Amendment and Establishment of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Hungary

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Amendment and Establishment of Import Restraint Limits for

Certain Cotton, Wool and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or

Manufactured in Hungary

March 27, 1995.

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

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

establishing limits pursuant to the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles

and Clothing (ATC).

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EFFECTIVE DATE: April 3, 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) 927-5850. 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

(ATC), the current limits are being amended for textile products,

produced or manufactured in Hungary and exported during the period

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

These limits are being amended because Hungary is now a member of the

World Trade Organization. Also, a level is being established for cotton

and man-made fiber textile products in Categories 351/651 for the 1995

period.

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 62717, published on December 6, 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, 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: This directive amends, but does not cancel,

the directive issued to you on November 29, 1994, by the Chairman,

Committee for the Implementatin of Textile Agreements. That

directive concerns imports of certain wool and man-made fiber

textile products, produced or manufactured in Hungary and exported

during the period beginning on January 1, 1995 and extending through

December 31, 1995.

Effective on April 3, 1995, you are directed, pursuant the

Uruguay Round Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round Agreement on

Textiles and Clothing (ATC), to increase and establish levels for

the following categories:

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Category Twelve-month restraint limit\1\

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351/651............................ 209,625 dozen.

410................................ 898,662 square meters.

433................................ 17,042 dozen.

434................................ 14,460 dozen.

435................................ 24,995 dozen.

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443................................ 160,092 numbers.

444................................ 51,643 numbers.

448................................ 22,089 dozen.

604................................ 1,037,530 kilograms.

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

after December 31, 1994.

Textile products in Categories 351/651 which have been exported

to the United States prior to January 1, 1995 shall not be subject

to this directive.

Textile products in Categories 351/651 which have been released

from the custody of the U.S. Customs Service under the provisions of

19 U.S.C. 1448(b) or 1484(a)(1) prior to the effective date of this

directive shall not be denied entry under this directive.

The limits set forth above are subject to adjustment in the

future pursuant to the provisions of the ATC and any administrative

arrangements notified to the Textiles Monitoring Body.

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. 95-7897 Filed 3-30-95; 8:45 am]

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