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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).

Requirements for participation in the

Special Access Program are available in

Federal Register notices 51 FR 21208,

published on June 11, 1986; 52 FR 6594,

published on March 4, 1987; 52 FR

26057, published on July 10, 1987; and

54 FR 50425, published on December 6,

1989.

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 14, 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 the Dominican

Republic and exported during the period

beginning on January 1, 1995 and extending

through December 31, 1995, in excess of the

following limits. These limits supersede

those contained in the Memorandum of

Understanding (MOU) dated November 15,

1994, between the Governments of the

United States and the Dominican Republic.

Category Restraint limit

338/638 ................... 686,208 dozen.

339/639 ................... 816,588 dozen.

340/640 ................... 706,414 dozen.

342/642 ................... 497,120 dozen.

347/348/647/648 ..... 1,691,018 dozen of

which not more than

893,366 shall be in

Categories 647/648.

351/651 ................... 846,870 dozen.

433 .......................... 20,875 dozen.

442 .......................... 70,875 dozen.

443 .......................... 129,666 numbers.

444 .......................... 70,875 numbers.

448 .......................... 32,185 dozen.

633 .......................... 103,652 dozen.

Imports charged to these category limits for

the periods January 1, 1994 through

December 31, 1994 and December 1, 1994

through December 31, 1994 (Categories 442

and 444) shall be charged against those levels

of restraint to the extent of any unfilled

balances. In the event the limits established

for those periods have been exhausted by

previous entries, such goods shall be subject

to the levels set forth in this directive.

Additionally, pursuant to the Uruguay

Round Agreements Act and the Uruguay

Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing

(ATC), and under the terms of the Special

Access Program, as set forth in 51 FR 21208

(June 11, 1986), 52 FR 26057 (July 10, 1987)

and 54 FR 50425 (December 6, 1989),

effective on April 14, 1995, guaranteed access

levels are being established for properly

certified textile products assembled in the

Dominican Republic from fabric formed and

cut in the United States in cotton, wool and

man-made fiber textile products in the

following categories for the period January 1,

1995 through December 31, 1995:

Category Guaranteed access

level

338/638 ................... 1,150,000 dozen.

339/639 ................... 1,150,000 dozen.

340/640 ................... 1,000,000 dozen.

342/642 ................... 1,000,000 dozen.

347/348/647/648 ..... 8,050,000 dozen.

351/651 ................... 1,000,000 dozen.

433 .......................... 21,000 dozen.

442 .......................... 65,000 dozen.

443 .......................... 50,000 numbers.

444 .......................... 30,000 numbers.

448 .......................... 40,000 dozen.

633 .......................... 60,000 dozen.

Any shipment for entry under the Special

Access Program which is not accompanied

by a valid and correct certification and

Export Declaration in accordance with the

provisions of the certification requirements

established in the directive of February 25,

1987, as amended, shall be denied entry

unless the Government of the Dominican

Republic authorizes the entry and any

charges to the appropriate specific limits.

Any shipment which is declared for entry

under the Special Access Program but found

not to qualify shall be denied entry into the

United States.

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. 95–8296 Filed 4–4–95; 8:45 am]

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Announcement of Import Restraint

Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool, ManMade Fiber, Silk Blend and Other

Vegetable Fiber Textiles and Textile

Products Produced or Manufactured in

Hong Kong

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 20, 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) and the Uruguay Round

Agreements Act, the limits agreed upon

by the Governments of the United States

and Hong Kong, 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 Textile

Agreement of August 4, 1986, as

amended and extended, and

Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs),

dated July 29, 1992, August 18, 1992

and November 23, 1992, between the

Governments of the United States and

Hong Kong.

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
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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 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 20, 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

Hong Kong and exported during the

twelve-month period beginning on

January 1, 1995 and extending through

December 31, 1995, in excess of the

following limits. These limits supersede

those contained in the Bilateral Textile

Agreement of August 4, 1986, as

amended and extended, and

Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs)

dated July 29, 1992, August 18, 1992

and November 23, 1992, between the

Governments of the United States and

Hong Kong.

Category Twelve-month restraint limit1

Group I:

200–229, 300–326, 360–369, 400–414, 464–469, 600–629 and

665–670, as a group.

220,381,584 square meters equivalent.

Sublevels in Group I:

219 ..................................................................................................... 35,321,104 square meters.

218/225/317/326 ................................................................................ 64,700,379 square meters.

611 ..................................................................................................... 5,568,848 square meters.

617 ..................................................................................................... 3,513,522 square meters.

Group I Subgroup:

200, 226/313, 314, 315, 369(1) and 604, as a group ....................... 98,987,150 square meters equivalent.

Within Group I Subgroup:

200 ..................................................................................................... 304,525 kilograms.

226/313 .............................................................................................. 63,358,475 square meters.

314 ..................................................................................................... 17,087,020 square meters.

315 ..................................................................................................... 8,447,881 square meters.

369(1) 2 (shoptowels) ......................................................................... 694,245 kilograms.

604 ..................................................................................................... 209,036 kilograms.

Group II:

237, 239, 330–359, 431–459, 630–659, 843 and 844, as a group .. 802,205,145 square meters equivalent.

Sublevels in Group II:

237 ..................................................................................................... 1,021,391 dozen.

239 ..................................................................................................... 4,682,189 kilograms.

331 ..................................................................................................... 3,847,971 dozen pairs.

333/334 .............................................................................................. 267,671 dozen.

335 ..................................................................................................... 316,221 dozen.

338/339 3 (shirts and blouses other than tank tops and tops, knit) .......... 2,687,784 dozen.

338/339(1) 4 (tank tops and knit tops) ...................................................... 2,019,346 dozen.

340 ..................................................................................................... 2,573,837 dozen.

345 ..................................................................................................... 407,169 dozen.

347/348 .............................................................................................. 6,152,226 dozen of which not more than 6,152,226 dozen shall be in

Categories 347–W/348–W 5; not more than 4,662,390 dozen shall

be in Category 348–W; not more than 3,027,891 dozen shall be in

Category 347 (other than W); not more than 4,662,390 dozen shall

be in Category 348 (other than W).

352 ..................................................................................................... 6,007,683 dozen.

359(1) 6 (coveralls, overalls and jumpsuits) ....................................... 537,469 kilograms.

359(2) 7 (outer vests) ......................................................................... 1,120,195 kilograms.

433 ..................................................................................................... 9,287 dozen.

434 ..................................................................................................... 9,970 dozen.

435 ..................................................................................................... 70,758 dozen.

436 ..................................................................................................... 92,157 dozen.

438 ..................................................................................................... 756,881 dozen.

442 ..................................................................................................... 82,379 dozen.

443 ..................................................................................................... 58,146 numbers.

444 ..................................................................................................... 37,301 numbers.

445/446 .............................................................................................. 1,251,023 dozen.

447/448 .............................................................................................. 62,914 dozen.

631 ..................................................................................................... 566,886 dozen pairs.

633/634/635 ....................................................................................... 1,200,639 dozen of which not more than 449,065 dozen shall be in

Categories 633/634 and not more than 921,956 dozen shall be in

Category 635.

638/639 .............................................................................................. 4,512,233 dozen.

641 ..................................................................................................... 779,695 dozen.

644 ..................................................................................................... 38,450 numbers.

645/646 .............................................................................................. 1,297,341 dozen.

647 ..................................................................................................... 471,574 dozen.

648 ..................................................................................................... 997,558 dozen of which not more than 997,558 dozen shall be in Category 648–W 8.
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Category Twelve-month restraint limit1

649 ..................................................................................................... 726,035 dozen.

650 ..................................................................................................... 150,141 dozen.

652 ..................................................................................................... 4,325,207 dozen.

659(1) 9 (coveralls, overalls and jumpsuits) ....................................... 594,043 kilograms.

659(2) 10 (swimsuits) .......................................................................... 239,756 kilograms.

Group II Subgroup:

336, 341, 342, 350, 351, 636, 640, 642 and 651, as a group .......... 147,327,497 square meters equivalent.

Within Group II Subgroup:

336 ..................................................................................................... 197,271 dozen.

341 ..................................................................................................... 2,605,315 dozen.

342 ..................................................................................................... 497,713 dozen

350 ..................................................................................................... 122,956 dozen.

351 ..................................................................................................... 1,100,368 dozen.

636 ..................................................................................................... 265,493 dozen.

640 ..................................................................................................... 836,995 dozen.

642 ..................................................................................................... 211,130 dozen.

651 ..................................................................................................... 287,523 dozen.

Group III:

831–842 and 847–859, as a group ................................................... 44,619,970 square meters equivalent.

Sublevels in Group III:

834 ..................................................................................................... 10,805 dozen.

835 ..................................................................................................... 103,325 dozen.

836 ..................................................................................................... 144,383 dozen.

840 ..................................................................................................... 613,759 dozen.

842 ..................................................................................................... 231,750 dozen.

847 ..................................................................................................... 329,610 dozen.

Limits not in a group:

845(1) 11 (sweaters made in Hong Kong) ......................................... 1,103,156 dozen.

845(2) 12 (sweaters assembled in Hong Kong from knit-to-shape

components, knit elsewhere).

2,640,536 dozen.

846(1) 13 (sweaters made in Hong Kong ........................................... 178,391 dozen.

846(2) 14 (sweaters assembled in Hong Kong from knit-to-shape

components, knit elsewhere).

429,854 dozen.

1The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports exported after December 31, 1994.

2 Category 369(1): only HTS number 6307.10.2005.

3 Categories 338/339: all HTS numbers except 6109.10.0018, 6109.10.0023, 6109.10.0060, 6109.10.0065, 6114.20.0005 and 6114.20.0010.

4 Categories 338/339(1): only HTS numbers 6109.10.0018, 6109.10.0023, 6109.10.0060, 6109.10.0065, 6114.20.0005 and 6114.20.0010.

5 Category 347–W: only HTS numbers 6203.19.1020, 6203.19.9020, 6203.22.3020, 6203.22.3030, 6203.42.4005, 6203.42.4010, 6203.42.4015,

6203.42.4025, 6203.42.4035, 6203.42.4045, 6203.42.4050, 6203.42.4060, 6203.49.8020, 6210.40.9033, 6211.20.1520, 6211.20.3810 and

6211.32.0040; Category 348–W: only HTS numbers 6204.12.0030, 6204.19.8030, 6204.22.3040, 6204.22.3050, 6204.29.4034, 6204.62.3000,

6204.62.4005, 6204.62.4010, 6204.62.4020, 6204.62.4030, 6204.62.4040, 6204.62.4050, 6204.62.4055, 6204.62.4065, 6204.69.6010,

6204.69.9010, 6210.50.9060, 6211.20.1550, 6211.20.6810, 6211.42.0030 and 6217.90.9050. 6 Category 359(1): 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. 7 Category 359(2): only HTS numbers 6103.19.2030, 6103.19.9030, 6104.12.0040, 6104.19.8040, 6110.20.1022, 6110.20.1024, 6110.20.2030,

6110.20.2035, 6110.90.9044, 6110.90.9046, 6201.92.2010, 6202.92.2020, 6203.19.1030, 6203.19.9030, 6204.12.0040, 6204.19.8040,

6211.32.0070 and 6211.42.0070. 8 Category 648–W: only HTS numbers 6204.23.0040, 6204.23.0045, 6204.29.2020, 6204.29.2025, 6204.29.4038, 6204.63.2000, 6204.63.3000,

6204.63.3510, 6204.63.3530, 6204.63.3532, 6204.63.3540, 6204.69.2510, 6204.69.2530, 6204.69.2540, 6204.69.2560, 6204.69.6030,

6204.69.9030, 6210.50.5035, 6211.20.1555, 6211.20.6820, 6211.43.0040 and 6217.90.9060. 9 Category 659(1): 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. 10 Category 659(2): 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. 11 Category 845(1): only HTS numbers 6103.29.2074, 6104.29.2079, 6110.90.9024, 6110.90.9042 and 6117.90.9015. 12 Category 845(2): only HTS numbers 6103.29.2070, 6104.29.2077, 6110.90.9022 and 6110.90.9040. 13 Category 846(1): only HTS numbers 6103.29.2068, 6104.29.2075, 6110.90.9020 and 6110.90.9038. 14 Category 846(2): only HTS numbers 6103.29.2066, 6104.29.2073, 6110.90.9018 and 6110.90.9036.

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 conversion factors for merged

Categories 333/334, 633/634/635 and

638/639 are 33, 33.90 and 13,

respectively.

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. 95–8295 Filed 4–4–95; 8:45 am]

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