[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 65 (Wednesday, April 5, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17325-17326]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-8287]



[[Page 17325]]

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Establishing and Amending Import Restraint Limits and Amending a 
Restraint Period for Certain Cotton, Wool, Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend 
and Other Vegetable Fiber Textiles and Textile Products Produced or 
Manufactured in Indonesia

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

ACTION: Issuing directives to the Commissioner of Customs establishing 
and amending limits and amending a restraint period.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: April 12, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Tallarico, 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) 927-6704. 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 Indonesia, as notified to the 
Uruguay Round Textiles Monitoring Body (TMB), are being amended to 
establish limits for the period January 1, 1995 through December 31, 
1995. Pursuant to the ATC, these limits supersede those notified to the 
TMB contained in the Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) dated September 
23, 1994 and February 24, 1995 between the Governments of the United 
States and Indonesia.
    In the letters published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the 
Commissioner of Customs to amend the current restraint period for 
Category 435 and establish new limits for the period beginning on July 
1, 1994 and extending through December 31, 1994 and the period 
beginning on January 1, 1995 and extending through December 31, 1995.
    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). Also see 
59 FR 55834, published on November 9, 1994; and 60 FR 5655, published 
on January 30, 1995.
    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 12, 1995, you are directed 
to no longer count imports of textile products in Categories 600, 
669-P\1\ and 670-L\2\, produced or manufactured in Indonesia and 
exported during the period January 1, 1995 through December 31, 1995 
(see directive dated December 13, 1994).

    \1\Category 669-P: only HTS numbers 6305.31.0010, 6305.31.0020 
and 6305.39.0000.
    \2\Category 670-L: only HTS numbers 4202.12.8030, 4202.12.8070, 
4202.92.3020, 4202.92.3030 and 4202.92.9025.
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    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 
12, 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 
Indonesia 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 Memoranda of Understanding dated September 23, 1994 and February 
24, 1995 between the Governments of the United States and Indonesia.

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             Category                   Twelve-month restraint limit<SUP>a   
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Levels in Group I                   ............................<SUP>........
200...............................  675,564 kilograms.                  
219...............................  7,504,437 square meters.            
225...............................  5,255,052 square meters.            
300/301...........................  3,211,421 kilograms.                
313...............................  13,616,722 square meters.           
314...............................  47,546,185 square meters.           
315...............................  21,604,102 square meters.           
317/617/326.......................  20,866,447 square meters of which   
                                     not more than 3,083,244 square     
                                     meters shall be in Category 326.   
331/631...........................  1,916,182 dozen pairs.              
334/335...........................  175,593 dozen.                      
336/636...........................  490,473 dozen.                      
338/339...........................  948,245 dozen.                      
340/640...........................  1,167,789 dozen.                    
341...............................  702,369 dozen.                      
342/642...........................  291,947 dozen.                      
345...............................  339,589 dozen.                      
347/348...........................  1,284,568 dozen.                    
350/650...........................  134,881 dozen.                      
351/651...........................  379,532 dozen.                      
359-C/659-C<SUP>b......................  1,109,400 kilograms.                
359-S/659-S<SUP>c......................  1,167,789 kilograms.                
360...............................  1,039,328 numbers.                  
361...............................  1,039,328 numbers.                  
369-S<SUP>d............................  716,840 kilograms.                  
433...............................  11,073 dozen.                       
443...............................  82,146 numbers.                     
445/446...........................  55,045 dozen.                       
447...............................  16,429 dozen.                       
448...............................  20,232 dozen.                       
604-A<SUP>e............................  557,538 kilograms.                  
611...............................  4,951,774 square meters.            
613/614/615.......................  19,794,028 square meters.           
618...............................  4,671,157 square meters.            
619/620...........................  7,240,294 square meters.            
625/626/627/628/629...............  22,154,954 square meters.           
634/635...........................  233,558 dozen.                      
638/639...........................  1,214,502 dozen.                    
641...............................  1,780,531 dozen.                    
643...............................  259,833 numbers.                    
644...............................  363,765 numbers.                    
645/646...........................  614,574 dozen.                      
647/648...........................  2,546,091 dozen.                    
847...............................  321,692 dozen.                      
Group II                                                                
  201, 218, 220, 222-224, 226,      71,373,272 square meters equivalent.
   227, 229, 237, 239, 330, 332,                                        
   333, 349, 352-354, 359-O<SUP>f, 362,                                      
   363, 369-O<SUP>g, 400, 410, 414,                                          
   431, 432, 434, 435, 436, 438,                                        
   439, 440, 442, 444, 459, 464,                                        
   465, 469, 603, 604-O<SUP>h, 606,                                          
   607, 621, 622, 624, 630, 632,                                        
   633, 649, 652-654, 659-O<SUP>i, 665,                                      
   666, 669-O<SUP>j, 670-O<SUP>k, 831-836,                                        
   838, 839, 840, 842-846, 850-                                         
   852, 858 and 859, as a group.                                        
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Subgroup in Group II                                                    
  400, 410, 414, 431, 432, 434,     2,900,000 square meters equivalent. 
   435, 436, 438, 439, 440, 442,                                        
   444, 459, 464, 465 and 469, as                                       
   a group.                                                             
In Group II subgroup                                                    
  435.............................  45,522 dozen.                       
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<SUP>aThe limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports exported  
  after December 31, 1994.                                              
<SUP>bCategory 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.                                                         
<SUP>cCategory 359-S: only HTS numbers 6112.39.0010, 6112.49.0010,           
  6211.11.8010, 6211.11.8020, 6211.12.8010 and 6211.12.8020; Category   
  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.                                        
<SUP>dCategory 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.                          
<SUP>eCategory 604-A: only HTS number 5509.32.0000.                          
<SUP>fCategory 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 and            
  6211.42.0010 (Category 359-C); 6112.39.0010, 6112.49.0010,            
  6211.11.8010, 6211.11.8020, 6211.12.8010 and 6211.12.8020 (Category   
  359-S).                                                               
<SUP>gCategory 369-O: all HTS numbers except 6307.10.2005 (Category 369-S).  
<SUP>hCategory 604-O: all HTS numbers except 5509.32.0000 (Category 604-A)   
<SUP>iCategory 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 and 6211.43.0010 (Category   
  659-C); 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 (Category 659-S).                                    
<SUP>jCategory 669-O: all HTS numbers except 6305.31.0010, 6305.31.0020 and  
  6305.39.0000 (Category 669-P).                                        
<SUP>kCategory 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 July 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.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
March 30, 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 3, 1994, by the Chairman, 
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That 
directive concerns imports of certain cotton, wool, man-made fiber, 
silk blend and other vegetable fiber textiles and textile products, 
produced or manufactured in Indonesia and exported during the six-
month period beginning on July 1, 1994 and extending through 
December 31, 1994. This directive also amends the directive issued 
to you on January 13, 1995 concerning textile products in Category 
435, produced or manufactured in Indonesia and exported during the 
period December 29, 1994 through March 28, 1995.
    Pursuant to the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing 
(ATC) and the Uruguay Round Agreements Act, you are directed, 
effective on April 12, 1995, to remove Categories 433, 447 and 448 
from coverage in Group II and the Group II subgroup. These 
categories will no longer be subject to a group limit. The import 
charges already made to Categories 433, 447 and 448 shall be 
retained. The limits established in the November 3, 1994 directive 
for Categories 433 and 447 for the period July 1, 1994 through 
December 31, 1994 shall remain the same.
    Also, you are directed to amend the restraint period for 
Category 435 to begin on July 1, 1994 and extend through December 
31, 1994. Category 435 shall remain subject to the levels for Group 
II and the Subgroup in Group II. You are directed to amend and 
establish limits for the July 1, 1994 through December 31, 1994 
period as follows. These limits supersede those contained in the 
Memorandum of Understanding dated February 24, 1995, between the 
Governments of the United States and Indonesia.

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              Category                         Six-month limit<SUP>a         
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Levels in Group I                                                       
448................................  10,000 dozen.                      
Subgroup in Group II                                                    
400, 410, 414, 431, 432, 434, 435,   1,433,373 square meters equivalent.
 436, 438, 439, 440, 442, 444, 459,                                     
 464, 465 and 469, as a group.                                          
In Group II subgroup                                                    
435................................  22,500 dozen.                      
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<SUP>aThe limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports exported  
  after June 30, 1994.                                                  

    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. 95-8287 Filed 4-4-95; 8:45 am]
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