Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool, Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textiles and Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the People's Republic of China

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool,

Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textiles and

Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the People's Republic of

China

December 13, 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: Jennifer Aldrich, 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) 927-6703. 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 Bilateral Cotton, Wool, Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other

Vegetable Fiber Textile Agreement,

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effected by exchange of notes dated March 29, 1995 and June 8, 1995,

between the Governments of the United States and the People's Republic

of China establishes limits for the period beginning on January 1, 1996

and extending through December 31, 1996.

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

Commisioner of Customs to establish the 1996 limits. The limits for

Categories 336, 362 and 642 in Group I have been reduced for

carryforward applied in 1995.

These limits may be subject to revision pursuant to the Uruguay

Round Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and

Clothing (ATC). On the date that China becomes a member of the World

Trade Organization and the United States applies the Uruguay Round

Agreements to China, the restraint limits will be modified in

accordance with the ATC.

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 60 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 bilateral agreement, but are designed to assist only in the

implementation of certain of its provisions.

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

December 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); pursuant to

the Bilateral Cotton, Wool, Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other

Vegetable Fiber Textile Agreement, effected by exchange of notes

dated March 29, 1995 and June 8, 1995, between the Governments of

the United States and the People's Republic of China, 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, man-made fiber, silk blend and other

vegetable fiber textiles and textile products in the following

categories, produced or manufactured in China 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 limit

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Group I

200, 218, 219, 226, 237, 239, 300/301, 313- 1,431,618,042 square meters

315, 317/326, 331, 333-336, 338/339, 340- equivalent.

342, 345, 347/348, 350-352, 359-C \1\,

359-V \2\, 360-363, 369-D \3\, 369-H \4\,

369-L \5\, 410, 433-436, 438, 440, 442-

444, 445/446, 447, 448, 607, 611, 613-

615, 617, 631, 633-636, 638/639, 640-643,

644/844, 645/646, 647-652, 659-C \6\, 659-

H \7\, 659-S \6\, 666, 669-P \9\, 670-L

\10\, 831, 833, 835, 836, 840, 842 and

845-847, as a group.

Sublevels in Group I

200....................................... 655,730 kilograms.

218....................................... 10,878,344 square meters.

219....................................... 2,255,185 square meters.

226....................................... 10,240,181 square meters.

237....................................... 1,761,510 dozen.

239....................................... 2,762,764 kilograms.

300/301................................... 3,700,967 kilograms.

313....................................... 41,216,950 square meters.

314....................................... 47,544,226 square meters.

315....................................... 159,895,467 square meters.

317/326................................... 19,743,397 square meters of

which not more than

3,777,300 square meters

shall be in Category 326.

331....................................... 4,861,921 dozen pairs.

333....................................... 90,718 dozen.

334....................................... 305,459 dozen.

335....................................... 375,032 dozen.

336....................................... 153,702 dozen.

338/339................................... 2,370,396 dozen of which not

more than 1,799,390 dozen

shall be in Categories 338-

S/339-S \11\.

340....................................... 816,568 dozen of which not

more than 408,284 dozen

shall be in Category 340-Z

\12\.

341....................................... 652,595 dozen of which not

more than 391,557 dozen

shall be in Category 341-Y

\13\.

342....................................... 256,222 dozen.

345....................................... 128,260 dozen.

347/348................................... 2,404,650 dozen.

350....................................... 154,357 dozen.

351....................................... 500,983 dozen.

352....................................... 1,801,164 dozen.

359-C..................................... 559,672 kilograms.

359-V..................................... 815,151 kilograms.

360....................................... 7,176,252 numbers of which

not more than 4,894,897

numbers shall be in

Category 360-P \14\.

361....................................... 4,012,966 numbers.

362....................................... 6,978,163 numbers.

363....................................... 29,977,812 numbers.

369-D..................................... 4,480,901 kilograms.

369-H..................................... 4,645,985 kilograms.

369-L..................................... 3,070,837 kilograms.

410....................................... 1,958,724 square meters of

which not more than

1,570,129 square meters

shall be in Category 410-A

\15\ and not more than

1,570,129 square meters

shall be in Category 410-B

\16\.

433....................................... 22,823 dozen.

434....................................... 13,004 dozen.

435....................................... 23,885 dozen.

436....................................... 14,862 dozen.

438....................................... 26,007 dozen.

440....................................... 37,155 dozen of which not

more than 21,231 dozen

shall be in Category 440-M

\17\.

442....................................... 41,401 dozen.

443....................................... 133,754 numbers.

444....................................... 200,831 numbers.

445/446................................... 284,340 dozen.

447....................................... 77,298 dozen.

448....................................... 21,729 dozen.

607....................................... 3,038,521 kilograms.

611....................................... 5,193,696 square meters.

613....................................... 7,128,602 square meters.

614....................................... 11,202,088 square meters.

615....................................... 23,320,711 square meters.

617....................................... 16,293,945 square meters.

631....................................... 1,184,416 dozen pairs.

633....................................... 53,496 dozen.

634....................................... 582,000 dozen.

635....................................... 607,949 dozen.

636....................................... 525,752 dozen.

638/639................................... 2,365,174 dozen.

640....................................... 1,437,870 dozen.

641....................................... 1,293,980 dozen.

642....................................... 300,013 dozen.

643....................................... 485,182 numbers.

644/844................................... 3,474,297 numbers.

645/646................................... 820,148 dozen.

647....................................... 1,509,521 dozen.

648....................................... 1,078,543 dozen.

649....................................... 876,418 dozen.

650....................................... 109,116 dozen.

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651....................................... 736,428 dozen of which not

more than 129,653 dozen

shall be in Category 651-B

\18\.

652....................................... 2,513,085 dozen.

659-C..................................... 389,873 kilograms.

659-H..................................... 2,683,454 kilograms.

659-S..................................... 580,290 kilograms.

666....................................... 3,376,561 kilograms.

669-P..................................... 1,894,083 kilograms.

670-L..................................... 15,074,868 kilograms.

831....................................... 503,383 dozen.

833....................................... 26,336 dozen.

835....................................... 119,061 dozen pairs.

836....................................... 264,027 dozen.

840....................................... 463,151 dozen.

842....................................... 255,783 dozen.

845....................................... 2,420,585 dozen.

846....................................... 165,561 dozen.

847....................................... 1,222,614 dozen.

Group II

330, 332, 349, 353, 354, 359-O \19\, 431, 121,132,059 square meters

432, 439, 459, 630, 632, 653, 654 and 659- equivalent.

O \20\, as a group.

Group III

201, 220, 222, 223, 224-V \21\, 224-O 255,798,114 square meters

\22\, 225, 227, 229, 369-O \23\, 400, equivalent.

414, 464, 465, 469, 600, 603, 604-O \24\,

606, 618-622, 624-629, 665, 669-O \25\

and 670-O \26\, as a group.

Sublevel in Group III

224-V..................................... 3,393,051 square meters.

Group IV

832, 834, 838, 839, 843, 850-852, 858 and 11,030,580 square meters

859, as a group. equivalent.

Levels not in a Group

369-S \27\................................ 610,158 kilograms.

863-S \28\................................ 8,532,986 numbers.

870....................................... 32,771,172 kilograms.

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\1\ 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.

\2\ Category 359-V: only HTS numbers 6103.19.2030, 6103.19.9030,

6104.12.0040, 6104.19.8040, 6110.20.1022, 6110.20.1024, 6110.20.2030,

6110.20.2035, 6110.90.9044, 6110.90.9046, 6201.92.2010, 6202.92.2020,

6203.19.1030, 6203.19.9030, 6204.12.0040, 6204.19.8040, 6211.32.0070 and

6211.42.0070.

\3\ Category 369-D: only HTS numbers 6302.60.0010, 6302.91.0005 and

6302.91.0045.

\4\ Category 369-H: only HTS numbers 4202.22.4020, 4202.22.4500 and

4202.22.8030.

\5\ Category 369-L: only HTS numbers 4202.12.4000, 4202.12.8020,

4202.12.8060, 4202.92.1500, 4202.92.3015 and 4202.92.6090.

\6\ 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.

\7\ Category 659-H: only HTS numbers 6502.00.9030, 6504.00.9015,

6504.00.9060, 6505.90.5090, 6505.90.6090, 6505.90.7090 and 6505.90.8090.

\8\ Category 659-S: only HTS numbers 6112.31.0010, 6112.31.0020,

6112.41.0010, 6112.41.0020, 6112.41.0030, 6112.41.0040, 6211.11.1010,

6211.11.1020, 6211.12.1010 and 6211.12.1020.

\9\ Category 669-P: only HTS numbers 6305.31.0010, 6305.31.0020 and

6305.39.0000.

\10\ Category 670-L: only HTS numbers 4202.12.8030, 4202.12.8070,

4202.92.3020, 4202.92.3030 and 4202.92.9025.

\11\ Category 338-S: all HTS numbers except 6109.10.0012,

6109.10.0014, 6109.10.0018 and 6109.10.0023; Category 339-S: all HTS

numbers except 6109.10.0040, 6109.10.0045, 6109.10.0060 and

6109.10.0065.

\12\ Category 340-Z: only HTS numbers 6205.20.2015, 6205.20.2020,

6205.20.2050 and 6205.20.2060.

\13\ Category 341-Y: only HTS numbers 6204.22.3060, 6206.30.3010,

6206.30.3030 and 6211.42.0054.

\14\ Category 360-P: only HTS numbers 6302.21.3010, 6302.21.5010,

6302.21.7010, 6302.21.9010, 6302.31.3010, 6302.31.5010, 6302.31.7010 and

6302.31.9010.

\15\ Category 410-A: only HTS numbers 5111.11.3000, 5111.11.7030,

5111.11.7060, 5111.19.2000, 5111.19.6020, 5111.19.6040, 5111.19.6060,

5111.19.6080, 5111.20.9000, 5111.30.9000, 5111.90.3000, 5111.90.9000,

5212.11.1010, 5212.12.1010, 5212.13.1010, 5212.14.1010, 5212.15.1010,

5212.21.1010, 5212.22.1010, 5212.23.1010, 5212.24.1010, 5212.25.1010,

5311.00.2000, 5407.91.0510, 5407.92.0510, 5407.93.0510, 5407.94.0510,

5408.31.0510, 5408.32.0510, 5408.33.0510, 5408.34.0510, 5515.13.0510,

5515.22.0510, 5515.92.0510, 5516.31.0510, 5516.32.0510, 5516.33.0510,

5516.34.0510 and 6301.20.0020.

\16\ Category 410-B: only HTS numbers 5007.10.6030, 5007.90.6030,

5112.11.2030, 5112.11.2060, 5112.19.9010, 5112.19.9020, 5112.19.9030,

5112.19.9040, 5112.19.9050, 5112.19.9060, 5112.20.3000, 5112.30.3000,

5112.90.3000, 5112.90.9010, 5112.90.9090, 5212.11.1020, 5212.12.1020,

5212.13.1020, 5212.14.1020, 5212.15.1020, 5212.21.1020, 5212.22.1020,

5212.23.1020, 5212.24.1020, 5212.25.1020, 5309.21.2000, 5309.29.2000,

5407.91.0520, 5407.92.0520, 5407.93.0520, 5407.94.0520, 5408.31.0520,

5408.32.0520, 5408.33.0520, 5408.34.0520, 5515.13.0520, 5515.22.0520,

5515.92.0520, 5516.31.0520, 5516.32.0520, 5516.33.0520 and 5516.34.0520.

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\17\ Category 440-M: HTS numbers 6203.21.0030, 6203.23.0030,

6205.10.1000, 6205.10.2010, 6205.10.2020, 6205.30.1510, 6205.30.1520,

6205.90.3020, 6205.90.4020 and 6211.31.0030.

\18\ Category 651-B: only HTS numbers 6107.22.0015 and 6108.32.0015.

\19\ Category 359-O: all HTS numbers except 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,

6211.42.0010 (Category 359-C); 6103.19.2030, 6103.19.9030, 6104.12.0040,

6104.19.8040, 6110.20.1022, 6110.20.1024, 6110.20.2030, 6110.20.2035,

6110.90.9044, 6110.90.9046, 6201.92.2010, 6202.92.2020, 6203.19.1030,

6203.19.9030, 6204.12.0040, 6204.19.8040, 6211.32.0070 and 6211.42.0070

(Category 359-V).

\20\ Category 659-O: all HTS numbers except 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, 6211.43.0010

(Category 659-C); 6502.00.9030, 6504.00.9015, 6504.00.9060,

6505.90.5090, 6505.90.6090, 6505.90.7090, 6505.90.8090 (Category 659-H);

6112.31.0010, 6112.31.0020, 6112.41.0010, 6112.41.0020, 6112.41.0030,

6112.41.0040, 6211.11.1010, 6211.11.1020, 6211.12.1010 and 6211.12.1020

(Category 659-S).

\21\ Category 224-V: only HTS numbers 5801.21.0000, 5801.23.0000,

5801.24.0000, 5801.25.0010, 5801.25.0020, 5801.26.0010, 5801.26.0020,

5801.31.0000, 5801.33.0000, 5801.34.0000, 5801.35.0010, 5801.35.0020,

5801.36.0010 and 5801.36.0020.

\22\ Category 224-O: all HTS numbers except 5801.21.0000,

5801.23.0000, 5801.24.0000, 5801.25.0010, 5801.25.0020, 5801.26.0010,

5801.26.0020, 5801.31.0000, 5801.33.0000, 5801.34.0000, 5801.35.0010,

5801.35.0020, 5801.36.0010 and 5801.36.0020 (Category 224-V).

\23\ Category 369-O: all HTS numbers except 6302.60.0010, 6302.91.0005

and 6302.91.0045 (Category 369-D); 4202.22.4020, 4202.22.4500,

4202.22.8030 (Category 369-H); 4202.12.4000, 4202.12.8020, 4202.12.8060,

4202.92.1500, 4202.92.3015, 4202.92.6090 (Category 369-L); and

6307.10.2005 (Category 369-S)

\24\ Category 604-O: all HTS numbers except 5509.32.0000 (Category 604-

A).

\25\ Category 669-O: all HTS numbers except 6305.31.0010, 6305.31.0020

and 6305.39.0000 (Category 669-P).

\26\ Category 670-O: only HTS numbers 4202.22.4030, 4202.22.8050 and

4202.32.9550.

\27\ Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.

\28\ Category 863-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2015.

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 has been exhausted by

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

forth in this directive.

The conversion factor for merged Categories 638/639 is 12.96

(square meters equivalent/category unit).

Should China become a member of the World Trade Organization

(WTO) and the United States applies the Uruguay Round Agreements to

China, the limits set forth above may be subject to adjustment in

the future pursuant to the provisions of the Uruguay Round Agreement

on Textiles and Clothing, the Uruguay Round Agreements Act 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,

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

[FR Doc. 95-30807 Filed 12-18-95; 8:45 am]

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