Establishment and Amendment of Import Limits and Amendment of a Restraint Period for Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the Republic of Turkey

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Establishment and Amendment of Import Limits and Amendment of a

Restraint Period for Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products

Produced or Manufactured in the Republic of Turkey

August 30, 1995.

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

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs establishing

and amending limits and amending a restraint period.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: September 7, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Naomi Freeman, 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) 927-6718. 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).

A notice published in the Federal Register on June 23, 1995 (60 FR

32656) announces a limit for cotton and man-made fiber underwear in

Categories 352/652 for the period March 28, 1995 through March 27,

1996. In an exchange of notes dated July 26, 1995 and August 23, 1995,

the Governments of the United States and the Republic of Turkey agreed,

pursuant to Article 6 of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act and the

Uruguay Round Agreement of Textiles and Clothing (ATC), to establish a

limit for textile products in Categories 352/652 for a three-year

term--March 28, 1995 through December 31, 1995; January 1, 1996 through

December 31, 1996; January 1, 1997 through December 31, 1997; and

January 1, 1998 through March 27, 1998. Also, the two governments

agreed to increase the 1995 base sublimit for Categories 338-S/339-S/

638-S/639-S.

The 1995 limits for Categories 335, 338/339/638/639, 338-S/339-S/

638-S/639-S, 350 and 351/651 are being adjusted, variously, for special

shift and carryforward.

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

Commissioner of Customs to amend the current limit for Categories 352/

652 to begin on March 28, 1995 and extend through December 31, 1995 at

an increased level and to adjust the current limits for Categories 335,

338/339/638/639, 338-S/339-S/638-S/639-S, 350 and 351/651.

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 17338, 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.

Donald R. Foote,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

August 30, 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 June 16, 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 Turkey

and exported during the twelve-month period which began on March 28,

1995 and extends through March 27, 1996.

This directive also amends, but does not cancel, the directive

issued to you on March 30, 1995 concerning imports of certain

cotton, wool and man-made fiber textile products, produced or

manufactured in Turkey and exported during the twelve-month period

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

1995.

Effective on September 7, 1995, you are directed to amend the

restraint period for Categories 352/652 to end on December 31, 1995

at a level of 1,681,644 dozen \1\ and to adjust the limits for the

following categories for the period January 1, 1995 through December

31, 1995, as provided for under the Uruguay Round Agreements Act and

the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing:

\1\ The limit has not been adjusted to account for any imports

exported after March 27, 1995.

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Category Adjusted twelve-month limit a

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Limits not in group

335............................... 265,523 dozen.

338/339/638/639................... 4,960,608 dozen of which not more

than 3,562,811 dozen shall be in

Categories 338-S/339-S/638-S/639-S

b.

350............................... 524,320 dozen.

351/651........................... 770,144 dozen.

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a1 The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports exported

after December 31, 1994.

b1 Category 338-S: only HTS numbers 6103.22.0050, 6105.10.0010,

6105.10.0030, 6105.90.8010, 6109.10.0027, 6110.20.1025, 6110.20.2040,

6110.20.2065, 6110.90.9068, 6112.11.0030 and 6114.20.0005; Category

339-S: only HTS numbers 6104.22.0060, 6104.29.2049, 6106.10.0010,

6106.10.0030, 6106.90.2510, 6106.90.3010, 6109.10.0070, 6110.20.1030,

6110.20.2045, 6110.20.2075, 6110.90.9070, 6112.11.0040, 6114.20.0010

and 6117.90.9020; Category 638-S: all HTS numbers except 6109.90.1007,

6109.90.1009, 6109.90.1013 and 6109.90.1025; Category 639-S: all HTS

numbers except 6109.90.1050, 6109.90.1060, 6109.90.1065 and

6109.90.1070.

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,

Donald R. Foote,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements.

[FR Doc. 95-22023 Filed 9-5-95; 8:45 am]

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