Establishment of an Import Limit for Certain Wool Products Produced or Manufactured in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Establishment of an Import Limit for Certain Wool Products

Produced or Manufactured in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

November 13, 1995.

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

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs establishing

a limit.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: November 21, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Naomi Freeman, International Trade

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

Commerce, (202) 482-4212. For information on the quota status of this

limit, refer to the Quota Status Reports posted on the bulletin boards

of each Customs port or call (202) 927-5850. For information on

embargoes and quota re-openings, call (202) 482-3715. For information

on categories on which consultations have been requested, call (202)

482-3740.

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).

A notice published in the Federal Register on June 13, 1995 (60 FR

31146) announces that if no solution is agreed upon in consultations

between the Governments of the United States and the Former Yugoslav

Republic of Macedonia on Category 434 the Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements may establish a limit at a level

of not less than 8,226 dozen for the twelve-month period beginning on

May 26, 1995 and extending through May 25, 1996.

Inasmuch as no agreement was reached in recent consultations

between the United States and the Former Yugoslav Republic of

Macedonia, the United States Government is taking action under Section

204 of the Agricultural Act of 1956, as amended, to establish a limit

for textile products in Category 434 for the period beginning on May

26, 1995 and extending through May 25, 1996 at a level of 8,226 dozen.

The United States remains committed to finding a solution

concerning Category 434. Should such a solution be reached in

consultations with the Government of the Former Yugoslav Republic of

Macedonia, further notice will be published in the Federal Register.

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).

Information regarding the 1996 CORRELATION will be published in the

Federal Register at a later date.

D. Michael Hutchinson,

Acting Chairman, Committee for th e Implementation of Textile

Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

November 13, 1995.

Commissioner of Customs,

Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.

Dear Commissioner: Under the terms of section 204 of the

Agricultural Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1854); and in

accordance with the provisions of Executive Order 11651 of March 30,

1972, as amended, you are directed to prohibit, effective on

November 21, 1995, entry into the United States for consumption and

withdrawal from warehouse for consumption of wool textile products

in Category 434, produced or manufactured in Macedonia and exported

during the period beginning on May 26, 1995 and extending through

May 25, 1996, in excess of 8,226 dozen\1\.

\1\The limit has not been adjusted to account for any imports

exported after May 25, 1995.

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Textile products in Category 434 which have been exported to the

United States prior to May 26, 1995 shall not be subject to the

limit established in this directive.

Import charges will be provided at a later date.

In carrying out the above directions, the Commissioner of

Customs should construe entry into the United States for consumption

to include entry for consumption into the Commonwealth of Puerto

Rico.

The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has

determined that this action falls within the foreign affairs

exception of 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. 95-28453 Filed 11-21-95; 8:45 am]

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