Amendment and Establishment of Import Restraint Limits and Restraint Periods for Certain Cotton and Wool Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Uruguay

Federal RegisterAug 25, 1995

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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Amendment and Establishment of Import Restraint Limits and

Restraint Periods for Certain Cotton and Wool Textile Products Produced

or Manufactured in Uruguay

August 22, 1995.

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

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs amending and

establishing limits and restraint periods.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: August 30, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Aldrich, International Trade

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

Commerce,

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(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).

Pursuant to the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing

(ATC) and the Uruguay Round Agreements Act, the current restraint

period agreed upon by the Governments of the United States and Uruguay

is being amended and new limits are being established for the period

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

Since Uruguay is now a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO),

the limits published in the Federal Register on December 20, 1994 (59

FR 65530) are being amended. Pursuant to the ATC, these new limits

supersede those notified to the TMB contained in the Bilateral Cotton

and Wool Textile Agreement, effected by exchange of notes dated

December 30, 1983 and January 23, 1984, as amended and extended,

between the Governments of the United States and Uruguay.

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

Commissioner of Customs to amend the current restraint period and

establish new limits for the period beginning on July 1, 1994 and

extending through December 31, 1994 and the period beginning on January

1, 1995 and extending 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

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 ATC, 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

August 22, 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 December 14, 1994, by the Chairman,

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That

directive concerns imports of certain cotton and wool textile

products, produced or manufactured in Uruguay and exported during

the twelve-month period beginning on July 1, 1994 and extending

through June 30, 1995.

Effective on August 30, 1995, you are directed, pursuant to the

Uruguay Round Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round Agreement on

Textiles and Clothing (ATC), to amend the restraint period to end on

December 31, 1994 at the limits listed below. These limits supersede

those contained in the Bilateral Cotton and Wool Textile Agreement,

effected by exchange of notes dated December 30, 1983 and January

23, 1984, as amended and extended, between the Governments of the

United States and Uruguay.

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Category Six-month restraint limit \1\

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334................................ 58,515 dozen.

335................................ 50,372 dozen.

410................................ 1,384,075 square meters of which

not more than 790,901 square

meters shall be in Category 410-A

\2\ and not more than 1,274,228

square meters shall be in Category

410-B \3\

433................................ 8,265 dozen.

434................................ 12,330 dozen.

435................................ 24,901 dozen.

442................................ 17,615 dozen.

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

exported after June 30, 1994.

\2\ Category 410-A: only HTS numbers 5111.11.3000, 5111.11.7030,

5111.11.7060, 5111.19.2000, 5111.19.6020, 5111.19.6040, 5111.19.6060,

5111.19.6080, 5111.20.9000, 5111.30.9000, 5111.90.3000, 5111.90.9000,

5212.11.1010, 5212.12.1010, 5212.13.1010, 5212.14.1010, 5212.15.1010,

5212.21.1010, 5212.22.1010, 5212.23.1010, 5212.24.1010, 5212.25.1010,

5311.00.2000, 5407.91.0510, 5407.92.0510, 5407.93.0510, 5407.94.0510,

5408.31.0510, 5408.32.0510, 5408.33.0510, 5408.34.0510, 5515.13.0510,

5515.22.0510, 5515.92.0510, 5516.31.0510, 5516.32.0510, 5516.33.0510,

5516.34.0510 and 6301.20.0020.

\3\ Category 410-B: only HTS numbers 5007.10.6030, 5007.90.6030,

5112.11.2030, 5112.11.2060, 5112.19.9010, 5112.19.9020, 5112.19.9030,

5112.19.9040, 5112.19.9050, 5112.19.9060, 5112.20.3000, 5112.30.3000,

5112.90.3000, 5112.90.9010, 5112.90.9090, 5212.11.1020, 5212.12.1020,

5212.13.1020, 5212.14.1020, 5212.15.1020, 5212.21.1020, 5212.22.1020,

5212.23.1020, 5212.24.1020, 5212.25.1020, 5309.21.2000, 5309.29.2000,

5407.91.0520, 5407.92.0520, 5407.93.0520, 5407.94.0520, 5408.31.0520,

5408.32.0520, 5408.33.0520, 5408.34.0520, 5515.13.0520, 5515.22.0520,

5515.92.0520, 5516.31.0520, 5516.32.0520, 5516.33.0520 and

5516.34.0520.

Under the terms of section 204 of the Agricultural Act of 1956,

as amended (7 U.S.C. 1854), the Uruguay Round Agreements Act and the

Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC); and in

accordance with the provisions of Executive Order 11651 of March 3,

1972, as amended, you are directed to prohibit, effective on August

30, 1995, entry into the United States for consumption and

withdrawal from warehouse for consumption of cotton and wool textile

products in the following categories, produced or manufactured in

Uruguay and exported during the twelve-month period beginning on

January 1, 1995 and extending through December 31, 1995, in excess

of the following limits. These limits supersede those contained in

the Bilateral Cotton and Wool Textile Agreement, effected by

exchange of notes dated December 30, 1983 and January 23, 1984, as

amended and extended, between the Governments of the United States

and Uruguay.

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Category Twelve-month restraint limit \1\

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334................................ 122,246 dozen.

335................................ 105,235 dozen.

410................................ 2,788,878 square meters of which

not more than 1,593,646 square

meters shall be in Category 410-A

\2\ and not more than 2,567,538

square meters shall be in Category

410-B \3\

433................................ 16,653 dozen.

434................................ 24,844 dozen.

435................................ 50,174 dozen.

442................................ 35,493 dozen.

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

exported after December 31, 1994.