17334 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 65 / Wednesday, April 5, 1995 / Notices

1Category 669–P: only HTS numbers

6305.31.0010, 6305.31.0020 and 6305.39.0000.

2Category 670–L: only HTS numbers

4202.12.8030, 4202.12.8070, 4202.92.3020,

4202.92.3030 and 4202.92.9025.

Category Twelve-month restraint

limit 1

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–A3 .................... 343,201 kilograms.

638/639 ................... 398,809 dozen.

647/648/847 ............ 537,769 dozen.

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. 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]

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–F

Announcement of Import Restraint

Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool and

Man-Made Fiber Textiles and Textile

Products and Silk Blend and Other

Vegetable Fiber Apparel Produced or

Manufactured in the Philippines

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 6, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Janet Heinzen, 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) 927–6713. 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 Philippines, 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

and Man-Made Fiber Textiles and

Textile Products and Silk Blend and

Other Vegetable Fiber Apparel

Agreement of March 4, 1987, as

amended and extended, between the

Governments of the United States and

the Philippines.

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: Effective on April 6,

1995, you are directed to no longer count

imports of textile products in Categories 669–

P 1 and 670–L 2, produced or manufactured in

the Philippines and exported during the

period beginning on January 1, 1995 and

extending through December 31, 1995 (see

directive dated December 13, 1994).

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 6, 1995, entry

into the United States for consumption and

withdrawal from warehouse for consumption

of cotton, wool and man-made fiber textiles

and textile products and silk blend and other

vegetable fiber apparel in the following

categories, produced or manufactured in the

Philippines and exported during the twelvemonth period beginning on January 1, 1995

and extending through December 31, 1995, in

excess of the following limits. These limits

supersede those limits contained in the

Bilateral Cotton, Wool and Man-Made Fiber

Textiles and Textile Products and Silk Blend

and Other Vegetable Fiber Apparel

Agreement of March 4, 1987, as amended and

extended, between the Governments of the

United States and the Philippines.

Category Twelve-month restraint

limit a

Levels in Group I

237 .......................... 1,430,328 dozen.

239 .......................... 8,630,179 kilograms.

331/631 ................... 4,631,855 dozen pairs.

333/334 ................... 224,063 dozen of

which not more than

32,166 dozen shall

be in Category 333.

335 .......................... 145,842 dozen.

336 .......................... 530,733 dozen.

338/339 ................... 1,903,813 dozen.

340/640 ................... 845,404 dozen.

341/641 ................... 762,870 dozen.

342/642 ................... 459,058 dozen.

345 .......................... 136,706 dozen.

347/348 ................... 1,608,284 dozen.

350 .......................... 121,022 dozen.

351/651 ................... 500,693 dozen.

352/652 ................... 1,966,353 dozen.

359–C/659–C b ........ 680,266 kilograms.

361 .......................... 1,528,693 numbers.

369–Sc .................... 346,516 kilograms.

431 .......................... 164,313 dozen pairs.

433 .......................... 3,235 dozen.

443 .......................... 39,122 numbers.

445/446 ................... 26,721 dozen.

447 .......................... 7,430 dozen.

611 .......................... 4,587,729 square meters.

633 .......................... 29,579 dozen.

634 .......................... 366,999 dozen.

635 .......................... 322,346 dozen.

636 .......................... 1,383,123 dozen.

638/639 ................... 1,955,735 dozen.

643 .......................... 706,523 numbers.

645/646 ................... 628,616 dozen.

647/648 ................... 970,423 dozen.
Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 65 / Wednesday, April 5, 1995 / Notices 17335

1Category 659–S: only HTS numbers

6112.31.0010, 6112.31.0020, 6112.41.0010,

6112.41.0020, 6112.41.0030, 6112.41.0040,

6211.11.1010, 6211.11.1020, 6211.12.1010 and

6211.12.1020.

2Category 659–V: only HTS numbers

6110.30.1030, 6110.30.1040, 6110.30.2030,

6110.30.2040, 6110.30.3030, 6110.30.3035,

6110.90.9052, 6110.90.9054, 6201.93.2020,

6202.93.2020, 6211.33.0054 and 6211.43.0076.

3Category 659–O: all HTS numbers except

6112.31.0010, 6112.31.0020, 6112.41.0010,

6112.41.0020, 6112.41.0030, 6112.41.0040,

6211.11.1010, 6211.11.1020, 6211.12.1010,

6211.12.1020 (Category 659–S); 6110.30.1030,

6110.30.1040, 6110.30.2030, 6110.30.2040,

6110.30.3030, 6110.30.3035, 6110.90.9052,

6110.90.9054, 6201.93.2020, 6202.93.2020,

6211.33.0054 and 6211.43.0076 (Category 659–V).

Category Twelve-month restraint

limit a

649 .......................... 6,343,947 dozen.

650 .......................... 86,619 dozen.

659–H d .................... 1,139,676 kilograms.

847 .......................... 755,926 dozen.

Group II

200–229, 300–326,

330, 332, 349,

353, 354, 359–O e,

360, 362, 363,

369–O f, 400–414,

432, 434–442,

444, 448, 459,

464–469, 600–

607, 613–629,

630, 632, 644,

653, 654, 659–O g,

665, 666, 669–O h,

670–O i, 831–846

and 850–859, as

a group.

127,763,555 square

meters equivalent.

Sublevel in Group II

604 ....................... 1,620,705 kilograms.

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

31, 1994. b Category 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. c Category 369–S: only HTS number

6307.10.2005. d Category 659–H: only HTS numbers

6502.00.9030, 6504.00.9015, 6504.00.9060,

6505.90.5090, 6505.90.6090, 6505.90.7090

and 6505.90.8090. e Category 359–O: all HTS numbers except

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, 6211.42.0010

(Category 359–C). f Category 369–O: all HTS numbers except

6307.10.2005 (Category 369–S). g Category 659–O: all HTS numbers except

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, 6211.43.0010

(Category 659–C); 6502.00.9030,

6504.00.9015, 6504.00.9060, 6505.90.5090,

6505.90.6090, 6505.90.7090, 6505.90.8090

(Category 659–H). h Category 669–O: all HTS numbers except

6305.31.0010, 6305.31.0020 and

6305.39.0000 (Category 669–P). i Category 670–O: all HTS numbers except

4202.12.8030, 4202.12.8070, 4202.92.3020,

4202.92.3030 and 4202.92.9025 (Category

670–L).

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. 95–8279 Filed 4–4–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–F

Announcement of Import Restraint

Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool and

Man-Made Fiber Textile Products

Produced or Manufactured in

Singapore

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 10, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Janet Heinzen, 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) 927–6716. 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 Republic of Singapore, 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 and Man-Made

Fiber Textile Agreement, effected by

exchange of notes dated May 31 and

June 5, 1986, as amended and extended,

between the Governments of the United

States and the Republic of Singapore.

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: Effective on April 10,

1995, you are directed to no longer count

imports of textile products in Categories 200–

220, 223–229, 300/301, 313–330, 332, 333/

633, 336, 345, 349, 350, 351/651, 352/652,

353/354/653/654, 359–369, 400–434, 436,

438, 439, 440–444, 445/446, 447, 448, 459–

469, 600–603, 606, 607, 611–630, 632, 636,

643, 644, 649, 650, 659–S 1, 659–V 2, 659–O 3

and 665–670, produced or manufactured in

Singapore and exported during the period

beginning on January 1, 1995 and extending

through December 31, 1995 (see directive

dated November 29, 1994).

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