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

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 the Philippines

August 2, 1995.

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

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs adjusting

limits.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: August 9, 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

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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).

The current limits for certain categories are being adjusted,

variously, for swing, special shift, carryover and 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

60 FR 17334, 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

August 2, 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 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 textiles and textile products and silk blend and other

vegetable fiber apparel, produced or manufactured in the Philippines

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

1995 and extending through December 31, 1995.

Effective on August 9, 1995, you are directed to adjust the

limits for the following categories, as provided under the Uruguay

Round Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and

Clothing:

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Category Adjusted limit \1\

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Levels in Group I

237................................ 1,121,432 dozen.

239................................ 10,962,326 kilograms.

331/631............................ 4,974,169 dozen pairs.

333/334............................ 229,988 dozen of which not more

than 32,166 dozen shall be in

Category 333.

335................................ 134,745 dozen.

336................................ 705,875 dozen.

338/339............................ 2,436,881 dozen.

340/640............................ 983,118 dozen.

341/641............................ 823,900 dozen.

342/642............................ 541,688 dozen.

345................................ 161,313 dozen.

347/348............................ 1,968,385 dozen.

350................................ 84,523 dozen.

351/651............................ 615,853 dozen.

352/652............................ 2,202,316 dozen.

359-C/659-C \2\.................... 755,095 kilograms.

361................................ 665,830 numbers.

369-S \3\.......................... 47,853 kilograms.

431................................ 182,387 dozen pairs.

433................................ 3,269 dozen.

443................................ 39,541 numbers.

445/446............................ 31,530 dozen.

447................................ 7,950 dozen.

611................................ 5,413,520 square meters.

633................................ 44,608 dozen.

634................................ 408,802 dozen.

635................................ 326,008 dozen.

636................................ 1,525,939 dozen.

638/639............................ 2,022,195 dozen.

643................................ 642,936 numbers.

645/646............................ 638,694 dozen.

647/648............................ 915,277 dozen.

649................................ 7,041,781 dozen.

650................................ 92,682 dozen.

659-H \4\.......................... 1,155,522 kilograms.

847................................ 678,250 dozen.

Group II

200-229, 300-326, 330, 332, 349, 112,952,469 square meters

353, 354, 359-O \5\, 360, 362, equivalent.

363, 369-O \6\, 400-414, 432, 434-

442, 444, 448, 459, 464-469, 600-

607, 613-629, 630, 632, 644, 653,

654, 659-O \7\, 665, 666, 669-O

\8\, 670-O \9\, 831-846 and 850-

859, as a group.

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

exported after December 31, 1994.

\2\ Category 359-C: only HTS numbers 6103.42.2025, 6103.49.8034,

6104.62.1020, 6104.69.8010, 6114.20.0048, 6114.20.0052, 6203.42.2010,

6203.42.2090, 6204.62.2010, 6211.32.0010, 6211.32.0025 and

6211.42.0010; Category 659-C: only HTS numbers 6103.23.0055,

6103.43.2020, 6103.43.2025, 6103.49.2000, 6103.49.8038, 6104.63.1020,

6104.63.1030, 6104.69.1000, 6104.69.8014, 6114.30.3044, 6114.30.3054,

6203.43.2010, 6203.43.2090, 6203.49.1010, 6203.49.1090, 6204.63.1510,

6204.69.1010, 6210.10.9010, 6211.33.0010, 6211.33.0017 and

6211.43.0010.

\3\ Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.

\4\ Category 659-H: only HTS numbers 6502.00.9030, 6504.00.9015,

6504.00.9060, 6505.90.5090, 6505.90.6090, 6505.90.7090 and

6505.90.8090.

\5\ Category 359-O: all HTS numbers except 6103.42.2025, 6103.49.8034,

6104.62.1020, 6104.69.8010, 6114.20.0048, 6114.20.0052, 6203.42.2010,

6203.42.2090, 6204.62.2010, 6211.32.0010, 6211.32.0025, 6211.42.0010

(Category 359-C).

\6\ Category 369-O: all HTS numbers except 6307.10.2005 (Category 369-

S).

\7\ Category 659-O: all HTS numbers except 6103.23.0055, 6103.43.2020,

6103.43.2025, 6103.49.2000, 6103.49.8038, 6104.63.1020, 6104.63.1030,

6104.69.1000, 6104.69.8014, 6114.30.3044, 6114.30.3054, 6203.43.2010,

6203.43.2090, 6203.49.1010, 6203.49.1090, 6204.63.1510, 6204.69.1010,

6210.10.9010, 6211.33.0010, 6211.33.0017, 6211.43.0010 (Category 659-

C); 6502.00.9030, 6504.00.9015, 6504.00.9060, 6505.90.5090,

6505.90.6090, 6505.90.7090, 6505.90.8090 (Category 659-H).

\8\ Category 669-O: all HTS numbers except 6305.31.0010, 6305.31.0020

and 6305.39.0000 (Category 669-P).

\9\ Category 670-O: all HTS numbers except 4202.12.8030, 4202.12.8070,

4202.92.3020, 4202.92.3030 and 4202.92.9025 (Category 670-L).

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. 95-19428 Filed 8-4-95; 8:45 am]

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