Announcement of an Import Restraint Limit for Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the Republic of Fiji

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Announcement of an Import Restraint Limit for Certain Cotton and

Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the

Republic of Fiji

March 27, 1995.

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

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs establishing

a limit.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: April 3, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Tallarico, International

Trade Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of

Commerce, (202) 482-4212. For information on the quota status of this

limit, 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 Governments of the United States and the Republic of Fiji

agreed to extend their current bilateral textile agreement for a one-

year period beginning on [[Page 16623]] January 1, 1995 and extending

through December 31, 1995.

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

Commissioner of Customs to establish a limit for Categories 338/339/

638/639 for 1995.

This limit will be subject to revision pursuant to the Uruguay

Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC) on the date that Fiji

becomes a member of the World Trade Organization.

A copy of the agreement is available from the Textiles Division,

Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, U.S. Department of State,

(202) 647-1683.

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

March 27, 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 Textile Agreement, effected by exchange of notes dated

May 24, 1991 and August 20, 1991, as amended and extended, between

the Governments of the United States and the Republic of Fiji; and

in accordance with the provisions of Executive Order 11651 of March

3, 1972, as amended, you are directed to prohibit, effective on

April 3, 1995, entry into the United States for consumption and

withdrawal from warehouse for consumption of cotton and man-made

fiber textile products in Categories 338/339/638/639, produced or

manufactured in Fiji and exported during the twelve-month period

beginning on January 1, 1995 and extending through December 31,

1995, in excess of 1,011,240 dozen\1\ of which not more than 842,700

dozen shall be in Categories 338-S/339-S/638-S/639-S\2\.

\1\The limit has not been adjusted to account for any imports

exported after December 31, 1994.

\2\Category 338-S: only HTS numbers 6103.22.0050, 6105.10.0010,

6105.10.0030, 6105.90.8010, 6109.10.0027, 6110.20.1025,

6110.20.2040, 6110.20.2065, 6110.90.9068, 6112.11.0030 and

6114.20.0005; Category 339-S: only HTS numbers 6104.22.0060,

6104.29.2049, 6106.10.0010, 6106.10.0030, 6106.90.2510,

6106.90.3010, 6109.10.0070, 6110.20.1030, 6110.20.2045,

6110.20.2075, 6110.90.9070, 6112.11.0040, 6114.20.0010 and

6117.90.9020; Category 638-S: all HTS numbers except 6109.90.1007,

6109.90.1009, 6109.90.1013 and 6109.90.1025; Category 639-S: all HTS

numbers except 6109.90.1050, 6109.90.1060, 6109.90.1065 and

6109.90.1070.

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Imports charged to this category limit for the period January 1,

1994 through December 31, 1994, shall be charged against that level

of restraint to the extent of any unfilled balance. In the event the

limit established for that period has been exhausted by previous

entries, such goods shall be subject to the level set forth in this

directive.

Should Fiji become a member of the World Trade Organization

(WTO), the limit set forth above will be subject to adjustment in

the future pursuant to the provisions of the Uruguay Round Agreement

on Textiles and Clothing and any administrative arrangement 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 this action falls 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. 95-7896 Filed 3-30-95; 8:45 am]

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