Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Pakistan

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton and

Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Pakistan

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 status of these

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

of each Customs port or call (202) 927-6714. For information on

embargoes and quota re-openings, call (202) 927-3715.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Authority: Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as amended;

section 204 of the

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

The import restraint limits for textile products, produced or

manufactured in Pakistan 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. The 1996 limits

for Categories 338, 340/640, 360, 361, 363, 369-F/369-P, 369-R, 369-S

and 638/639 have been reduced for carryforward applied to the 1995

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: Under the terms of 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 and man-made fiber textile products in the following

categories, produced or manufactured in Pakistan and exported during

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

through December 31, 1996, in excess of the following levels of

restraint:

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Category Twelve-month restraint limit

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Specific Limits

219.................................... 6,879,526 square meters.

226/313................................ 102,421,264 square meters.

237.................................... 334,595 dozen.

239.................................... 1,575,274 kilograms.

314.................................... 5,003,292 square meters.

315.................................... 68,538,238 square meters.

317/617................................ 26,886,849 square meters.

331/631................................ 2,049,146 dozen pairs.

334/634................................ 197,630 dozen.

335/635................................ 305,201 dozen.

336/636................................ 401,514 dozen.

338.................................... 4,073,147 dozen.

339.................................... 1,137,351 dozen.

340/640................................ 505,643 dozen of which not more

than 200,757 dozen shall be in

dress shirts in Categories 340-

D/640-D\1\.

341/641................................ 602,272 dozen.

342/642................................ 298,093 dozen.

347/348................................ 665,537 dozen.

351/651................................ 267,676 dozen.

352/652................................ 669,190 dozen.

359-C/659-C\2\......................... 1,204,542 kilograms.

360.................................... 2,206,738 numbers.

361.................................... 2,869,590 numbers.

363.................................... 37,886,241 numbers.

369-F/369-P\3\......................... 1,896,163 kilograms.

369-R\4\............................... 8,848,760 kilograms.

369-S\5\............................... 578,911 kilograms.

613/614................................ 20,280,350 square meters.

615.................................... 21,574,836 square meters.

625/626/627/628/629.................... 66,354,561 square meters of

which not more than 33,177,281

square meters shall be in

Category 625, not more than

33,177,281 square meters shall

be in Category 626, not more

than 33,177,281 square meters

shall be in Category 627, not

more than 6,864,265 square

meters shall be in Category

628, and not more than

33,177,281 square meters shall

be in Category 629.

638/639................................ 364,003 dozen.

647/648................................ 731,148 dozen.

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\1\Category 340-D: only HTS numbers 6205.20.2015, 6205.20.2020,

6205.20.2025 and 6205.20.2030; Category 640-D: only HTS numbers

6205.30.2010, 6205.30.2020, 6205.30.2030, 6205.30.2040, 6205.90.3030

and 6205.90.4030.

\2\Category 359-C: only HTS numbers 6103.42.2025, 6103.49.8034,

6104.62.1020, 6104.69.8010, 6114.20.0048, 6114.20.0052, 6203.42.2010,

6203.42.2090, 6204.62.2010, 6211.32.0010, 6211.32.0025 and

6211.42.0010; Category 659-C: only HTS numbers 6103.23.0055,

6103.43.2020, 6103.43.2025, 6103.49.2000, 6103.49.8038, 6104.63.1020,

6104.63.1030, 6104.69.1000, 6104.69.8014, 6114.30.3044, 6114.30.3054,

6203.43.2010, 6203.43.2090, 6203.49.1010, 6203.49.1090, 6204.63.1510,

6204.69.1010, 6210.10.9010, 6211.33.0010, 6211.33.0017 and

6211.43.0010.

\3\Category 369-F: only HTS number 6302.91.0045; Category 369-P: only

HTS numbers 6302.60.0010 and 6302.91.0005.

\4\Category 369-R: only HTS number 6307.10.2020.

\5\Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.

Imports charged to these category limits for the periods 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 the 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 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. 95-29602 Filed 11-5-95; 8:45 am]

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