Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool and Man-Made Fiber Textiles and Textile Products and Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Apparel Produced or Manufactured in Malaysia

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool

and Man-Made Fiber Textiles and Textile Products and Silk Blend and

Other Vegetable Fiber Apparel Produced or Manufactured in Malaysia

November 29, 1995.

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

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs establishing

limits.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 1996.

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

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status of these limits, refer to the Quota Status Reports posted on the

bulletin boards of each Customs port or call (202) 927-6712. 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 import restraint limits for textile products, produced or

manufactured in Malaysia and exported during the period January 1, 1996

through December 31, 1996 are based on limits notified to the Textiles

Monitoring Body pursuant to the Uruguay Round Agreements Act and the

Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC).

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

Commissioner of Customs to establish the 1996 limits.

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.

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 ATC, 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 29, 1995.

Commissioner of Customs,

Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.

Dear Commissioner: Pursuant to section 204 of the Agricultural

Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1854), the Uruguay Round

Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and

Clothing (ATC); and in accordance with the provisions of Executive

Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as amended, you are directed to

prohibit, effective on January 1, 1996, entry into the United States

for consumption and withdrawal from warehouse for consumption of

cotton, wool and man-made fiber textiles and textile products and

silk blend and other vegetable fiber apparel in the following

categories, produced or manufactured in Malaysia and exported during

the twelve-month period beginning on January 1, 1996 and extending

through December 31, 1996, in excess of the following limits:

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Category Twelve-month restraint limit

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Fabric Group

218, 219, 220, 225-227, 313-315, 317, 106,424,002 square meters.

326, 611, 613/614/615/617, 619 and 620,

as a group.

Sublevels within the group

218..................................... 6,106,086 square meters.

219..................................... 29,580,596 square meters.

220..................................... 29,580,596 square meters.

225..................................... 29,580,596 square meters.

226..................................... 29,580,596 square meters.

227..................................... 29,580,596 square meters.

313..................................... 35,279,609 square meters.

314..................................... 42,444,038 square meters.

315..................................... 29,580,596 square meters.

317..................................... 29,580,596 square meters.

326..................................... 5,720,221 square meters.

611..................................... 3,432,132 square meters.

613/614/615/617......................... 33,955,231 square meters.

619..................................... 4,576,177 square meters.

620..................................... 5,720,221 square meters.

Other Specific Limits

200..................................... 257,491 kilograms.

237..................................... 346,452 dozen.

300/301................................. 2,730,975 kilograms.

331/631................................. 1,875,047 dozen pairs.

333/334/335/835......................... 215,029 dozen of which not

more than 129,017 dozen shall

be in Category 333 and not

more than 129,017 dozen shall

be in Category 835.

336/636................................. 417,481 dozen.

338/339................................. 1,035,036 dozen.

340/640................................. 1,205,616 dozen.

341/641................................. 1,562,523 dozen of which not

more than 557,431 dozen shall

be in Category 341.

342/642/842............................. 374,258 dozen.

345..................................... 143,515 dozen.

347/348................................. 438,650 dozen.

350/650................................. 134,972 dozen.

351/651................................. 232,229 dozen.

363..................................... 3,638,060 numbers.

435..................................... 15,044 dozen.

438-W\1\................................ 12,311 dozen.

442..................................... 18,333 dozen.

445/446................................. 29,101 dozen.

604..................................... 1,197,472 kilograms.

634/635................................. 729,275 dozen.

638/639................................. 429,598 dozen.

645/646................................. 328,583 dozen.

647/648................................. 1,546,272 dozen of which not

more than 1,082,389 dozen

shall be in Category 647-K\2\

and not more than 1,082,389

dozen shall be in Category

648-K\3\.

Group II

201, 222-224, 229, 239, 330, 332, 349, 41,591,218 square meters

352-354, 359-362, 369, 400-434, 436, equivalent.

438-O\4\, 439, 440, 443, 444, 447, 448,

459, 464-469, 600-603, 606, 607, 618,

621, 622, 624-630, 632, 633, 643, 644,

649, 652-654, 659, 665-670, 831-834,

836, 838, 839, 840 and 843-859, as a

group.

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\1\Category 438-W: only HTS numbers 6104.21.0060, 6104.23.0020,

6104.29.2051, 6106.20.1010, 6106.20.1020, 6106.90.1010, 6106.90.1020,

6106.90.2520, 6106.90.3020, 6109.90.1540, 6109.90.8020, 6110.10.2080,

6110.30.1560, 6110.90.9074 and 6114.10.0040.

\2\Category 647-K: only HTS numbers 6103.23.0040, 6103.23.0045,

6103.29.1020, 6103.29.1030, 6103.43.1520, 6103.43.1540, 6103.43.1550,

6103.43.1570, 6103.49.1020, 6103.49.1060, 6103.49.8014, 6112.12.0050,

6112.19.1050, 6112.20.1060 and 6113.00.9044.

\3\Category 648-K: only HTS numbers 6104.23.0032, 6104.23.0034,

6104.29.1030, 6104.29.1040, 6104.29.2038, 6104.63.2010, 6104.63.2025,

6104.63.2030, 6104.63.2060, 6104.69.2030, 6104.69.2060, 6104.69.8026,

6112.12.0060, 6112.19.1060, 6112.20.1070, 6113.00.9052 and

6117.90.9070.

\4\Category 438-O: only HTS numbers 6103.21.0050, 6103.23.0025,

6105.20.1000, 6105.90.1000, 6105.90.8020, 6109.90.1520, 6110.10.2070,

6110.30.1550, 6110.90.9072, 6114.10.0020 and 6117.90.9025.

Imports charged to these category limits for the period January

1, 1995 through December 31, 1995 shall be charged against those

levels of restraint to the extent of any unfilled balances. In the

event the limits established for that period have been exhausted by

previous entries, such goods shall be subject to the levels set

forth in this directive.

The limits set forth above are subject to adjustment in the

future pursuant to the provisions of Uruguay Round Agreements Act,

the ATC and any administrative arrangements notified to the Textiles

Monitoring Body.

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

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these actions fall 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. 95-29601 Filed 12-5-95; 8:45 am]

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