Establishment of Import Limits for Certain Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Thailand

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Establishment of Import Limits for Certain Man-Made Fiber Textile

Products Produced or Manufactured in Thailand

July 14, 1995

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

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs establishing

limits.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: July 25, 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 these

limits, 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 May 17, 1995 (60 FR

26407) (Category 603) and May 23, 1995 (60 FR 27275) (Category 670-L)

announces that if no solution is agreed upon in consultations between

the Governments of the United States and Thailand on Categories 603 and

670-L the Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements may

establish a limit at levels of not less than 1,249,659 kilograms

(Category 603) and 19,792,859 kilograms (Category 670-L) for the

twelve-month period beginning on April 27, 1995 and extending through

April 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 603 and 670-L for the period

beginning on April 27, 1995 and extending through April 26, 1996 at

levels of 1,249,659 kilograms (Category 603) and 19,792,859 kilograms

(Category 670-L).

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 603 and 670-L. Should such a solution be reached

in consultations with the Government of Thailand, 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

July 14, 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), the 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 30, 1972, as amended, you are directed to prohibit,

effective on July 25, 1995, entry into the United States for

consumption and withdrawal from warehouse for consumption of man-

made fiber textile products in the following categories, produced or

manufactured in Thailand and exported during the period beginning on

April 27, 1995 and extending through April 26, 1996, in excess of

the following limits:

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Category New limit \1\

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603................................ 1,249,659 kilograms.

670-L \2\.......................... 19,792,859 kilograms.

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

exported after April 26, 1995.

\2\ Category 670-L: Only HTS numbers 4202.12.8030, 4202.12.8070,

4202.92.3020, 4202.92.3030, 4202.92.9025.

Textile products in Categories 603 and 670-L which have been

exported to the United States prior to April 27, 1995 shall not be

subject to 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 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. 95-17896 Filed 7-19-95; 8:45 am]

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