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

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool,

Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textiles and

Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Thailand

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 11, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ross Arnold, 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) 927-6717. 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 Thailand, 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 of September 3, 1991, as amended and extended, between the

Governments of the United States and Thailand.

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: 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 11, 1995, entry into the United States

for consumption and withdrawal from warehouse for consumption of

cotton, wool, man-made fiber, silk blend and other vegetable fiber

textiles and textile products in the following categories, produced

or manufactured in Thailand 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 of September 3,

1991 between the Governments of the United States and Thailand.

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Category Twelve-month restraint limit\1\

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239................................ 5,027,120 kilograms.

Levels in Group I

200................................ 955,433 kilograms.

218................................ 15,870,000 square meters.

219................................ 5,095,643 square meters.

300................................ 3,821,732 kilograms.

301-P\2\........................... 3,821,732 kilograms.

301-O\3\........................... 764,347 kilograms.

313................................ 17,834,750 square meters.

314................................ 40,765,143 square meters.

315................................ 25,478,214 square meters.

317/326............................ 10,696,000 square meters.

363................................ 16,560,839 numbers.

369-D\4\........................... 182,170 kilograms.

369-S\5\........................... 254,782 kilograms.

604................................ 596,104 kilograms of which not more

than 382,173 kilograms shall be in

Category 604-A\6\.

607................................ 2,547,821 kilograms.

611................................ 12,507,030 square meters.

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613/614/615........................ 38,505,600 square meters of which

not more than 22,420,829 square

meters shall be in Categories 613/

615 and not more than 22,420,829

square meters shall be in Category

614.

617................................ 13,904,800 square meters.

619................................ 5,732,598 square meters.

620................................ 5,732,598 square meters.

625/626/627/628/629................ 11,230,800 square meters of which

not more than 8,917,375 square

meters shall be in Category 625.

669-P\7\........................... 5,373,563 kilograms.

Group II

237, 330-359, 431-459, 630-659 and 235,721,528 square meters

831-859, as a group. equivalent.

Sublevels in Group II

331/631.......................... 1,390,619 dozen pairs.

334/634.......................... 496,825 dozen.

335/635/835...................... 394,912 dozen.

336/636.......................... 254,782 dozen.

338/339.......................... 1,647,881 dozen.

340.............................. 229,304 dozen.

341/641.......................... 541,412 dozen.

342/642.......................... 471,347 dozen.

345.............................. 242,043 dozen.

347/348/847...................... 665,618 dozen.

351/651.......................... 191,086 dozen.

359-H/659-H\8\................... 1,117,749 kilograms.

433.............................. 9,287 dozen.

434.............................. 11,464 dozen.

435.............................. 52,097 dozen.

438.............................. 17,197 dozen.

442.............................. 19,970 dozen.

638/639.......................... 1,942,146 dozen.

640.............................. 420,390 dozen.

645/646.......................... 254,782 dozen.

647/648.......................... 907,024 dozen.

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

after December 31, 1994.

\2\Category 301-P: only HTS numbers 5206.21.0000, 5206.22.0000,

5206.23.0000, 5206.24.0000, 5206.25.0000, 5206.41.0000, 5206.42.0000,

5206.43.0000, 5206.44.0000 and 5206.45.0000.

\3\Category 301-O: only HTS numbers 5205.21.0000, 5205.22.0000,

5205.23.0000, 5205.24.0000, 5205.25.0000, 5205.41.0000, 5205.42.0000,

5205.43.0000, 5205.44.0000 and 5205.45.0000.

\4\Category 369-D: only HTS numbers 6302.60.0010, 6302.91.0005 and

6302.91.0045.

\5\Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.

\6\Category 604-A: only HTS number 5509.32.0000.

\7\Category 669-P: only HTS numbers 6305.31.0010, 6305.31.0020 and

6305.39.0000.

\8\Category 359-H: only HTS numbers 6505.90.1540 and 6505.90.2060;

Category 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.

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 according to the provisions of the ATC and any administrative

arrangements notified to the Textiles Monitoring Body.

The conversion factors for merged Categories 359-H/659-H and

638/639 are 11.5 and 12.96, respectively.

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. 95-8282 Filed 4-4-95; 8:45 am]

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