[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 65 (Wednesday, April 5, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17333-17334]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-8298]



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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool, 
Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textiles and 
Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Mauritius

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

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

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EFFECTIVE DATE: April 28, 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).

    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 Mauritius, 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 Bilateral Cotton, Wool, Man-Made Fiber, Silk 
Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textile Agreement, effected by exchange 
of notes dated October 2 and 5, 1981, as amended and extended, between 
the Governments of the United States and Mauritius.
    A directive to reduce the limits for certain categories for 
carryforward used during 1994 will be published in the Federal Register 
at a later date.
    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 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 28, 1995, entry into the United States 
for consumption and withdrawal from warehouse for consumption of 
cotton, wool, man-made fiber, silk blend and other vegetable fiber 
textiles and textile products in the following categories, produced 
or manufactured in Mauritius and exported during the twelve-month 
period beginning on January 1, 1995 and extending through December 
31, 1995, in excess of the following lilmits. These limits supersede 
those contained in the Bilateral Cotton, Wool, Man-Made Fiber, Silk 
Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textile Agreement, effected by 
exchange of notes dated October 2 and 5, 1981, as amended and 
extended, between the Governments of the United States and 
Mauritius.

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              Category                 Twelve-month restraint limit\1\  
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Knit group                                                              
345, 438, 445, 446, 645 and 646, as  143,604 dozen.                     
 a group.                                                               
Levels not in a group                                                   
237................................  185,185 dozen.                     
335/835............................  73,612 dozen.                      
336................................  86,624 dozen.                      
338/339............................  346,790 dozen.                     
340/640............................  564,375 dozen of which not more    
                                      than 343,549 dozen shall be in    
                                      Categories 340-Y/640-Y\2\.        
341/641............................  390,955 dozen.                     
347/348............................  729,977 dozen.                     
351/651............................  171,681 dozen.                     
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352/652............................  1,455,855 dozen of which not more  
                                      than 1,237,478 dozen shall be in  
                                      Category 352.                     
442................................  11,510 dozen.                      
604-A\3\...........................  343,201 kilograms.                 
638/639............................  398,809 dozen.                     
647/648/847........................  537,769 dozen.                     
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\1\The 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.    
\3\Category 604-A: only HTS number 5509.32.0000.                        

    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 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. 95-8298 Filed 4-4-95; 8:45 am]
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