[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 77 (Friday, April 21, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19889-19890]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-9908]



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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool and Man-Made 
Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the Philippines

April 17, 1995.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs reducing 
limits.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: April 24, 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).

    The current limits for certain categories are being reduced for 
carryforward used during the previous agreement 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 
60 FR 17334, published on April 5, 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 Uruguay Round Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round Agreement on 
Textile and Clothing, but are designed to assist only in the 
implementation of certain of their provisions.

    Dated: April 18, 1995.
Rita D. Hayes,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

April 17, 1995.
Commissioner of Customers,
Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.

    Dear Commissioner: This directive amends, but does not cancel, 
the directive issued to you on ________, by the Chairman, Committee 
for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That directive 
concerns imports of 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 and exported 
during the twelve-month period which began on January 1, 1995 and 
extends through December 31, 1995.
    Effective on April 24, 1995, you are directed to amend the 
directive dated March 30, 1995 to reduce the limits for the 
[[Page 19890]] following categories, pursuant to the provisions of 
the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC) and the 
Uruguay Round Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round Agreement on 
Textiles and Clothing:

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              Category                    Adjusted 12-month limit\1\    
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Levels in Group I:                                                      
  331/631..........................  4,372,028 dozen pairs.             
  333/334..........................  215,684 dozen.                     
  335..............................  137,661 dozen.                     
  340/640..........................  796,929 dozen.                     
  347/348..........................  1,518,066 dozen.                   
  433..............................  3,043 dozen.                       
  443..............................  36,802 numbers.                    
  634..............................  346,412 dozen.                     
  635..............................  303,444 dozen.                     
  647/648..........................  915,986 dozen.                     
  659-H\2\.........................  1,075,745 kilograms.               
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\1\The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports exported
  after December 31, 1994.                                              
\2\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.                                                         

    The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has 
determined that these actions fall within the foreign affairs exception 
to 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. 95-9908 Filed 4-20-95; 8:45 am]
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