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

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Amendment and Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton,

Wool and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in

Poland

July 31, 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: August 8, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Naomi Freeman, 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) 927-6718. 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).

Pursuant to the Uruguay Round Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round

Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC), the current limits are being

amended for textile products, produced or manufactured in Poland and

exported during the period beginning on January 1, 1995 and extending

through December 31, 1995. These limits are being amended because

Poland is now a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO). Also, the

limit for Category 443 is being increased by recrediting unused

carryforward.

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 62718, published on December 6, 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 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 31, 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, 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 Poland and

exported during the twelve-month period beginning on January 1, 1995

and extending through December 31, 1995.

Effective on August 8, 1995, you are directed, pursuant to the

Uruguay Round Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round Agreement on

Textiles and Clothing (ATC), to increase the limits for the

following categories:

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Category Twelve-month limit \1\

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335................................ 157,023 dozen.

338/339............................ 1,691,018 dozen.

410................................ 2,582,128 square meters.

433................................ 18,235 dozen.

434................................ 9,946 dozen.

435................................ 13,014 dozen.

443................................ 204,233 numbers.

611................................ 4,833,291 square meters.

645/646............................ 247,613 dozen.

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

exported after December 31, 1994.

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. 95-19266 Filed 8-3-95; 8:45 am]

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