Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool, Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Apparel Produced or Manufactured in Sri Lanka

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

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

Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Apparel Produced or

Manufactured in Sri Lanka

September 8, 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 18, 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) 927-5850. 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 current limits for certain categories are being adjusted,

variously, for swing, carryover and special carryforward.

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 13410, published on March 13, 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 8, 1995.

Commissioner of Customs,

Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.

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Dear Commissioner: This directive amends, but does not cancel,

the directive issued to you on March 7, 1995, by the Chairman,

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That

directive concerns imports of certain cotton, wool and man-made

fiber textile products and silk blend and other vegetable fiber

apparel, produced or manufactured in Sri Lanka and exported during

the period which began on January 1, 1995 and extends through

December 31, 1995.

Effective on September 18, 1995, you are directed to amend the

directive dated March 7, 1995 to adjust 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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237................................ 304,360 dozen.

314................................ 4,120,099 square meters.

331/631............................ 2,663,924 dozen pairs.

333/633............................ 2,605 dozen.

334/634............................ 615,833 dozen.

335/835............................ 283,781 dozen.

336/636/836........................ 572,566 dozen.

338/339............................ 1,388,284 dozen.

340/640............................ 1,346,490 dozen.

341/641............................ 1,930,467 dozen of which not more

than 1,253,654 dozen shall be in

Category 341 and not more than

1,207,271 dozen shall be in

Category 641.

342/642/842........................ 584,835 dozen.

345/845............................ 140,563 dozen.

347/348/847........................ 1,557,838 dozen.

350/650............................ 116,046 dozen.

351/651............................ 373,596 dozen.

352/652............................ 1,246,213 dozen.

359-C/659-C \2\.................... 1,343,928 kilograms.

360................................ 1,512,587 numbers.

363................................ 4,194,626 numbers.

369-D \3\.......................... 624,518 kilograms.

369-S \4\.......................... 487,779 kilograms.

434................................ 7,860 dozen.

435................................ 15,933 dozen.

440................................ 11,735 dozen.

611................................ 5,310,564 square meters.

635................................ 383,861 dozen.

638/639/838........................ 847,546 dozen.

644................................ 256,876 numbers.

645/646............................ 87,331 dozen.

647/648............................ 991,211 dozen.

840................................ 157,671 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 369-D: only HTS numbers 6302.60.0010, 6302.91.0005 and

6302.91.0045.

\4\ Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.

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. 95-22831 Filed 9-13-95; 8:45 am]

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