New Transshipment Charges for Certain Cotton Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the People's Republic of China

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

New Transshipment Charges for Certain Cotton Textile Products

Produced or Manufactured in the People's Republic of China

April 27, 1995.

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

[[Page 21793]] ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of

Customs charging transsshipments to 1995 limits.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 4, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Aldrich, International Trade

Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of

Commerce, (202) 482-4212.

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).

In a notice published in the Federal Register on June 28, 1993 (58

FR 34568), CITA announced that Customs would be conducting other

investigations of transshipments of textiles produced in China and

exported to the United States. Based on these investigations, the U.S.

Customs Service has determined that textile products in Categories 338,

339, 347 and 352, produced or manufactured in China and entered into

the United States with the incorrect country of origin and as non-

textile products, were transshipped in circumvention of the Memorandum

of Understanding dated January 17, 1994 between the Governments of the

United States and the People's Republic of China. Consultations were

held between the Governments of the United States and the People's

Republic of China on this matter December 6 through December 8, 1994

and March 6 through March 8, 1995. Accordingly, in the letter published

below, the Chairman of CITA directs the Commissioner of Customs to

charge the following amounts to the 1995 quota levels for the

categories listed below:

------------------------------------------------------------------------

Category Amounts to be charged

------------------------------------------------------------------------

338................................ 162,000 dozen.

339................................ 147,492 dozen.

347................................ 173,669 dozen.

352................................ 632,114 dozen.

------------------------------------------------------------------------

As a result of the charges, the current limit for Category 352 will

be highly filled.

U.S. Customs continues to conduct other investigations of such

transshipments of textiles produced in China and exported to the United

States. The charges resulting from these investigations will be

published in the Federal Register.

The U.S. Government is taking this action pursuant to U.S. letters

dated October 5, 1994 and April 17, 1995, and the Memorandum of

Understanding dated January 17, 1994 between the Govenments of the

United States and the People's Republic of China.

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 65760, published on December 21, 1994.

Rita D. Hayes,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

April 27, 1995.

Commissioner of Customs,

Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.

Dear Commissioner: To facilitate implementation of the

Memorandum of Understanding dated January 17, 1994, between the

Governments of the United States and the People's Republic of China,

I request that, effective on May 4, 1995, you charge the following

amounts to the following categories for the 1995 restraint period

(see directive dated December 16, 1994):

------------------------------------------------------------------------

Category Amount to be charged to 1995 limit

------------------------------------------------------------------------

338................................ 162,000 dozen.

339................................ 147,492 dozen.

347................................ 173,669 dozen.

352................................ 632,114 dozen.

------------------------------------------------------------------------

This letter will be published in the Federal Register.

Sincerely,

Rita D. Hayes,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

[FR Doc 95-10842; Filed 5-2-95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510-DR-F