Establishment of an Import Limit for Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Thailand

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 26, 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 this

limit, 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. For information

on categories on which consultations have been requested, call (202)

482-3740.

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).

A notice published in the Federal Register on April 21, 1995 (60 FR

19891) announces that if no solution is agreed upon in consultations

between the Governments of the United States and Thailand on Categories

352/652, the Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements may

establish a limit at a level of not less than 1,586,005 dozen for the

twelve-month period beginning on March 29, 1995 and extending through

March 28, 1996.

Inasmuch as no agreement was reached during the consultation period

on a mutually satisfactory solution, the United States Government has

decided to control imports in Categories 352/652 for the prorated

period beginning on March 29, 1995 and extending through December 31,

1995 at a level of 1,207,971 dozen. Categories 352/652 shall remain

subject to the Group II limit and shall be charged at a rate of 9.4

square meters equivalent per dozen.

This action is taken in accordance with the Uruguay Round Agreement

on Textiles and Clothing and the Uruguay Round Agreements Act.

The United States remains committed to finding a solution

concerning Categories 352/652. Should such a solution be reached in

consultations with the Government of Thailand, further notice will be

published in the Federal Register.

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).

Edwin Maddrey III,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

June 16, 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 textiles and 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 June 26, 1995, you are directed, pursuant to the

Uruguay Round Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round Agreement on

Textiles and Clothing, to establish a limit at 1,207,971 dozen \1\

for textile products in Categories 352/652, produced or manufactured

in Thailand and exported during the period beginning on March 29,

1995 and extending through December 31, 1995.

\1\ The limit has not been adjusted to account for any imports

exported after March 28, 1995.

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Textile products in Categories 352/652 shall remain subject to

the Group II limit established in the directive dated March 30, 1995

for the period January 1, 1995 through December 31, 1995. The

conversion factor for converting merged Categories 352/652 to square

meters equivalent is 9.4.

Textile products in Categories 352 and 652 which have been

exported to the United States prior to March 29, 1995 shall not be

subject to the limit established in this directive.

Import charges will be provided at a later date.

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 this action falls within the foreign affairs

exception of the rulemaking provisions of 5 U.S.C. 553(a)(1).

Sincerely,

Edwin Maddrey III,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements.

[FR Doc. 95-15329 Filed 6-22-95; 8:45 am]

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