Amendment and Establishment of Import Restraint Limits and Restraint Periods for Certain Cotton, Wool, Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Myanmar

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Amendment and Establishment of Import Restraint Limits and

Restraint Periods for Certain Cotton, Wool, Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend

and Other Vegetable Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in

Myanmar

February 13, 1995.

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

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs amending and

establishing import limits and restraint periods.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: February 22, 1995.

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).

Pursuant to the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing

(URATC), the current limits for Categories 340/640, 342/642, 347/348,

351/651, 448 and 647/648/847 are being amended for the new restraint

periods beginning on October 1, 1994 (Categories 340/640), February 1,

1994 (Categories 342/642 and 351/651), September 1, 1994 (Categories

347/348) and March 1, 1994 (Categories 448 and 647/648/847) and

extending through December 31, 1994. Also, pursuant to URATC, limits

are being established for the period beginning on January 1, 1995 and

extending through December 31, 1995.

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). Also see

59 FR 7245, published on February 15, 1994; 59 FR 11256, published on

March 10, 1994; 59 FR 11578, published on March 11, 1994; 59 FR 42210,

published on August 17, 1994.

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 URATC, but are designed to assist only in the implementation of

certain of its provisions.

Rita D. Hayes,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

February 13, 1995.

Commissioner of Customs,

Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.

Dear Commissioner: This directive amends, but does not cancel,

the directives issued to you on February 8, 1994, March 7, 1994,

March 8, 1994 and August 12, 1994, by the Chairman, Committee for

the Implementation of Textile Agreements. Those directives concern

imports of certain cotton, wool, man-made fiber, silk blend and

other vegetable fiber textile products, produced or manufactured in

Myanmar and exported during the twelve-month periods February 1,

1994 through January 31, 1995 (Categories 342/642 and 351/651),

March 1, 1994 through February 28, 1995 (Categories 448 and 647/648/

847), September 1, 1994 through August 31, 1995 (Categories 347/348)

and October 1, 1994 through September 30, 1995 (Categories 340/640).

Effective on February 22, 1995, you are directed, pursuant to

the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (URATC), to

amend the current limits for the following categories and amend the

current restraint periods to end on December 31, 1994:

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Category Amended limit\1\

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340/640............................ 23,689 dozen.

342/642............................ 23,227 dozen.

347/348............................ 44,007 dozen.

351/651............................ 36,505 dozen.

448................................ 1,942 dozen.

647/648/847........................ 20,582 dozen.

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\1\The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports exported

after January 31, 1994 (Categories 342/642 and 351/651), February 28,

1994 (Categories 448 and 647/648/847), August 31, 1994 (Categories 347/

348) and September 30, 1994 (Categories 340/640).

Under the terms of section 204 of the Agricultural Act of 1956,

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

Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (URATC); and in accordance

with the provisions of Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as

amended, you are directed to prohibit, effective on February 22,

1995, 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 textile products in the following

categories, produced or manufactured in Myanmar exported during the

period beginning on January 1, 1995 and [[Page 9014]] extending

through December 31, 1995, in excess of the following restraint

limits:

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Category Twelve-month limit\1\

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340/640............................ 93,975 dozen.

342/642............................ 25,383 dozen.

347/348............................ 131,659 dozen.

351/651............................ 39,893 dozen.

448................................ 2,316 dozen.

647/648/847........................ 24,551 dozen.

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\1\The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports exported

after December 31, 1994.

Imports charged to these category limits for the periods

February 1, 1994 through December 31, 1994 (Categories 342/642 and

351/651), March 1, 1994 through December 31, 1994 (Categories 448

and 647/648/847), September 1, 1994 through December 31, 1994

(Categories 347/348) and October 1, 1994 through December 31, 1994

(Categories 340/640), shall be charged against 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.

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,

Rita D. Hayes,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

[FR Doc. 95-3956 Filed 2-15-95; 8:45 am]

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