Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced of Manufactured in Thailand

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

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

Textile Products Produced of Manufactured in Thailand

November 9, 1995.

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

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs increasing

limits.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: November 16, 1995.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ross Arnold, 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 of each Customs port or call (202) 927-6717. 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 increased for

carryover.

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 17337, published on April 5, 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

November 9, 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 March 30, 1995, by the Chairman,

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That

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

silk blend and other vegetable fiber textiles and textile products,

produced or manufactured in Thailand and exported during the twelve-

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

December 31, 1995.

Effective on November 16, 1995, you are directed to increase 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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Adjusted twelve-month limit

Category \1\

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239....................................... 5,080,404 kilograms.

Levels in Group I

218....................................... 17,174,292 square meters.

219....................................... 5,656,164 square meters.

300....................................... 4,242,123 kilograms.

301-P \2\................................. 4,242,123 kilograms.

301-O \3\................................. 848,425 kilograms.

314....................................... 41,980,800 square meters.

317/326................................... 11,872,560 square meters.

369-S \4\................................. 282,808 kilograms.

607....................................... 2,779,293 kilograms.

613/614/615............................... 40,800,842 square meters of

which not more than

24,503,389 square meters

shall be in Category 614

and not more than

22,633,511 square meters

shall be in Categories 613/

615).

617....................................... 15,434,328 square meters.

620....................................... 6,363,184 square meters.

625/626/627/628/629....................... 12,466,188 square meters of

which not more than

9,898,286 square meters

shall be in Category 625.

669-P \5\................................. 5,964,655 kilograms.

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

exported after December 31, 1994.

\2\ Category 301-P: only HTS numbers 5206.21.0000, 5206.22.0000,

5206.23.0000, 5206.24.0000, 5206.25.0000, 5206.41.0000, 5206.42.0000,

5206.43.0000, 5206.44.0000 and 5206.45.0000.

\3\ Category 301-O: only HTS numbers 5205.21.0000, 5205.22.0000,

5205.23.0000, 5205.24.0000, 5205.25.0000, 5205.41.0000, 5205.42.0000,

5205.43.0000, 5205.44.0000 and 5205.45.0000.

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

\5\ Category 669-P: only HTS numbers 6305.31.0010, 6305.31.0020 and

6305.39.0000.

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 Implementatin of Textile Agreements.

[FR Doc.95-28354 Filed 11-15-95; 8:45 am]

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