to 
the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (URATC), to 
amend the current limits for the following categories and amend the 
current restraint periods to end on December 31, 1994:

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              Category                         Amended limit\1\         
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340/640............................  23,689 dozen.                      
342/642............................  23,227 dozen.                      
347/348............................  44,007 dozen.                      
351/651............................  36,505 dozen.                      
448................................  1,942 dozen.                       
647/648/847........................  20,582 dozen.                      
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\1\The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports exported
  after January 31, 1994 (Categories 342/642 and 351/651), February 28, 
  1994 (Categories 448 and 647/648/847), August 31, 1994 (Categories 347/
  348) and September 30, 1994 (Categories 340/640).                     

    Under the terms of section 204 of the Agricultural Act of 1956, 
as amended (7 U.S.C. 1854), the Uruguay Round Act, and the Uruguay 
Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (URATC); and in accordance 
with the provisions of Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as 
amended, you are directed to prohibit, effective on February 22, 
1995, 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 textile products in the following 
categories, produced or manufactured in Myanmar exported during the 
period beginning on January 1, 1995 and [[Page 9014]] extending 
through December 31, 1995, in excess of the following restraint 
limits:

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              Category                      Twelve-month limit\1\       
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340/640............................  93,975 dozen.                      
342/642............................  25,383 dozen.                      
347/348............................  131,659 dozen.                     
351/651............................  39,893 dozen.                      
448................................  2,316 dozen.                       
647/648/847........................  24,551 dozen.                      
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\1\The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports exported
  after December 31, 1994.                                              

    Imports charged to these category limits for the periods 
February 1, 1994 through December 31, 1994 (Categories 342/642 and 
351/651), March 1, 1994 through December 31, 1994 (Categories 448 
and 647/648/847), September 1, 1994 through December 31, 1994 
(Categories 347/348) and October 1, 1994 through December 31, 1994 
(Categories 340/640), shall be charged against 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.
    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,
Rita D. Hayes,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
[FR Doc. 95-3956 Filed 2-15-95; 8:45 am]
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