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 Sri Lanka

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 Sri Lanka

December 15, 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: Helen L. LeGrande, 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 Sri Lanka 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 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 limits for

Categories 331/631, 334/634, 335/835, 336/636/836, 338/339, 340/640,

341/641, 341 (sublimit), 347/348/847, 351/651, 352/652, 635 and 840

have been reduced for special 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.

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

December 15, 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, man-made fiber, silk blend and other vegetable fiber

textiles and textile products in the following categories, produced

or manufactured in Sri Lanka exported during the period beginning on

January 1, 1996 and extending through December 31, 1996, in excess

of the following restraint limits:

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Category Twelve-month limit

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237.................................... 275,884 dozen.

314.................................... 4,118,559 square meters.

331/631................................ 2,503,111 dozen pairs.

333/633................................ 51,932 dozen.

334/634................................ 523,224 dozen.

335/835................................ 242,735 dozen.

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336/636/836............................ 288,416 dozen.

338/339................................ 1,160,240 dozen.

340/640................................ 1,018,301 dozen.

341/641................................ 1,792,827 dozen of which not

more than, 1,175,777 dozen

shall be in Category 341 and

not more than 1,234,099 dozen

shall be in Category 641.

342/642/842............................ 632,910 dozen.

345/845................................ 163,910 dozen.

347/348/847............................ 963,800 dozen.

350/650................................ 113,599 dozen.

351/651................................ 285,227 dozen.

352/652................................ 1,237,589 dozen.

359-C/659-C \1\........................ 1,250,003 kilograms.

360.................................... 1,372,853 numbers.

363.................................... 11,765,652 numbers.

369-D \2\.............................. 883,335 kilograms.

369-S \3\.............................. 736,110 kilograms.

434.................................... 7,163 dozen.

435.................................... 15,350 dozen.

440.................................... 10,233 dozen.

611.................................... 5,377,008 square meters.

635.................................... 323,648 dozen.

638/639/838............................ 867,307 dozen.

644.................................... 486,855 numbers.

645/646................................ 194,741 dozen.

647/648................................ 1.044,135 dozen.

670-L \4\.............................. 7,950,000 kilograms.

840.................................... 277,281 dozen.

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\1\ Category 359-C: only HTS numbers 6103.42.2025, 6103.2025,

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, 6210.40.9010, 6211.33.0010, 6211.33.0017 and

6211.43.0010.

\2\ Category 369-D: only HTS numbers 6302.60.0010, 6302.91.0005 and

6302.91.0045.

\3\ Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.

\4\ Category 670-L: only HTS numbers 4202.12.8030, 4202.12.8070,

4202.92.3020, 4202.92.3030 and 4202.92.9025.

Imports charged to the category limits for the periods June 23,

1995 through December 31, 1995 (Category 670-L) and January 1, 1995

through December 31, 1995 (remaining categories) shall be charged to

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

the event the limits established for those periods 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 adjustments 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 to 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. 95-31029 Filed 12-20-95; 8:45 am]

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