[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 65 (Wednesday, April 5, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17337-17338]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-8282]



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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 Thailand

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 11, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ross Arnold, 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) 927-6717. 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 Thailand, as notified to the 
Uruguay Round Textiles Monitoring Body (TMB), are being amended to 
establish limits for the period beginning on January 1, 1995 and 
extending through December 31, 1995. Pursuant to the ATC, these limits 
supersede those notified to the TMB contained in the Bilateral Textile 
Agreement of September 3, 1991, as amended and extended, between the 
Governments of the United States and Thailand.
    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 11, 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 Thailand 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 September 3, 
1991 between the Governments of the United States and Thailand.

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              Category                 Twelve-month restraint limit\1\  
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239................................  5,027,120 kilograms.               
Levels in Group I                                                       
200................................  955,433 kilograms.                 
218................................  15,870,000 square meters.          
219................................  5,095,643 square meters.           
300................................  3,821,732 kilograms.               
301-P\2\...........................  3,821,732 kilograms.               
301-O\3\...........................  764,347 kilograms.                 
313................................  17,834,750 square meters.          
314................................  40,765,143 square meters.          
315................................  25,478,214 square meters.          
317/326............................  10,696,000 square meters.          
363................................  16,560,839 numbers.                
369-D\4\...........................  182,170 kilograms.                 
369-S\5\...........................  254,782 kilograms.                 
604................................  596,104 kilograms of which not more
                                      than 382,173 kilograms shall be in
                                      Category 604-A\6\.                
607................................  2,547,821 kilograms.               
611................................  12,507,030 square meters.          
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613/614/615........................  38,505,600 square meters of which  
                                      not more than 22,420,829 square   
                                      meters shall be in Categories 613/
                                      615 and not more than 22,420,829  
                                      square meters shall be in Category
                                      614.                              
617................................  13,904,800 square meters.          
619................................  5,732,598 square meters.           
620................................  5,732,598 square meters.           
625/626/627/628/629................  11,230,800 square meters of which  
                                      not more than 8,917,375 square    
                                      meters shall be in Category 625.  
669-P\7\...........................  5,373,563 kilograms.               
Group II                                                                
237, 330-359, 431-459, 630-659 and   235,721,528 square meters          
 831-859, as a group.                 equivalent.                       
Sublevels in Group II                                                   
  331/631..........................  1,390,619 dozen pairs.             
  334/634..........................  496,825 dozen.                     
  335/635/835......................  394,912 dozen.                     
  336/636..........................  254,782 dozen.                     
  338/339..........................  1,647,881 dozen.                   
  340..............................  229,304 dozen.                     
  341/641..........................  541,412 dozen.                     
  342/642..........................  471,347 dozen.                     
  345..............................  242,043 dozen.                     
  347/348/847......................  665,618 dozen.                     
  351/651..........................  191,086 dozen.                     
  359-H/659-H\8\...................  1,117,749 kilograms.               
  433..............................  9,287 dozen.                       
  434..............................  11,464 dozen.                      
  435..............................  52,097 dozen.                      
  438..............................  17,197 dozen.                      
  442..............................  19,970 dozen.                      
  638/639..........................  1,942,146 dozen.                   
  640..............................  420,390 dozen.                     
  645/646..........................  254,782 dozen.                     
  647/648..........................  907,024 dozen.                     
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\1\The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports exported
  after December 31, 1994.                                              
\2\Category 301-P: only HTS numbers 5206.21.0000, 5206.22.0000,         
  5206.23.0000, 5206.24.0000, 5206.25.0000, 5206.41.0000, 5206.42.0000, 
  5206.43.0000, 5206.44.0000 and 5206.45.0000.                          
\3\Category 301-O: only HTS numbers 5205.21.0000, 5205.22.0000,         
  5205.23.0000, 5205.24.0000, 5205.25.0000, 5205.41.0000, 5205.42.0000, 
  5205.43.0000, 5205.44.0000 and 5205.45.0000.                          
\4\Category 369-D: only HTS numbers 6302.60.0010, 6302.91.0005 and      
  6302.91.0045.                                                         
\5\Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.                        
\6\Category 604-A: only HTS number 5509.32.0000.                        
\7\Category 669-P: only HTS numbers 6305.31.0010, 6305.31.0020 and      
  6305.39.0000.                                                         
\8\Category 359-H: only HTS numbers 6505.90.1540 and 6505.90.2060;      
  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.                                                         

    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 according to the provisions of the ATC and any administrative 
arrangements notified to the Textiles Monitoring Body.
    The conversion factors for merged Categories 359-H/659-H and 
638/639 are 11.5 and 12.96, 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. 95-8282 Filed 4-4-95; 8:45 am]
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