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

February 13, 1995.

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

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs establishing

limits for the new agreement year.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: February 21, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anne Novak, 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 Agricultural Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C.

1854).

Pursuant to the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing

(URATC), the Bilateral Cotton, Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other

Vegetable Fiber Textile Agreement, effected by exchange of notes dated

May 20, 1987 and June 11, 1987, as amended and extended, establishes

limits 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).

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.

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: Effective on February 21, 1995 you are

directed to no longer count imports of textile products in

Categories 300, 301, 326, 330, 332, 333, 345, 349, 350, 353, 354,

359-O,\1\, 362, 369-O\2\ and 666, produced or manufactured in

Pakistan and exported during the period beginning on January 1, 1995

and extending through December 31, 1995.

\1\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 and 6211.42.0010 (Category 359-C).

\2\Category 369-O: all HTS numbers except 6302.91.0045 (Category

369-F); 6302.60.0010 and 6302.91.0005 (Category 369-P); 6307.10.2020

(Category 369-R); and 6307.10.2005 (Category 369-S).

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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 (URATC);

pursuant to the Bilateral Cotton, Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend and

Other Vegetable Fiber Textile Agreement, effected by exchange of

notes dated May 20, 1987 and June 11, 1987, as amended and extended,

between the Governments of the United States and Pakistan; and in

accordance with the provisions of Executive Order 11651 of March 3,

1972, as amended, you are directed to prohibit, effective on

February 21, 1995, 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, 1995 and extending through December 31,

1995, in excess of the following levels of restraint:

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Category Twelve-month restraint limita

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Specific Limits

219.................... 6,362,862 square meters.

226/313................ 95,756,604 square meters.

237.................... 309,466 dozen.

239.................... 1,456,968 kilograms.

314.................... 4,627,536 square meters.

315.................... 64,427,748 square meters.

317/617................ 24,867,600 square meters.

331/631................ 1,895,252 dozen pairs.

334/634................ 182,788 dozen.

335/635................ 282,280 dozen.

336/636................ 371,360 dozen.

338.................... 4,081,310 dozen.

339.................... 1,051,934 dozen.

340/640................ 495,146 dozen of which not more than 185,680

dozen shall be in dress shirts in Categories

340-D/640-Db.

341/641................ 557,040 dozen.

342/642................ 275,706 dozen.

347/348................ 615,554 dozen.

351/651................ 247,573 dozen.

352/652................ 618,933 dozen.

359-C/659-Cc........... 1,114,079 kilograms.

360.................... 2,160,926 numbers.

361.................... 2,810,018 numbers.

363.................... 37,962,164 numbers.

369-F/369-Pd........... 1,856,799 kilograms.

369-Re................. 8,665,061 kilograms.

369-Sf................. 566,893 kilograms.

613/614................ 18,960,686 square meters.

615.................... 20,170,939 square meters.

617.................... 15,286,929 square meters.

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625/626/627/628/629.... 62,036,800 square meters of which not more than

31,018,400 square meters shall be in Category

625, not more than 31,018,400 square meters

shall be in Category 626, not more than

31,018,400 square meters shall be in Category

627, not more than 6,417,600 square meters

shall be in Category 628, and not more than

31,018,400 square meters shall be in Category

629.

638/639................ 360,541 dozen.

647/648................ 683,571 dozen.

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aThe limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports exported

after December 31, 1994.

bCategory 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, 6205.90.2030

and 6205.90.4030.

cCategory 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.

dCategory 369-F: only HTS number 6302.91.0045; Category 369-P: only HTS

numbers 6302.60.0010 and 6302.91.0005.

eCategory 369-R: only HTS number 6307.10.2020.

fCategory 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.

Imports charged to these category limits for the periods January

1, 1994 through December 31, 1994; April 29, 1994 through December

31, 1994 (Categories 342/642) and June 29, 1994 through December 31,

1994 (Category 625) 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.

The limits set forth above are subject to adjustment in the

future pursuant to the provisions of the URATC 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,

Rita D. Hayes,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

[FR Doc. 95-3957 Filed 2-15-95; 8:45 am]

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