Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton, Man- Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textiles and Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the People's Republic of Bangladesh

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton, Man-

Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textiles and Textile

Products Produced or Manufactured in the People's Republic of

Bangladesh

January 24, 1995.

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

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs establishing

limits for the new agreement year.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: February 1, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ross Arnold, 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) 927-5850. 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 Bilateral Textile Agreement of December 10, 1994 between the

Governments of the United States and the People's Republic of

Bangladesh establishes limits, pursuant to the Uruguay Round Agreement

on Textiles and Clothing (URATC), for the period beginning on January

1, 1995 and extending through December 31, 1995. The limits have been

reduced to account for carryforward used and special carryforward used

during 1994.

A copy of the bilateral textile agreement is available from the

Textiles Division, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, U.S.

Department of State, (202) 647-1683.

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).

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 agreement, but are designed to assist only in the implementation of

certain of its provisions.

Rita D. Hayes,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

January 24, 1995.

Commissioner of Customs,

Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.

Dear Commissioner: Under the terms of section 204 of the

Agricultural Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1854), and the

Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (URATC); pursuant

to the Bilateral Textile Agreement of December 10, 1994 between the

Governments of the United States and the People's Republic of

Bangladesh; and in accordance with the provisions of Executive Order

11651 of March 3, 1972, as amended, [[Page 5372]] you are directed

to prohibit, effective on February 1, 1995, entry into the United

States for consumption and withdrawal from warehouse for consumption

of cotton, man-made fiber, silk blend and other vegetable fiber

textiles and textile products in the following categories, produced

or manufactured in Bangladesh and exported during the twelve-month

period beginning on January 1, 1995 and extending through December

31, 1995, in excess of the following levels of restraint:

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Category Twelve-month restraint limit\1\

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237................................ 309,820 dozen.

331................................ 784,917 dozen pairs.

334................................ 89,644 dozen.

335................................ 169,709 dozen.

336/636............................ 303,700 dozen.

338/339............................ 879,784 dozen.

340/640............................ 1,886,237 dozen.

341................................ 1,562,576 dozen.

342/642............................ 285,052 dozen.

347/348............................ 1,482,791 dozen.

351/651............................ 429,372 dozen.

352/652............................ 8,007,120 dozen.

363................................ 16,004,493 numbers.

369-S\2\........................... 1,131,129 kilograms.

634................................ 313,625 dozen.

635................................ 203,191 dozen.

638/639............................ 1,115,728 dozen.

641................................ 654,294 dozen.

645/646............................ 262,016 dozen.

647/648............................ 884,478 dozen.

847................................ 469,625 dozen.

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

after December 31, 1994.

\2\Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.

Imports charged to these category limits for the periods

February 1, 1994 through December 31, 1994 and December 1, 1994

through December 31, 1994 (Categories 352/652) shall be charged

against those levels of restraint to the extent of any unfilled

balances. In the event the limits established for those periods have

been exhausted by previous entries, such goods shall be subject to

the levels set forth in this directive.

The limits set forth above are subject to adjustment in the

future pursuant to the provisions of the URATC and any

administrative arrangements notified.

In carrying out the above directions, the Commissioner of

Customs should construe entry into the United States for consumption

to include entry for consumption into the Commonwealth of Puerto

Rico.

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. 95-2102 Filed 1-26-95; 8:45 am]

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