[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 34 (Tuesday, February 21, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9670-9671]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-4197]



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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton, Man-Made Fiber, 
Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Apparel Produced or Manufactured 
in Sri Lanka

February 15, 1995.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs adjusting 
limits.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: February 15, 1995.

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) 927-5850. 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).

    The amount of special shift previously applied to Categories 340/
640 is being reduced and the limit for Category 840 is being increased 
(see 59 FR 67702, published on December 30, 1994).
    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 
[[Page 9671]] Federal Register notice 59 FR 65531, published on 
December 20, 1994). Also see 59 FR 14152, published on March 25, 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 Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing and the bilateral 
agreement, but are designed to assist only in the implementation of 
certain of their provisions.
Rita D. Hayes,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
February 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 22, 1994, by the Chairman, 
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That 
directive concerns imports of certain cotton, wool and man-made 
fiber textile products and silk blend and other vegetable fiber 
apparel, produced or manufactured in Sri Lanka and exported during 
the period which began on January 1, 1994 and extends through June 
30, 1995.
    Effective on February 15, 1995, you are directed to adjust the 
limits for the following categories, pursuant to the provisions of 
the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing and the current 
bilateral agreement between the Governments of the United States and 
the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka:

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              Category                 Adjusted eighteen-month limit\1\ 
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340/640............................  1,765,547 dozen of which not more  
                                      than 711,537 dozen shall be in    
                                      Categories 340-Y/640-Y\2\.        
840................................  252,257 dozen.                     
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\1\The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports exported
  after December 31, 1993.                                              
\2\Category 340-Y: only HTS numbers 6205.20.2015, 6205.20.2020,         
  6205.20.2046, 6205.20.2050 and 6205.20.2060; Category 640-Y: only HTS 
  numbers 6205.30.2010, 6205.30.2020, 6205.30.2050 and 6205.30.2060.    

    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. 95-4197 Filed 2-17-95; 8:45 am]
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