Establishment of an Import Limit for Certain Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the Philippines

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Establishment of an Import Limit for Certain Man-Made Fiber

Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the Philippines

July 14, 1995.

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

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ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs establishing

a limit.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: July 21, 1995

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janet Heinzen, 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 23, 1995 (60 FR

27276) announces that if no solution is agreed upon in consultations

between the Governments of the United States and the Philippines on

Category 670-L the Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements may establish a limit at a level of not less than 7,718,533

kilograms for the twelve-month period beginning on April 24, 1995 and

extending through April 23, 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 Category 670-L for the period beginning

on April 24, 1995 and extending through April 23, 1996 at a level of

7,718,533 kilograms.

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 Category 670-L. Should such a solution be reached in

consultations with the Government of the Philippines, 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 21, 1995, entry into the United States for

consumption and withdrawal from warehouse for consumption of man-

made fiber textile products in Category 670-L \1\, produced or

manufactured in the Philippines and exported during the period

beginning on April 24, 1995 and extending through April 23, 1996, in

excess of 7,718,533 kilograms \2\.

\1\ Category 670-L: Only HTS numbers 4202.12.8030, 4202.12.8070,

4202.92.3020, 4202.92.3030, 4202.92.9025.

\2\ The limit has not been adjusted to account for any imports

exported after April 23, 1995.

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Textile products in Category 670-L which have been exported to

the United States prior to April 24, 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. 95-17958 Filed 7-20-95; 8:45 am]

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