[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 48 (Monday, March 13, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13410-13411]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-6124]



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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Establishment and Amendment of Import Limits and Amendment of a 
Restraint Period and Visa Requirements for Certain Cotton, Man-Made 
Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Apparel Produced or 
Manufactured in Sri Lanka

March 7, 1995.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs establishing 
and amending limits and amending a restraint period and visa 
requirements.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: March 14, 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).

    Pursuant to the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing 
(ATC) and a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) dated February 6, 1995 
between the Governments of the United States and the Democratic 
Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, the current Bilateral Textile 
Agreement, effected by exchange of notes dated May 23 and 24, 1988, as 
amended and extended, is being converted to a twelve-month calendar 
year agreement.
    In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the 
Commissioner of Customs to amend the current restraint period to extend 
through December 31, 1994. The current limits are being amended and new 
limits are being established for Categories 434 and 440. Also, limits 
are being established for the period beginning on January 1, 1995 and 
extending through December 31, 1995. The 1995 limits for Categories 
331/631, 334/634, 335/835, 336/636/836, 340/640, 341/641, 347/348/847, 
351/651, 352/652, 635 and 840 have been reduced for carryforward and 
special carryforward applied to the 1994 agreement period. The 1994 
limits for Categories 314 and 347/348/847 will be filled upon opening. 
Goods shipped in excess of these limits are being charged to the 
corresponding limits for the 1995 period. The visa arrangement is being 
amended to no longer require a 340-Y/640-Y visa for goods produced or 
manufactured in Sri Lanka and exported from Sri Lanka.
    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 
53 FR 34573, published on September 7, 1988; and 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 MOU, 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
March 7, 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 March 14, 1995, you are directed, pursuant to the 
Uruguay Round Agreements Act, the Uruguay Round Agreement on 
Textiles and Clothing (ATC), a Memorandum of Understanding dated 
February 6, 1995 between the Governments of the United States and 
the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, to amend the current 
restraint period to begin on January 1, 1994 and extend through 
December 31, 1994 at the levels listed below. The sublimit for 
Categories 340-Y/640-Y\1\ is being eliminated.

    \1\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.

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              Category                     1994 twelve-month limit<SUP>a     
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237................................  267,674 dozen.                     
314................................  3,600,000 square meters.           
331/631............................  3,330,773 dozen pairs.             
333/633............................  29,041 dozen.                      
334/634............................  867,071 dozen.                     
335/835............................  334,700 dozen.                     
336/636/836........................  658,706 dozen.                     
338/339............................  1,244,751 dozen.                   
340/640............................  1,343,974 dozen.                   
341/641............................  1,868,738 dozen of which not more  
                                      than 1,245,825 dozen shall be in  
                                      Category 341 and not more than    
                                      1,174,163 dozen shall be in       
                                      Category 641.                     
342/642/842........................  508,054 dozen.                     
345/845............................  113,332 dozen.                     
347/348/847........................  1,573,138 dozen.                   
350/650............................  59,280 dozen.                      
351/651............................  338,285 dozen.                     
352/652............................  1,329,966 dozen.                   
359-C/659-C<SUP>b.......................  960,102 kilograms.                 
360................................  1,200,000 numbers.                 
363................................  7,881,596 numbers.                 
369-D<SUP>c.............................  726,248 kilograms.                 
369-S<SUP>d.............................  689,784 kilograms.                 
434................................  7,000 dozen.                       
435................................  15,750 dozen.                      
440................................  10,000 dozen.                      
611................................  4,700,000 square meters.           
635................................  461,873 dozen.                     
638/639/838........................  758,023 dozen.                     
644................................  258,635 numbers.                   
645/646............................  45,526 dozen.                      
647/648............................  777,128 dozen.                     
840................................  250,000 dozen.                     
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<SUP>aThe limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports exported  
  after December 31, 1993.                                              
<SUP>bCategory 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>cCategory 369-D: only HTS numbers 6302.60.0010, 6302.91.0005 and        
  6302.91.0045.                                                         
<SUP>dCategory 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.                          

    Textile products in Categories 434 and 440 which have been 
released from the custody of the U.S. Customs Service under the 
[[Page 13411]] provisions of 19 U.S.C. 1448(b) or 1484(a)(1) prior 
to the effective date of this directive shall not be denied entry 
under this directive.
    Pursuant to section 204 of the Agricultural Act of 1956, as 
amended (7 U.S.C. 1854), the Uruguay Round Agreements Act, the 
Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC); and the 
Memorandum of Understanding dated February 6, 1995 between the 
Governments of the United States and the Democratic Socialist 
Republic of Sri Lanka; and in accordance with the provisions of 
Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as amended, you are directed 
to prohibit, effective on March 14, 1995, entry into the United 
States for consumption and withdrawal from warehouse for consumption 
of cotton, wool and man-made fiber textile products and silk blend 
and other vegetable fiber apparel in the following categories, 
produced or manufactured in Sri Lanka exported during the period 
beginning on January 1, 1995 and extending through December 31, 
1995, in excess of the following restraint limits:

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              Category                     1995 twelve-month limit<SUP>a     
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237................................  257,932 dozen.                     
314................................  3,850,560 square meters.           
331/631............................  1,833,374 dozen pairs.             
333/633............................  48,553 dozen.                      
334/634............................  324,274 dozen.                     
335/835............................  166,086 dozen.                     
336/636/836........................  199,574 dozen.                     
338/339............................  1,137,937 dozen.                   
340/640............................  851,963 dozen.                     
341/641............................  1,650,443 dozen of which not more  
                                      than 1,100,295 dozen shall be in  
                                      Category 341 and not more than    
                                      1,133,370 dozen shall be in       
                                      Category 641.                     
342/642/842........................  591,726 dozen.                     
345/845............................  153,244 dozen.                     
347/348/847........................  1,087,585 dozen.                   
350/650............................  106,207 dozen.                     
351/651............................  277,668 dozen.                     
352/652............................  1,032,228 dozen.                   
359-C/659-C<SUP>b.......................  1,168,664 kilograms.               
360................................  1,283,520 numbers.                 
363................................  11,000,049 numbers.                
369-D<SUP>c.............................  825,855 kilograms.                 
369-S<SUP>d.............................  688,211 kilograms.                 
434................................  7,081 dozen.                       
435................................  15,174 dozen.                      
440................................  10,116 dozen.                      
611................................  5,027,120 square meters.           
635................................  221,448 dozen.                     
638/639/838........................  810,870 dozen.                     
644................................  455,175 numbers.                   
645/646............................  182,069 dozen.                     
647/648............................  976,192 dozen.                     
840................................  233,480 dozen.                     
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<SUP>aThe limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports exported  
  after December 31, 1994.                                              
<SUP>bCategory 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>cCategory 369-D: only HTS numbers 6302.60.0010, 6302.91.0005 and        
  6302.91.0045.                                                         
<SUP>dCategory 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.                          

    Imports charged to the category limits for the period January 1, 
1994 through December 31, 1994 shall be charged to 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 1995 levels set forth in 
this directive.
    You are directed to amend further the directed dated September 
1, 1988 to no longer require a part-category visa for 340-Y/640-Y 
for goods produced or manufactured in Sri Lanka and exported from 
Sri Lanka on and after March 14, 1995. Goods exported during the 
period March 14, 1995 through April 13, 1995 shall not be denied 
entry if visaed as 340-Y/640-Y.
    The limits set forth above are subject to adjustments in the 
future pursuant to the provisions of 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 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. 95-6124 Filed 3-10-95; 8:45 am]
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