Recision of a Request to Consult and a Limit on Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Thailand

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Recision of a Request to Consult and a Limit on Certain Cotton

and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in

Thailand

August 4, 1995.

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

ACTION: Announcing the recission of a request to consult and issuing a

directive to the Commissioner of Customs cancelling a limit.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: August 11, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ross Arnold, International Trade

Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of

Commerce, (202) 482-4212.

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 United States Government has decided to rescind the request

made on March 29, 1995 to consult on imports of cotton and man-made

fiber underwear in Categories 352/652 from Thailand.

In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the

Commissioner of Customs to cancel the limit established for Categories

352/652 for the period March 29, 1995 through December 31, 1995.

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 32656, published on June 23, 1995.

Rita D. Hayes,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

August 4, 1995.

Commissioner of Customs,

Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.

Dear Commissioner: This directive cancels and supersedes the

directive issued to you on June 26, 1995, by the Chairman, Committee

for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That directive

concerns imports of cotton and man-made fiber textile products in

Categories 352/652, produced or manufactured in Thailand and

exported during the period which began on March 29, 1995 and extends

through December 31, 1995. All import charges shall be retained.

Effective on August 11, 1995, you are directed to cancel the

limit established for Categories 352/652 for the period March 29,

1995 through December 31, 1995. For administrative purposes,

individual Categories 352 and 652 shall remain subject to the Group

II limit established in the directive dated March 30, 1995 for the

period beginning on January 1, 1995 and extending through December

31, 1995.

The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has

determined that this action falls 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.95-19757 Filed 8-9-95; 8:45 am]

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