Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton and Wool Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Uruguay

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton and

Wool Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Uruguay

December 14, 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: December 21, 1994.

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 Governments of the United States and Uruguay have agreed to

extend their Bilateral Cotton and Wool Textile Agreement, effected by

exchange of notes dated December 30, 1983 and January 23, 1984, for two

consecutive one-year periods beginning on July 1, 1994 and extending

through June 30, 1996.

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

Commissioner of Customs to establish limits for the period beginning on

July 1, 1994 and extending through June 30, 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 Uruguay are members of the World Trade Organization,

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

A copy of the current bilateral 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

December 14, 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, 1992,

pursuant to the Bilateral Cotton and Wool Textile Agreement,

effected by exchange of notes dated December 30, 1983 and January

23, 1984, as amended and extended, between the Governments of the

United States and Uruguay; and in accordance with the provisions of

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

to prohibit, effective on December 21, 1994, entry into the United

States for consumption and withdrawal from warehouse for consumption

of cotton and wool textile products in the following categories,

produced or manufactured in Uruguay and exported during the twelve-

month period beginning on July 1, 1994 and extending through June

30, 1995, in excess of the following levels of restraint:

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Category Twelve-month restraint limit

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334................................ 117,029 dozen.

335................................ 100,744 dozen.

410................................ 2,768,150 square meters of which

not more than 1,581,801 square

meters shall be in Category 410-

A\1\ and not more than 2,548,456

square meters shall be in Category

410-B\2\

433................................ 16,529 dozen.

434................................ 24,659 dozen.

435................................ 49,801 dozen.

442................................ 35,229 dozen.

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\1\Category 410-A: only HTS numbers 5111.11.3000, 5111.11.7030,

5111.11.7060, 5111.19.2000, 5111.19.6020, 5111.19.6040, 5111.19.6060,

5111.19.6080, 5111.20.9000, 5111.30.9000, 5111.90.3000, 5111.90.9000,

5212.11.1010, 5212.12.1010, 5212.13.1010, 5212.14.1010, 5212.15.1010,

5212.21.1010, 5212.22.1010, 5212.23.1010, 5212.24.1010, 5212.25.1010,

5311.00.2000, 5407.91.0510, 5407.92.0510, 5407.93.0510, 5407.94.0510,

5408.31.0510, 5408.32.0510, 5408.33.0510, 5408.34.0510, 5515.13.0510,

5515.22.0510, 5515.92.0510, 5516.31.0510, 5516.32.0510, 5516.33.0510,

5516.34.0510 and 6301.20.0020.

\2\Category 410-B: only HTS numbers 5007.10.6030, 5007.90.6030,

5112.11.2030, 5112.11.2060, 5112.19.9010, 5112.19.9020, 5112.19.9030,

5112.19.9040, 5112.19.9050, 5112.19.9060, 5112.20.3000, 5112.30.3000,

5112.90.3000, 5112.90.9010, 5112.90.9090, 5212.11.1020, 5212.12.1020,

5212.13.1020, 5212.14.1020, 5212.15.1020, 5212.21.1020, 5212.22.1020,

5212.23.1020, 5212.24.1020, 5212.25.1020, 5309.21.2000, 5309.29.2000,

5407.91.0520, 5407.92.0520, 5407.93.0520, 5407.94.0520, 5408.31.0520,

5408.32.0520, 5408.33.0520, 5408.34.0520, 5515.13.0520, 5515.22.0520,

5515.92.0520, 5516.31.0520, 5516.32.0520, 5516.33.0520 and

5516.34.0520.

Imports charged to these category limits for the period July 1,

1993 through June 30, 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 current bilateral agreement

between the Governments of the United States and Uruguay.

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. 94-31222 Filed 12-19-94; 8:45 am]

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