Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool, Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Macau

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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool, Man-Made

Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textile Products Produced

or Manufactured in Macau

August 10, 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 17, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Helen L. LeGrande, 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) 927-6709. 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).

The current limits for certain categories are being adjusted,

variously, for swing, carryover and carryforward used.

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 17331, 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 10, 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, man-made fiber,

silk blend and other vegetable fiber textile products, produced or

manufactured in Macau and exported during the twelve-month period

which began on January 1, 1995 and extends through December 31,

1995.

Effective on August 17, 1995, you are directed to amend the

directive dated March 30, 1995 to adjust the limits for the

following categories, as provided under the terms of the Uruguay

Round Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and

Clothing:

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Category Adjusted twelve-month limit \1\

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Levels in Group I

313................................ 2,691,722 square meters.

314................................ 1,165,500 square meters.

315................................ 2,120,756 square meters.

333/334/335/833/834/835............ 231,826 dozen of which not more

than 119,802 dozen shall be in

Categories 333/335/833/835.

336/836............................ 56,721 dozen.

338................................ 298,670 dozen.

339................................ 1,243,954 dozen.

340................................ 292,321 dozen.

341................................ 210,907 dozen.

342................................ 95,413 dozen.

345................................ 58,343 dozen.

347/348/847........................ 702,950 dozen.

350/850............................ 63,609 dozen.

351/851............................ 65,809 dozen.

359-C/659-C \2\.................... 365,980 kilograms.

359-V \3\.......................... 109,360 kilograms.

633/634/635........................ 515,317 dozen.

638/639/838........................ 1,594,619 dozen.

640................................ 125,826 dozen.

641/840............................ 216,262 dozen.

642/842............................ 114,250 dozen.

645/646............................ 277,451 dozen.

647/648............................ 519,061 dozen.

659-S \4\.......................... 127,219 kilograms.

Group II

400-469, as a group................ 1,627,395 square meters equivalent.

Sublevel in group

445/446............................ 91,688 dozen.

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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 359-V: only HTS numbers 6103.19.2030, 6103.19.9030,

6104.12.0040, 6104.19.8040, 6110.20.1022, 6110.20.1024, 6110.20.2030,

6110.20.2035, 6110.90.9044, 6110.90.9046, 6201.92.2010, 6202.92.2020,

6203.19.1030, 6203.19.9030, 6204.12.0040, 6204.19.8040, 6211.32.0070

and 6211.42.0070.

\4\ Category 659-S: only HTS numbers 6112.31.0010, 6112.31.0020,

6112.41.0010, 6112.41.0020, 6112.41.0030, 6112.41.0040, 6211.11.1010,

6211.11.1020, 6211.12.1010 and 6211.12.1020.

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. 95-20196 Filed 8-15-95; 8:45 am]

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