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

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Establishment of an Import Limit for Certain Cotton and Man-Made

Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the Dominican

Republic

June 16, 1995.

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

[[Page 32654]] ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of

Customs establishing a limit.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: June 23, 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 the Dominican Republic

on Categories 352/652, the Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements may establish a limit at a level of not less than 16,442,148

dozen for the twelve-month period beginning on March 27, 1995 and

extending through March 26, 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 period

beginning on March 27, 1995 and extending through March 26, 1996 at a

level of 16,442,148 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 the Dominican Republic, 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).

Rita D. Hayes,

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: Under the terms of section 204 of the

Agricultural Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1854), Uruguay Round

Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and

Clothing; and in accordance with the provisions of Executive Order

11651 of March 3, 1972, as amended, you are directed to prohibit,

effective on June 23, 1995, entry into the United States for

consumption and withdrawal from warehouse for consumption of cotton

and man-made fiber textile products in the Categories 352/652,

produced or manufactured in the Dominican Republic and exported

during the period beginning on March 27, 1995 and extending through

March 26, 1996, in excess of 16,442,148 dozen \1\.

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

exported after March 26, 1995.

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Textile products in Categories 352/652 which have been exported

to the United States prior to March 27, 1995 shall not be subject to

this directive.

Textile products in Categories 352/652 which have been released

from the custody of the U.S. Customs Service under the provisions of

19 U.S.C. 1448(b) or 1484(a)(1) prior to the effective date of this

directive shall not be denied entry under 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,

Rita D. Hayes,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

[FR Doc. 95-15335 Filed 6-22-95; 8:45 am]

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