Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool and Man-Made Fiber Textiles and Textile Products and Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Apparel Produced or Manufactured in the Philippines

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool

and Man-Made Fiber Textiles and Textile Products and Silk Blend and

Other Vegetable Fiber Apparel Produced or Manufactured in the

Philippines

March 30, 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: April 6, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janet Heinzen, 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) 927-6713. 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) and the Uruguay Round Agreements Act, the limits agreed upon by

the Governments of the United States and the Philippines, as notified

to the Uruguay Round Textiles Monitoring Body (TMB), are being amended

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

December 31, 1995. Pursuant to the ATC, these new limits supersede

those notified to the TMB contained in the Bilateral Cotton, Wool and

Man-Made Fiber Textiles and Textile Products and Silk Blend and Other

Vegetable Fiber Apparel Agreement of March 4, 1987, as amended and

extended, between the Governments of the United States and the

Philippines.

A directive to reduce the limits for certain categories for

carryforward used during 1994 will be published in the Federal Register

at a later date.

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 ATC, 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 30, 1995.

Commissioner of Customs,

Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.

Dear Commissioner: Effective on April 6, 1995, you are directed

to no longer count imports of textile products in Categories 669-

P\1\ and 670-L\2\, produced or manufactured in the Philippines and

exported during the period beginning on January 1, 1995 and

extending through December 31, 1995 (see directive dated December

13, 1994).

\1\Category 669-P: only HTS numbers 6305.31.0010, 6305.31.0020

and 6305.39.0000.

\2\Category 670-L: only HTS numbers 4202.12.8030, 4202.12.8070,

4202.92.3020, 4202.92.3030 and 4202.92.9025.

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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 April

6, 1995, entry into the United States for consumption and withdrawal

from warehouse for consumption of cotton, wool and man-made fiber

textiles and textile products and silk blend and other vegetable

fiber apparel in the following categories, produced or manufactured

in the Philippines and exported during the twelve-month period

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

1995, in excess of the following limits. These limits supersede

those limits contained in the Bilateral Cotton, Wool and Man-Made

Fiber Textiles and Textile Products and Silk Blend and Other

Vegetable Fiber Apparel Agreement of March 4, 1987, as amended and

extended, between the Governments of the United States and the

Philippines.

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Category Twelve-month restraint limita

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Levels in Group I

237................................ 1,430,328 dozen.

239................................ 8,630,179 kilograms.

331/631............................ 4,631,855 dozen pairs.

333/334............................ 224,063 dozen of which not more

than 32,166 dozen shall be in

Category 333.

335................................ 145,842 dozen.

336................................ 530,733 dozen.

338/339............................ 1,903,813 dozen.

340/640............................ 845,404 dozen.

341/641............................ 762,870 dozen.

342/642............................ 459,058 dozen.

345................................ 136,706 dozen.

347/348............................ 1,608,284 dozen.

350................................ 121,022 dozen.

351/651............................ 500,693 dozen.

352/652............................ 1,966,353 dozen.

359-C/659-Cb....................... 680,266 kilograms.

361................................ 1,528,693 numbers.

369-Sc............................. 346,516 kilograms.

431................................ 164,313 dozen pairs.

433................................ 3,235 dozen.

443................................ 39,122 numbers.

445/446............................ 26,721 dozen.

447................................ 7,430 dozen.

611................................ 4,587,729 square meters.

633................................ 29,579 dozen.

634................................ 366,999 dozen.

635................................ 322,346 dozen.

636................................ 1,383,123 dozen.

638/639............................ 1,955,735 dozen.

643................................ 706,523 numbers.

645/646............................ 628,616 dozen.

647/648............................ 970,423 dozen.

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649................................ 6,343,947 dozen.

650................................ 86,619 dozen.

659-Hd............................. 1,139,676 kilograms.

847................................ 755,926 dozen.

Group II

200-229, 300-326, 330, 332, 349, 127,763,555 square meters

353, 354, 359-Oe, 360, 362, 363, equivalent.

369-Of, 400-414, 432, 434-442,

444, 448, 459, 464-469, 600-607,

613-629, 630, 632, 644, 653, 654,

659-Og, 665, 666, 669-Oh, 670-Oi,

831-846 and 850-859, as a group.

Sublevel in Group II

604.............................. 1,620,705 kilograms.

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

after December 31, 1994.

bCategory 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.

cCategory 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.

dCategory 659-H: only HTS numbers 6502.00.9030, 6504.00.9015,

6504.00.9060, 6505.90.5090, 6505.90.6090, 6505.90.7090 and

6505.90.8090.

eCategory 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, 6211.42.0010

(Category 359-C).

fCategory 369-O: all HTS numbers except 6307.10.2005 (Category 369-S).

gCategory 659-O: all HTS numbers except 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, 6211.43.0010 (Category 659-

C); 6502.00.9030, 6504.00.9015, 6504.00.9060, 6505.90.5090,

6505.90.6090, 6505.90.7090, 6505.90.8090 (Category 659-H).

hCategory 669-O: all HTS numbers except 6305.31.0010, 6305.31.0020 and

6305.39.0000 (Category 669-P).

iCategory 670-O: all HTS numbers except 4202.12.8030, 4202.12.8070,

4202.92.3020, 4202.92.3030 and 4202.92.9025 (Category 670-L).

Imports charged to these category limits for the period January

1, 1994 through December 31, 1994 shall be charged against those

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

event the limits established for that period 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 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 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. 95-8279 Filed 4-4-95; 8:45 am]

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