Adjustment of an Import Restraint Limit for Certain Wool Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Poland

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of an Import Restraint Limit for Certain Wool Textile

Products Produced or Manufactured in Poland

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

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs increasing a

limit.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: November 30, 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.

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 limit for Category 435 is being increased for special

carryforward, pursuant to a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) dated

November 21, 1995 between the Governments of the United States and

Poland, the Uruguay Round Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round

Agreement on Textiles and Clothing. As a result, the limit, which is

currently filled, will re-open.

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

59 FR 62718, published on December 6, 1994.

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 November 21, 1995 MOU, 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

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 November 29, 1994, by the Chairman,

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That

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

fiber textile products, produced or manufactured in Poland and

exported during the twelve-month period beginning on January 1, 1995

and extending through December 31, 1995.

Effective on November 30, 1995, you are directed, pursuant to a

Memorandum of Understanding dated November 21, 1995 between the

Governments of the United States and Poland, to increase the limit

for Category 435 to 15,506 dozen\1\, as provided for under the

Uruguay Round Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round Agreement on

Textiles and Clothing (ATC).

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

exported after December 31, 1994.

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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. 95-29176 Filed 11-28-95; 8:45 am]

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