[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 64 (Tuesday, April 4, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17058-17059]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-8196]



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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Announcing the Establishment and Adjustment of Import Restraint 
Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products 
Produced or Manufactured in Egypt

March 27, 1995.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

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

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EFFECTIVE DATE: April 5, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Aldrich, 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).

    Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) dated September 12, 1993 and 
April 29, 1994 between the Governments of the United States and the 
Arab Republic of Egypt establish limits for the period beginning on 
January 1, 1995 and extending through December 31, 1995. The limit for 
Categories 340/640 has been reduced for carryforward used during the 
previous agreement period.
    These limits will be subject to revision pursuant to the Uruguay 
Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC) on the date that Egypt 
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 MOUs, but are designed to assist only in the 
[[Page 17059]] implementation of certain of their provisions.
Rita D. Hayes,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
March 27, 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), and Memoranda of 
Understanding (MOUs) dated September 12, 1993 and April 29, 1994 
between the Governments of the United States and the Arab Republic 
of Egypt; and in accordance with the provisions of Executive Order 
11651 of March 3, 1972, as amended, you are directed to prohibit, 
effective on April 5, 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 Egypt 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\1\  
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Fabric Group                                                            
  218-220, 224-227, 313-317 and     83,191,888 square meters.           
   326, as a group.                                                     
Sublevels in Fabric Group                                               
  218.............................  2,508,000 square meters.            
  219.............................  19,573,194 square meters.           
  220.............................  19,573,194 square meters.           
  224.............................  19,573,194 square meters.           
  225.............................  19,573,194 square meters.           
  226.............................  19,573,194 square meters.           
  227.............................  19,573,194 square meters.           
  313.............................  35,941,995 square meters.           
  314.............................  19,573,194 square meters.           
  315.............................  22,984,979 square meters.           
  317.............................  19,573,194 square meters.           
  326.............................  2,508,000 square meters.            
Levels not in a group                                                   
  300/301.........................  7,681,216 kilograms of which not    
                                     more than 2,409,100 kilograms shall
                                     be in Category 301.                
  338/339.........................  2,226,000 dozen.                    
  340/640.........................  870,000 dozen.                      
  369-S\2\........................  1,167,791 kilograms.                
  448.............................  18,342 dozen.                       
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\1\The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports exported
  after December 31, 1994.                                              
\2\Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.                        

    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.
    Should Egypt become a member of the World Trade Organization 
(WTO), the limits set forth above will be subject to adjustment in 
the future pursuant to the provisions of the Uruguay Round Agreement 
on Textiles and Clothing 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. 95-8196 Filed 4-3-95; 8:45 am]
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