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

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

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

Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textiles and Textile Products

Produced or Manufactured in India

September 22, 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: Septembr 26, 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) 927-6705. 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,

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for swing, special shift, carryover and carryforward used.

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 62645, published on December 20, 1994). Also see

60 FR 8344, published on February 14, 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 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 February 9, 1995, by the Chairman,

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That

directive concerns imports of certain cotton, man-made fiber, silk

blend and other vegetable fiber textiles and textile products,

produced or manufactured in India and exported during the twelve-

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

December 31, 1995.

Effective on September 26, 1995, you are directed to amend the

directive dated February 9, 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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Levels in Group I

218................................ 12,554,621 square meters.

219................................ 52,238,883 square meters.

313................................ 31,726,050 square meters.

314................................ 5,998,656 sqyare meters.

315................................ 11,867,317 square meters.

317................................ 25,329,201 square meters.

326................................ 7,645,900 square meters.

334/634............................ 126,325 dozen.

335/635............................ 520,924 dozen.

336/636............................ 740,530 dozen.

338/339............................ 3,638,856 dozen.

340/640............................ 1,744,280 dozen.

341................................ 4,015,211 dozen of which not more

than 2,299,620 dozen shall be in

Caegory 341-Y \2\.

342/642............................ 1,124,346 dozen.

345................................ 148,259 dozen.

347/348............................ 535,263 dozen.

351/651............................ 254,949 dozen.

363................................ 34,532,650 numbers.

369-D \3\.......................... 1,173,920 kilograms.

641................................ 993,514 dozen.

647/648............................ 396,289 dozen.

Group II

200, 201, 220-229, 237, 239, 300, 99,288,114 square meters

301, 330-333, 349, 350, 352, 359- equivalent.

362, 600-607, 611-629, 630-633,

638, 639, 643-646, 649, 650, 652,

659, 665-O \4\, 666, 669, 670 and

831-859, as a group.

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

exported after December 31, 1994.

\2\ Category 341-Y: only HTS numbers 6204.22.3060, 6206.30.3010,

6206.30.3030 and 6211.42.0054.

\3\ Category 369-D: only HTS numbers 6302.60.0010, 6302.91.0005 and

6302.91.0045.

\4\ Category 665-O: Category 665-O: all HTS numbers except 5702.10.9030,

5702.42.2020, 5702.92.0010 and 5703.20.1000.

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. 95-23939 Filed 9-26-95; 8:45 am]

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