Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Wool Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Romania

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Wool Textile Products

Produced or Manufactured in Romania

June 28, 1995.

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

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs adjusting

limits.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: July 7, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anne Novak, 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) 927-6718. 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 adjusted,

variously, for swing, special shift and carryover.

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 20969, published on April 28, 1995.

The letter to the Commissioner of Customs and the actions taken

pursuant

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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

June 28, 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 April 24, 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 Romania and exported during the twelve-

month period beginning on January 1, 1995 and extending through

December 31, 1995.

Effective on July 7, 1995, you are directed to amend the

directive dated April 24, 1995 to adjust the limits for the

following categories, as provided under the terms of the current

bilateral agreement between the Governments of the United States and

the Romania:

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Category Adjusted twelve-month limit\1\

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Sublevels in Group III

433/434............................ 8,301 dozen.

435................................ 9,205 dozen.

442................................ 12,888 dozen.

443................................ 104,798 numbers.

444................................ 28,450 numbers.

447/448............................ 27,472 dozen.

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

after December 31, 1994.

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. 95-16460 Filed 7-3-95; 8:45 am]

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