[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 62 (Friday, March 31, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16623-16624]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-7897]



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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Amendment and Establishment of Import Restraint Limits for 
Certain Cotton, Wool and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or 
Manufactured in Hungary

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

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs revising and 
establishing limits pursuant to the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles 
and Clothing (ATC).

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EFFECTIVE DATE: April 3, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anne Novak, 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), the current limits are being amended for textile products, 
produced or manufactured in Hungary and exported during the period 
beginning on January 1, 1995 and extending through December 31, 1995. 
These limits are being amended because Hungary is now a member of the 
World Trade Organization. Also, a level is being established for cotton 
and man-made fiber textile products in Categories 351/651 for the 1995 
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 62717, published on December 6, 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 bilateral, 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 27, 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 November 29, 1994, by the Chairman, 
Committee for the Implementatin of Textile Agreements. That 
directive concerns imports of certain wool and man-made fiber 
textile products, produced or manufactured in Hungary and exported 
during the period beginning on January 1, 1995 and extending through 
December 31, 1995.
    Effective on April 3, 1995, you are directed, pursuant the 
Uruguay Round Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round Agreement on 
Textiles and Clothing (ATC), to increase and establish levels for 
the following categories:

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              Category                 Twelve-month restraint limit\1\  
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351/651............................  209,625 dozen.                     
410................................  898,662 square meters.             
433................................  17,042 dozen.                      
434................................  14,460 dozen.                      
435................................  24,995 dozen.                      
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443................................  160,092 numbers.                   
444................................  51,643 numbers.                    
448................................  22,089 dozen.                      
604................................  1,037,530 kilograms.               
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\1\The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports exported
  after December 31, 1994.                                              

    Textile products in Categories 351/651 which have been exported 
to the United States prior to January 1, 1995 shall not be subject 
to this directive.
    Textile products in Categories 351/651 which have been released 
from the custody of the U.S. Customs Service under the provisions of 
19 U.S.C. 1448(b) or 1484(a)(1) prior to the effective date of this 
directive shall not be denied entry under 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.
    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. 95-7897 Filed 3-30-95; 8:45 am]
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