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

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool

and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Poland

November 29, 1994.

AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs establishing

limits for the new agreement year.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Naomi Freeman, 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).

The Bilateral Textile Agreement, effected by exchange of notes

dated December 30 and 31, 1991, as amended and extended, between the

Governments of the United States and the Republic of Poland establishes

limits for the period beginning on January 1, 1995 and extending

through December 31, 1995.

These limits are subject to revision pursuant to the Uruguay Round

Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (URATC). On the date that both the

United States and Poland are members of the World Trade Organization,

the restraint limits will be modified in accordance with the URATC.

In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the

Commissioner of Customs to establish limits for the 1995 agreement

period. The limit for Category 443 has been reduced for carryforward

used during the previous agreement period.

A copy of the current agreement is available from the Textiles

Division, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, U.S. Department of

State, (202) 647-1683.

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 58 FR 62645, published on November 29, 1993).

Information regarding the 1995 CORRELATION will be published in the

Federal Register at a later date.

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 agreement, 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

November 29, 1994.

Commissioner of Customs,

Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.

Dear Commissioner: Under the terms of section 204 of the

Agricultural Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1854), and the

Arrangement Regarding International Trade in Textiles done at Geneva

on December 20, 1973, as further extended on December 9, 1993;

pursuant to the Bilateral Cotton, Wool, Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend

and Other Vegetable Fiber Textiles and Textile Product Agreement,

effected by exchange of notes dated December 30, 1991 and December

31, 1991, between the Governments of the United States and the

Republic of Poland; and in accordance with the provisions of

Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as amended, you are directed

to prohibit, effective on January 1, 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 Poland and exported during

the twelve-month period beginning on January 1, 1995 and extending

through December 31, 1995, in excess of the following levels of

restraint:

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Category Twelve-month restraint limit

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335................................ 154,832 dozen.

338/339............................ 1,667,422 dozen.

410................................ 2,575,753 square meters.

433................................ 18,190 dozen.

434................................ 9,921 dozen.

435................................ 12,982 dozen.

443................................ 203,510 numbers.

611................................ 4,765,851 square meters.

645/646............................ 244,158 dozen.

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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.

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. 94-29951 Filed 12-5-94; 8:45 am]

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