Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool, Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Thailand

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool, Man-Made

Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textile Products Produced

or Manufactured in Thailand

May 22, 1995.

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

[[Page 27967]] ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of

Customs reducing limits.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: May 31, 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).

The current limits for certain categories are being reduced for

carryforward used in 1994. There may be further reductions later this

year, if additional amounts of carryforward are used.

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 17337, 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

Textiles and Clothing, but are designed to assist only in the

implementation of certain of their provisions.

Rita D. Hayes,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

May 22, 1995.

Commissioner of Customs,

Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.

Dear Commissioner: This directive amends, but does not cancel,

the directive issued to you on March 30, 1995 by the Chairman,

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That

directive concerns imports of certain cotton, wool, man-made fiber,

silk blend and other vegetable fiber textile products, produced or

manufactured in Thailand and exported during the twelve-month period

which began on January 1, 1995 and extends through December 31,

1995.

Effective on May 31, 1995, you are directed to reduce the

current limits for the following categories, as provided under the

Uruguay Round Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round Agreement on

Textiles and Clothing:

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Category Adjusted twelve-month limit\1\

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In Group I

200................................ 901,837 kilograms.

315................................ 25,057,222 square meters.

604................................ 562,665 kilograms of which not more

than 382,173 kilograms shall be in

Category 604-A\2\.

619................................ 5,411,024 square meters.

Group II

237, 330-359, 431-459, 630-659 and 231,664,280 square meters

831-859, as a group. equivalent.

Sublevels in Group II

334/634............................ 478,949 dozen.

335/635/835........................ 391,886 dozen.

336/636............................ 245,815 dozen.

338/339............................ 1,560,228 dozen.

351/651............................ 180,367 dozen.

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\1\The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports exported

after December 31, 1994.

\2\Category 604-A: only HTS number 5509.32.0000.

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. 95-12947 Filed 5-25-95; 8:45 am]

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