Recision of Requests to Consult and Cancellation of Limits on Certain Wool and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the Philippines

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Recision of Requests to Consult and Cancellation of Limits on

Certain Wool and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or

Manufactured in the Philippines

September 27, 1995.

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

ACTION: Announcing the recision of requests 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: Janet Heinzen, 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 requests

made on April 24, 1995 and May 31, 1995 to consult on imports from the

Philippines of man-made fiber luggage in Category 670-L and women's and

girls' wool suits in Category 444, respectively.

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

Commissioner of Customs to cancel the limit established for the period

April 24, 1995 through April 23, 1996 for Category 670-L and May 31,

1995 through December 31, 1995 for Category 444. Category 444 shall

remain subject to the 1995 Group II limit.

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 37628, published on July 21, 1995; and 60 FR 44316, published on

August 25, 1995.

D. Michael Hutchinson,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

September 27, 1995.

Commissioner of Customs,

Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.

Dear Commissioner: This directive cancels and supersedes the

directives issued to you on July 14, 1995 and August 22, 1995, by

the Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements. Those directives concern imports of textile products in

Categories 670-L \1\ and 444, produced or manufactured in the

Philippines and exported during the periods which began on April 24,

1995 and extends through April 23, 1996 (Category 670-L) and May 31,

1995 through December 31, 1995 (Category 444). All import charges

for Category 444 shall be retained.

\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

limit established for Category 670-L (April 24, 1995 through April

26, 1996) and Category 444 (May 31, 1995 through December 31, 1995).

Category 444 shall remain subject to the Group II limit established

in the directive dated March 30, 1995 for the period beginning on

January 1, 1995 and extending through December 31, 1995.

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.95-24463 Filed 9-29-95; 8:45 am]

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