[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 65 (Wednesday, April 5, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17321-17322]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-8296]



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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Announcement of Import Restraint Limits and Guaranteed Access 
Levels for Certain Cotton, Wool and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products 
Produced or Manufactured in the Dominican Republic

March 30, 1995.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs establishing 
limits and guaranteed access levels.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: April 14, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Tallarico, 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 the Uruguay Round Agreements Act, the limits agreed upon by 
the Governments of the United States and the Dominican Republic, as 
notified to the Uruguay Round Textiles Monitoring Body (TMB), are being 
amended for the period beginning on January 1, 1995 and extending 
through December 31, 1995. Pursuant to the ATC, these new limits 
supersede those notified to the TMB contained in the Memorandum of 
Understanding (MOU) dated November 15, 1994, between the Governments of 
the United States and the Dominican Republic.
    In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the 
Commissioner of Customs to establish the limits and guaranteed access 
levels for 1995. The limit for Category 448 has been reduced for 
carryforward used during 1994.
    A description of the textile and apparel categories in terms of HTS 
[[Page 17322]] 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).
    Requirements for participation in the Special Access Program are 
available in Federal Register notices 51 FR 21208, published on June 
11, 1986; 52 FR 6594, published on March 4, 1987; 52 FR 26057, 
published on July 10, 1987; and 54 FR 50425, published on December 6, 
1989.
    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 ATC, 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 30, 1995.

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

    Dear Commissioner: Pursuant to 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 (ATC); and in accordance with the provisions of Executive 
Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as amended, you are directed to 
prohibit, effective on April 14, 1995, entry into the United States 
for consumption and withdrawal from warehouse for consumption of 
cotton, wool and man-made fiber textile products in the following 
categories, produced or manufactured in the Dominican Republic and 
exported during the period beginning on January 1, 1995 and 
extending through December 31, 1995, in excess of the following 
limits. These limits supersede those contained in the Memorandum of 
Understanding (MOU) dated November 15, 1994, between the Governments 
of the United States and the Dominican Republic.

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              Category                         Restraint limit          
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338/638............................  686,208 dozen.                     
339/639............................  816,588 dozen.                     
340/640............................  706,414 dozen.                     
342/642............................  497,120 dozen.                     
347/348/647/648....................  1,691,018 dozen of which not more  
                                      than 893,366 shall be in          
                                      Categories 647/648.               
351/651............................  846,870 dozen.                     
433................................  20,875 dozen.                      
442................................  70,875 dozen.                      
443................................  129,666 numbers.                   
444................................  70,875 numbers.                    
448................................  32,185 dozen.                      
633................................  103,652 dozen.                     
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    Imports charged to these category limits for the periods January 
1, 1994 through December 31, 1994 and December 1, 1994 through 
December 31, 1994 (Categories 442 and 444) 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.
    Additionally, pursuant to the Uruguay Round Agreements Act and 
the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC), and 
under the terms of the Special Access Program, as set forth in 51 FR 
21208 (June 11, 1986), 52 FR 26057 (July 10, 1987) and 54 FR 50425 
(December 6, 1989), effective on April 14, 1995, guaranteed access 
levels are being established for properly certified textile products 
assembled in the Dominican Republic from fabric formed and cut in 
the United States in cotton, wool and man-made fiber textile 
products in the following categories for the period January 1, 1995 
through December 31, 1995:

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              Category                     Guaranteed access level      
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338/638............................  1,150,000 dozen.                   
339/639............................  1,150,000 dozen.                   
340/640............................  1,000,000 dozen.                   
342/642............................  1,000,000 dozen.                   
347/348/647/648....................  8,050,000 dozen.                   
351/651............................  1,000,000 dozen.                   
433................................  21,000 dozen.                      
442................................  65,000 dozen.                      
443................................  50,000 numbers.                    
444................................  30,000 numbers.                    
448................................  40,000 dozen.                      
633................................  60,000 dozen.                      
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    Any shipment for entry under the Special Access Program which is 
not accompanied by a valid and correct certification and Export 
Declaration in accordance with the provisions of the certification 
requirements established in the directive of February 25, 1987, as 
amended, shall be denied entry unless the Government of the 
Dominican Republic authorizes the entry and any charges to the 
appropriate specific limits. Any shipment which is declared for 
entry under the Special Access Program but found not to qualify 
shall be denied entry into the United States.
    The limits set forth above are subject to adjustment 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 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. 95-8296 Filed 4-4-95; 8:45 am]
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