Announcement of Import Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool, and Man- Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the Republic of Turkey

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Announcement of Import Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool, and Man-

Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the Republic of

Turkey

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: 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) 927-6718. 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 Republic of Turkey, as

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

amended to establish limits for the period beginning on January 1, 1995

and extending through December 31, 1995. Pursuant to the ATC, these

limits supersede those notified to the TMB contained in the Bilateral

Textile Agreement, effected by exchange of notes dated July 29 and

August 6, 1991, as amended, and the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)

dated October 5, 1994 between the Governments of the United States and

the Republic of Turkey.

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: 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 , entry into the United

States for consumption and withdrawal from warehouse for consumption

of cotton, wool and man-made fiber textile products in the following

categories, produced or manufactured in Turkey 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 contained in the Bilateral Textile Agreement,

effected by exchange of notes dated July 29 and August 6, 1991, as

amended and extended, and the Memorandum of Understanding dated

[[Page 17339]] October 5, 1994 between the Governments of the United

States and the Republic of Turkey.

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Category Twelve-month restraint limit\1\

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Fabric Group

219, 313, 314, 315, 317, 326, 617, 141,404,089 square meters of which

625/626/627/628/629, as a group. not more than 32,313,717 square

meters shall be in 219; 39,494,543

square meters shall be in 313;

22,978,643 square meters shall be

in 314; 30,877,553 square meters

shall be in 315; 32,313,717 square

meters shall be in 317; 3,590,412

square meters shall be in 326;

21,542,479 square meters shall be

in 617.

Sublevel in Fabric Group

625/626/627/628/629............... 14,546,560 square meters of which

not more than 5,818,624 square

meters shall be in 625; 5,818,624

square meters shall be in 626;

5,818,624 square meters shall be in

627; 5,818,624 square meters shall

be in 628; and 5,818,624 square

meters shall be in 629.

Limits not in group

200............................... 1,363,441 kilograms.

300/301........................... 6,638,496 kilograms.

335............................... 286,630 dozen.

336/636........................... 675,172 dozen.

338/339/638/639................... 4,203,906 dozen of which not more

than 2,606,422 dozen shall be in

Categories 338-S/339-S/638-S/639-

S\2\.

340/640........................... 1,353,617 dozen of which not more

than 384,987 dozen shall be in

shirts made from fabric of two or

more colors in the warp and/or the

filling in Categories 340-Y/640-

Y\3\.

341/641........................... 1,336,760 dozen of which not more

than 467,866 dozen shall be in

blouses made from fabric of two or

more colors in the warp and/or the

filling in Categories 341-Y/641-

Y\4\.

342/642........................... 751,607 dozen.

347/348........................... 4,089,253 dozen of which not more

than 1,422,420 dozen shall be in

trousers in Categories 347-T/348-

T\5\.

350............................... 426,276 dozen.

351/651........................... 681,543 dozen.

361............................... 1,433,150 numbers.

369-S\6\.......................... 1,481,604 kilograms.

410/624........................... 1,063,098 square meters of which not

more than 687,887 square meters

shall be in Category 410.

448............................... 36,479 dozen.

604............................... 1,710,206 kilograms.

611............................... 42,784,000 square meters.

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\1\The limits have 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.

\3\Category 340-Y: only HTS numbers 6205.20.2015, 6205.20.2020,

6205.20.2046, 6205.20.2050 and 6205.20.2060; Category 640-Y: only HTS

numbers 6205.30.2010, 6205.30.2020, 6205.30.2050 and 6205.30.2060.

\4\Category 341-Y: only HTS numbers 6204.22.3060, 6206.30.3010,

6206.30.3030 and 6211.42.0054; Category 641-Y: only HTS numbers

6204.23.0050, 6204.29.2030, 6206.40.3010 and 6206.40.3025.

\5\Category 347-T: only HTS numbers 6103.19.2015, 6103.19.9020,

6103.22.0030, 6103.42.1020, 6103.42.1040, 6103.49.8010, 6112.11.0050,

6113.00.9038, 6203.19.1020, 6203.19.9020, 6203.22.3020, 6203.42.4005,

6203.42.4010, 6203.42.4015, 6203.42.4025, 6203.42.4035, 6203.42.4045,

6203.49.8020, 6210.40.9033, 6211.20.1520, 6211.20.3810 and

6211.32.0040; Category 348-T: only HTS numbers 6104.12.0030,

6104.19.8030, 6104.22.0040, 6104.29.2034, 6104.62.2010, 6104.62.2025,

6104.69.8022, 6112.11.0060, 6113.00.9042, 6117.90.9060, 6204.12.0030,

6204.19.8030, 6204.22.3040, 6204.29.4034, 6204.62.3000, 6204.62.4005,

6204.62.4010, 6204.62.4020, 6204.62.4030, 6204.62.4040, 6204.62.4050,

6204.69.6010, 6204.69.9010, 6210.50.9060, 6211.20.1550, 6211.20.6810,

6211.42.0030 and 6217.90.9050.

\6\Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.

Imports charged to these category limits for the periods January

1, 1994 through December 31, 1994 and July 1, 1994 through December

31, 1994 (Category 611) 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 adjustments in the

future pursuant to 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. 95-8280 Filed 4-4-95; 8:45 am]

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