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

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton, Man-

Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textiles and Textile

Products Produced or Manufactured in the People's Republic of

Bangladesh

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: 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) 927-5850. 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 import restraint limits for textile products, produced or

manufactured in Bangladesh 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. These limits are

being 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

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designed to assist only in the implementation of certain of their

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), Uruguay Round

Agreements Act, 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,

man-made fiber, silk blend and other vegetable fiber textiles and

textile products in the following categories, produced or

manufactured in Bangladesh 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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237....................................... 384,921 dozen.

331....................................... 975,182 dozen pairs.

334....................................... 117,430 dozen.

335....................................... 210,847 dozen.

336/636................................... 377,317 dozen.

338/339................................... 1,093,045 dozen.

340/640................................... 2,470,896 dozen.

341....................................... 2,046,913 dozen.

342/642................................... 354,148 dozen.

347/348................................... 1,842,220 dozen.

351/651................................... 562,460 dozen.

352/652................................... 8,391,323 dozen.

363....................................... 20,965,242 numbers.

369-S \1\................................. 1,405,316 kilograms.

634....................................... 410,836 dozen.

635....................................... 266,173 dozen.

638/639................................... 1,386,181 dozen.

641....................................... 857,100 dozen.

645/646................................... 325,529 dozen.

647/648................................... 1,158,630 dozen.

847....................................... 615,190 dozen.

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\1\ Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.

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 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,

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

[FR Doc. 95-30810 Filed 12-18-95; 8:45 am]

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