Shipments of Cotton, Wool, Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textiles and Apparel in Excess of Agreement Limits

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Shipments of Cotton, Wool, Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other

Vegetable Fiber Textiles and Apparel in Excess of Agreement Limits

November 8, 1995.

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

ACTION: Notice.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ross Arnold or Janet Heinzen,

International Trade Specialists, 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).

It has come to CITA's attention that some textile and apparel

products may be shipped in excess of 1995 limits with the expectation

that they will be entered and charged against the limits of the 1996

quota year. This notice serves to remind interested parties that

charges against the limits subject to U.S. bilateral agreements, the

Uruguay Round Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round Agreement on

Textiles and Clothing (ATC) are by date of export and not date of

entry. Shipments made in one year in excess of agreed limits are in

violation of the terms of the agreements.

It has been the practice of the Committee for the Implementation of

Textile Agreements (CITA) to charge merchandise exceeding the limit(s)

established for one quota period, if entered or withdrawn from

warehouse for consumption, to the limit(s) established for the

immediately subsequent quota period. The purpose of this notice is to

advise the public that CITA reserves the right under the bilateral

agreements, the Uruguay Round Agreements Act and the ATC to deny entry

permanently to goods which have been overshipped, or to allow entry and

charge to the following restraint period merchandise exported during a

prior quota period which exceeds the restraint limit(s) established for

that period.

D. Michael Hutchinson,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements.

[FR Doc. 95-28239 Filed 11-14-95; 8:45 am]

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