Recision of a Request to Consult and Cancellation of Limits on Certain Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Thailand

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Recision of a Request to Consult and Cancellation of Limits on

Certain Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in

Thailand

September 26, 1995.

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

ACTION: Announcing the recision of a request to consult and issuing a

directive to the Commissioner of Customs cancelling limits.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: October 2, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ross Arnold, International Trade

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

Commerce, (202) 482-4212.

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 United States Government has decided to rescind the request

made on April 27, 1995 to consult on imports of spun yarn in Category

603 and man-made fiber luggage in Category 670-L from Thailand.

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

Commissioner of Customs to cancel the limits established for Categories

603 and 670-L for the period April 27, 1995 through April 26, 1996.

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 37428, published on July 20, 1995.

D. Michael Hutchinson,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

September 26, 1995.

Commissioner of Customs,

Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.

Dear Commissioner: This directive cancels and supersedes the

directive issued to you on July 14, 1995, by the Chairman, Committee

for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That directive

concerns imports of man-made fiber textile products in Categories

603 and 670-L \1\, produced or manufactured in Thailand and exported

during the period which began on April 27, 1995 and extends through

April 26, 1996.

\1\ Category 670-L: only HTS numbers 4202.12.8030, 4202.12.8070,

4202.92.3020, 4202.92.3030 and 4202.92.9025.

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Effective on October 2, 1995, you are directed to cancel the

limits established for Categories 603 and 670-L for the period April

27, 1995 through April 26, 1996.

The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has

determined that this action falls 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.95-24416 Filed 9-29-95; 8:45 am]

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