Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Costa Rica

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool and Man-Made

Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Costa Rica

July 12, 1995.

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

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs increasing

limits.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: July 13, 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

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.

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 increased for

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

59 FR 62715, published on December 6, 1994; and 60 FR 17320, published

on April 5, 1995.

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 Uruguay Round Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round Agreement on

Textiles and Clothing, but are designed to assist only in the

implementation of certain of their 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: This directive amends, but does not cancel,

the directive issued to you on November 29, 1994, as amended on

March 30, 1995, by the Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of

Textile Agreements. That directive concerns imports of certain

cotton, wool and man-made fiber textile products, produced or

manufactured in Costa Rica and exported during the twelve-month

period which began on January 1, 1995 and extends through December

31, 1995.

Effective on July 13, 1995, you are directed to increase the

limits for the following categories, in accordance with the Uruguay

Round Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and

Clothing:

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Category Adjusted twelve-month limit

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340/640............................ 918,181 dozen.

342/642............................ 338,952 dozen.

347/348............................ 1,454,100 dozen.

443................................ 213,570 numbers.

447................................ 12,363 dozen.

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

exported after December 31, 1994.

The guaranteed access levels remain unchanged.

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. 95-17632 Filed 7-17-95; 8:45 am]

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