Amendment and Adjustment of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool and Man-Made Fiber Textiles and Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the Arab Republic of Egypt

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Amendment and Adjustment of Import Restraint Limits for Certain

Cotton, Wool and Man-Made Fiber Textiles and Textile Products Produced

or Manufactured in the Arab Republic of Egypt

July 12, 1995.

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

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs amending and

adjusting limits.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: July 13, 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 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).

Since the Arab Republic of Egypt is now a member of the World Trade

Organization, pursuant to the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and

Clothing (ATC) and the Uruguay Round Agreements Act, the limits agreed

upon by the Governments of the United States and the Arab Republic of

Egypt, as notified to the Uruguay Round Textiles Monitoring Body (TMB),

are being amended to establish limits for the period beginning on

January 1, 1995 and extending through December 31, 1995. Pursuant to

the ATC, these limits supersede those notified to the TMB contained in

the Bilateral Textile Agreement of March 7 and May 4, 1995, between the

Governments of the United States and the Arab Republic of Egypt.

The limit for Categories 340/640 was previously adjusted for

carryforward used during 1994. The current amended limit for Category

448 is being increased for swing and carryforward. The limit for

Category 224 in the Fabric Group is being reduced to account for the

swing being applied.

A description of the textile and apparel categories in terms of HTS

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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).

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 ATC, 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

July 12, 1995.

Commissioner of Customs,

Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.

Dear Commissioner: Pursuant to section 204 of the Agricultural

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

Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and

Clothing (ATC); and in accordance with the provisions of Executive

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

prohibit, effective on July 13, 1995, entry into the United States

for consumption and withdrawal from warehouse for consumption of

cotton, wool, and man-made fiber textiles and textile products in

the following categories, produced or manufactured in the Arab

Republic of Egypt and exported during the twelve-month period

beginning on January 1, 1995 and extending through December 31,

1995, in excess of the following limits. These limits supersede

those contained in the Bilateral Textile Agreement of March 7 and

May 4, 1995 between the Governments of the United States and the

Arab Republic of Egypt.

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Category Twelve-month restraint limit \1\

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Fabric Group

218-220, 224-227, 313-317 and 326, 84,407,961 square meters.

as a group.

218................................ 2,508,000 square meters.

219................................ 19,863,202 square meters.

220................................ 19,863,202 square meters.

224................................ 19,846,657 square meters.

225................................ 19,863,202 square meters.

226................................ 19,863,202 square meters.

227................................ 19,863,202 square meters.

313................................ 36,474,532 square meters.

314................................ 19,863,202 square meters.

315................................ 23,325,537 square meters.

317................................ 19,863,202 square meters.

326................................ 2,508,000 square meters.

369-S \5\.......................... 254,782 kilograms.

Levels not in a Group

300/301............................ 7,796,723 kilograms of which not

more than 2,445,327 kilograms

shall be in Category 301.

369-S \2\.......................... 1,184,317 kilograms.

338/339............................ 2,257,500 dozen.

340/640............................ 883,050 dozen.

448................................ 20,593 dozen.

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

exported after April 18, 1995.

\2\ Category 369-S: Only HTS number 6307.10.2005.

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 these actions fall 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. 95-17631 Filed 7-17-95; 8:45 am]

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