Amendment of an Import Limit for Certain Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the People's Republic of China

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 6, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Aldrich, 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) 927-6703. 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).

In a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) dated March 8, 1995 the

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

agreed to increase the 1995 specific limit for Category 870.

In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the

Commissioner of Customs to amend the current limit for Category 870.

The amended limit includes a previous adjustment for carryforward used

in 1994.

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.

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 MOU, 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.

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

July 5, 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 December 16, 1994, 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 the People's Republic of China and exported during

the twelve-month period which began on January 1, 1995 and extends

through December 31, 1995.

Effective on July 6, 1995, you are directed to amend further the

directive dated December 16, 1994 to increase the limit for Category

870 to 31,165,556 kilograms \1\ as provided under the terms of the

Memorandum of Understanding dated March 8, 1995 between the

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

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

exported after December 31, 1994.

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The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has

determined that this action falls 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. 95-16897 Filed 7-10-95; 8:45 am]

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