Transshipment Charges for Certain Cotton Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Pakistan

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Transshipment Charges for Certain Cotton Textile Products

Produced or Manufactured in Pakistan

August 4, 1995.

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

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs charging

illegal transshipments to a 1995 limit.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: August 11, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anne Novak, 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).

Based on investigations conducted by the Government of the United

States, CITA has determined that cotton sheets in Category 361 were

transshipped in circumvention of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act and

the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing.

The United States Government requested consultations in writing

with the Government of Pakistan on February 7, 1995. The U.S.

Government and the Government of Pakistan met on March 28 and 29, 1995

and July 11 and 12, 1995, in Washington to discuss the charges. The

U.S. Government provided the Government of Pakistan with sufficient

evidence of transshipment during these meetings. The U.S. Government

informed the Government of Pakistan of the charges to be made to the

1995 quota for Category 361. Accordingly, since a mutually satisfactory

agreement was not reached, in the letter published below the Chairman

of CITA directs the Commissioner of Customs to charge 691,082 numbers

to the 1995 quota level for Category 361.

U.S. Customs continues to conduct other investigations of such

transshipments of textiles produced in Pakistan and exported to the

United States. The charges resulting from these investigations will be

published in the Federal Register.

The U.S. Government is taking this action pursuant to the Uruguay

Round Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and

Clothing.

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 9014, published on February 16, 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: To facilitate implementation of the Uruguay

Round Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and

Clothing, I request that, effective on August 11, 1995, you charge

691,082 numbers to the limit established in the directive dated

February 13, 1995 for textile products in Category 361, produced or

manufactured in Pakistan and exported during the period beginning on

January 1, 1995 and extending through December 31, 1995.

This letter will be published in the Federal Register.

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Sincerely,

Rita D. Hayes,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

[FR Doc. 95-19758 Filed 8-9-95; 8:45 am]

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