17318 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 65 / Wednesday, April 5, 1995 / Notices

Category Twelve-month restraint

limit 1

340/640 ................... 227,900 dozen of

which not more than

170,925 dozen shall

be in Categories

340–Y/640–Y2

1The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports exported after December

31, 1994. 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.

Imports charged to these category limits for

the period January 1, 1994 through December

31, 1994, shall be charged against 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 levels set forth in this directive.

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. 95–8286 Filed 4–4–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–F

Amendment and Establishment of

Import Restraint Limits and Restraint

Periods for Certain Cotton, Wool and

Man-Made Fiber Textile Products

Produced or Manufactured in the

Federative Republic of Brazil

March 30, 1995.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs amending

and establishing limits and restraint

periods.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 7, 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 Agreements Act,

the current restraint period agreed upon

by the Governments of the United States

and the Federative Republic of Brazil is

being amended and new limits are being

established 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 Uruguay Round Textiles

Monitoring Body (TMB) contained in

the Bilateral Textile Agreement, effected

by exchange of notes dated May 4, 1994

and June 27, 1994, between the

Governments of the United States and

the Federative Republic of Brazil.

In the letter published below, the

Chairman of CITA directs the

Commissioner of Customs to amend the

current restraint period and establish

new limits for the period beginning on

April 1, 1994 and extending through

December 31, 1994 and the period

beginning on January 1, 1995 and

extending through December 31, 1995.

The limits for Categories 218, 219, 225,

300/301, 338/339/638/639, 347/348, 350

and 369–D for the April 1, 1994 through

December 31, 1994 period have been

adjusted, variously, for swing,

carryforward and carryover. The 1995

limits for Categories 219, 225 and 350

have been reduced for carryforward

used during the April 1, 1994 through

December 31, 1994 period.

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 13308, published on March

21, 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 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: This directive

amends, but does not cancel, the directive

issued to you on March 16, 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, produced or

manufactured in Brazil and exported during

the twelve-month period which began on

April 1, 1994 and extends through March 31,

1995.

Effective on April 7, 1995, you are

directed, pursuant to the Uruguay Round

Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round

Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC),

to amend the restraint period to end on

December 31, 1994 at the limits listed below.

These limits supersede those contained in

the Bilateral Textile Agreement, effected by

exchange of notes dated May 4, 1994 and

June 27, 1994, between the Governments of

the United States and the Federative

Republic of Brazil.

Category Nine-month restraint

limit 1

Aggregate Limit

200–239, 300–369,

400–469 and

600–670, as a

group.

289,042,868 square

meters equivalent.

Sublevels in the aggregate

218 ......................... 4,163,080 square meters.

219 ......................... 13,351,805 square meters.

225 ......................... 6,974,048 square meters.

300/301 .................. 5,646,093 kilograms.

313 ......................... 28,985,329 square meters.

314 ......................... 4,892,509 square meters.

315 ......................... 14,677,526 square meters.

317/326 .................. 13,343,204 square meters.

334/335 .................. 95,749 dozen.

336 ......................... 53,195 dozen.

338/339/638/639 .... 1,120,275 dozen.

342/642 .................. 281,930 dozen.

347/348 .................. 809,089 dozen.

350 ......................... 113,722 dozen.

361 ......................... 723,445 numbers.

363 ......................... 15,440,057 numbers.

369–D 2 .................. 403,475 kilograms.

410/624 .................. 7,116,377 square meters of which not

more than 1,930,456

square meters shall

be in Category 410.

433 ......................... 13,400 dozen.
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Category Nine-month restraint

limit 1

445/446 .................. 52,496 dozen.

604 ......................... 337,800 kilograms of

which not more than

258,176 kilograms

shall be in Category

604–A3.

607 ......................... 3,136,720 kilograms.

647/648 .................. 319,167 dozen.

669–P4 .................. 1,149,503 kilograms.

1The limits have not been adjusted to account for any goods exported after March 31,

1993. 2 Category 369–D: only HTS numbers

6302.60.0010, 6302.91.0005 and

6302.91.0045. 3 Category 604–A: only HTS number

5509.32.0000. 4 Category 669–P: only HTS numbers

6305.31.0010, 6305.31.0020 and

6305.39.0000.

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 7, 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 Brazil and

exported during the twelve-month period

which began on January 1, 1995 and extends

through December 31, 1995, in excess of the

following limits. These limits supersede

those contained in the Bilateral Textile

Agreement, effected by exchange of notes

dated May 4, 1994 and June 27, 1994,

between the Governments of the United

States and the Federative Republic of Brazil.

Category Twelve-month restraint

limit 1

Aggregate Limit

200–239, 300–369,

400–469 and

600–670, as a

group.

406,380,457 square

meters equivalent.

Sublevels in the aggregate

218 ......................... 5,002,642 square meters.

219 ......................... 17,457,739 square meters.

225 ......................... 8,381,013 square meters.

300/301 .................. 6,784,733 kilograms.

313 ......................... 42,013,307 square meters.

314 ......................... 6,878,634 square meters.

315 ......................... 20,635,901 square meters.

317/326 .................. 18,759,908 square meters.

334/335 .................. 134,618 dozen.

336 ......................... 74,789 dozen.

338/339/638/639 .... 1,346,200 dozen.

342/642 .................. 396,380 dozen.

347/348 .................. 972,256 dozen.

Category Twelve-month restraint

limit 1

350 ......................... 144,400 dozen.

361 ......................... 1,017,129 numbers.

363 ......................... 21,707,981 numbers.

369–D 2 .................. 484,843 kilograms.

410/624 .................. 10,005,285 square meters of which not

more than 2,597,354

square meters shall

be in Category 410.

433 ......................... 18,030 dozen.

445/446 .................. 70,632 dozen.

604 ......................... 474,931 kilograms of

which not more than

362,984 kilograms

shall be in Category

604–A3.

607 ......................... 4,410,078 kilograms.

647/648 .................. 448,734 dozen.

669–P4 .................. 1,616,145 kilograms.

1The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports exported after December

31, 1994. 2 Category 369–D: only HTS numbers

6302.60.0010, 6302.91.0005 and

6302.91.0045. 3 Category 604–A: only HTS number

5509.32.0000. 4 Category 669–P: only HTS numbers

6305.31.0010, 6305.31.0020 and

6305.39.0000.

Imports charged to these category limits for

the period April 1, 1994 through December

31, 1994 shall be charged against 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.

The conversion factor for Categories 338/

339/638/639 is 10 square meters per dozen.

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. 95–8290 Filed 4–4–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–F

Announcement of Import Limit for

Certain Cotton and Wool Textile

Products Produced or Manufactured in

Colombia

March 30, 1995.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs establishing

limits.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 21, 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).

A Memorandum of Understanding

(MOU) dated November 18, 1994

between the Governments of the United

States and the Republic of Colombia

establishes limits for textile products in

Categories 315 and 443 for the period

beginning on January 1, 1995 and

extending through December 31, 1995.

These limits will be subject to

revision pursuant to the Uruguay Round

Agreement on Textiles and Clothing

(ATC) on the date that Colombia

becomes a member of the World Trade

Organization.

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 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 30, 1995.

Commissioner of Customs,

Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC

20229.

Dear Commissioner: Under the terms of

section 204 of the Agricultural Act of 1956,

as amended (7 U.S.C. 1854); pursuant to a

Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)

dated November 18, 1994 between the

Governments of the United States and the

Republic of Colombia; and in accordance

with the provisions of Executive Order 11651

of March 3, 1972, as amended, you are

directed to prohibit, effective on April 21,