[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 32 (Thursday, February 16, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9014-9015]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-3957]



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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton and 
Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Pakistan

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

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs establishing 
limits for the new agreement year.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: February 21, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anne Novak, 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) 927-6714. For information on 
embargoes and quota re-openings, call (202) 927-3715.

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 Bilateral Cotton, Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other 
Vegetable Fiber Textile Agreement, effected by exchange of notes dated 
May 20, 1987 and June 11, 1987, as amended and extended, establishes 
limits 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).
    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.
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: Effective on February 21, 1995 you are 
directed to no longer count imports of textile products in 
Categories 300, 301, 326, 330, 332, 333, 345, 349, 350, 353, 354, 
359-O,\1\, 362, 369-O\2\ and 666, produced or manufactured in 
Pakistan and exported during the period beginning on January 1, 1995 
and extending through December 31, 1995.

    \1\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 and 6211.42.0010 (Category 359-C).
    \2\Category 369-O: all HTS numbers except 6302.91.0045 (Category 
369-F); 6302.60.0010 and 6302.91.0005 (Category 369-P); 6307.10.2020 
(Category 369-R); and 6307.10.2005 (Category 369-S).
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    Under the terms of 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 (URATC); 
pursuant to the Bilateral Cotton, Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend and 
Other Vegetable Fiber Textile Agreement, effected by exchange of 
notes dated May 20, 1987 and June 11, 1987, as amended and extended, 
between the Governments of the United States and Pakistan; and in 
accordance with the provisions of Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 
1972, as amended, you are directed to prohibit, effective on 
February 21, 1995, 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 Pakistan and exported during the twelve-month period 
beginning on January 1, 1995 and extending through December 31, 
1995, in excess of the following levels of restraint:

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        Category                  Twelve-month restraint limit<SUP>a         
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Specific Limits                                                         
219....................  6,362,862 square meters.                       
226/313................  95,756,604 square meters.                      
237....................  309,466 dozen.                                 
239....................  1,456,968 kilograms.                           
314....................  4,627,536 square meters.                       
315....................  64,427,748 square meters.                      
317/617................  24,867,600 square meters.                      
331/631................  1,895,252 dozen pairs.                         
334/634................  182,788 dozen.                                 
335/635................  282,280 dozen.                                 
336/636................  371,360 dozen.                                 
338....................  4,081,310 dozen.                               
339....................  1,051,934 dozen.                               
340/640................  495,146 dozen of which not more than 185,680   
                          dozen shall be in dress shirts in Categories  
                          340-D/640-D<SUP>b.                                 
341/641................  557,040 dozen.                                 
342/642................  275,706 dozen.                                 
347/348................  615,554 dozen.                                 
351/651................  247,573 dozen.                                 
352/652................  618,933 dozen.                                 
359-C/659-C<SUP>c...........  1,114,079 kilograms.                           
360....................  2,160,926 numbers.                             
361....................  2,810,018 numbers.                             
363....................  37,962,164 numbers.                            
369-F/369-P<SUP>d...........  1,856,799 kilograms.                           
369-R<SUP>e.................  8,665,061 kilograms.                           
369-S<SUP>f.................  566,893 kilograms.                             
613/614................  18,960,686 square meters.                      
615....................  20,170,939 square meters.                      
617....................  15,286,929 square meters.                      
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625/626/627/628/629....  62,036,800 square meters of which not more than
                          31,018,400 square meters shall be in Category 
                          625, not more than 31,018,400 square meters   
                          shall be in Category 626, not more than       
                          31,018,400 square meters shall be in Category 
                          627, not more than 6,417,600 square meters    
                          shall be in Category 628, and not more than   
                          31,018,400 square meters shall be in Category 
                          629.                                          
638/639................  360,541 dozen.                                 
647/648................  683,571 dozen.                                 
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<SUP>aThe limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports exported  
  after December 31, 1994.                                              
<SUP>bCategory 340-D: only HTS numbers 6205.20.2015, 6205.20.2020,           
  6205.20.2025 and 6205.20.2030; Category 640-D: only HTS numbers       
  6205.30.2010, 6205.30.2020, 6205.30.2030, 6205.30.2040, 6205.90.2030  
  and 6205.90.4030.                                                     
<SUP>cCategory 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.                                                         
<SUP>dCategory 369-F: only HTS number 6302.91.0045; Category 369-P: only HTS 
  numbers 6302.60.0010 and 6302.91.0005.                                
<SUP>eCategory 369-R: only HTS number 6307.10.2020.                          
<SUP>fCategory 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.                          

    Imports charged to these category limits for the periods January 
1, 1994 through December 31, 1994; April 29, 1994 through December 
31, 1994 (Categories 342/642) and June 29, 1994 through December 31, 
1994 (Category 625) 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.
    The limits set forth above are subject to adjustment in the 
future pursuant to the provisions of the URATC 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,
Rita D. Hayes,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
[FR Doc. 95-3957 Filed 2-15-95; 8:45 am]
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