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

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

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

Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textiles and Textile

Products Produced or Manufactured in Indonesia

September 7, 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: September 14, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janet Heinzen, 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) 927-6704. 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 increased for

carryover.

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 17325, 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.

D. Michael Hutchinson,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

September 7, 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 textiles and textile products,

produced or manufactured in Indonesia and exported during the

twelve-month period which began on January 1, 1995 and extends

through December 31, 1995.

Effective on September 14, 1995, you are directed to amend the

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

following categories, as provided for under 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

200................................ 724,490 kilograms.

219................................ 6,484,406 square meters.

225................................ 5,323,210 square meters.

313................................ 13,749,037 square meters.

314................................ 50,178,236 square meters.

331/631............................ 1,609,343 dozen pairs.

334/335............................ 203,688 dozen.

342/642............................ 311,196 dozen.

347/348............................ 1,708,475 dozen.

359-S/659-S \2\.................... 1,296,246 kilograms.

360................................ 1,153,654 numbers.

361................................ 1,153,654 numbers.

443................................ 91,182 numbers.

445/446............................ 46,050 dozen.

447................................ 17,246 dozen.

448................................ 17,458 dozen.

604-A \3\.......................... 487,623 kilograms.

611................................ 5,496,469 square meters.

618................................ 2,883,343 square meters.

619/620............................ 8,036,726 square meters.

625/626/627/628/629................ 21,094,443 square meters.

634/635............................ 257,995 dozen.

641................................ 1,840,587 dozen.

643................................ 270,472 numbers.

644................................ 353,779 numbers.

645/646............................ 663,381 dozen.

847................................ 351,774 dozen.

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Subgroup in Group II

400, 410, 414, 431, 432, 434, 435, 3,179,889 square meters equivalent.

436, 438, 439, 440, 442, 444, 459,

464, 465, 469, as a group.

In Group II subgroup

435................................ 48,903 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-S: only HTS numbers 6112.39.0010, 6112.49.0010,

6211.11.8010, 6211.11.8020, 6211.12.8010 and 6211.12.8020; 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.

\3\ Category 604-A: only HTS number 5509.32.0000.

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,

D. Michael Hutchinson,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements.

[FR Doc.95-22695 Filed 9-12-95; 8:45 am]

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