Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Kuwait

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton and

Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Kuwait

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 10, 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 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) and the Uruguay Round Agreements Act, the limits agreed upon by

the Governments of the United States and the State of Kuwait, 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. The limit for Category 361 is

zero. Pursuant to the ATC, these limits supersede those notified to the

TMB contained in the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) dated May 10,

1994 between the Governments of the United States and the State of

Kuwait.

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 10, 1995, entry into the United States

for consumption and withdrawal from warehouse for consumption of

cotton and man-made fiber textile products in the following

categories, produced or manufactured in Kuwait 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 Memorandum of Understanding

dated May 10, 1994 between the Governments of the United States and

the State of Kuwait.

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Category Twelve-month restraint limit\1\

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340/640............................ 215,000 dozen.

341/641............................ 118,250 dozen.

361................................ --0--

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

after December 31, 1994.

[[Page 17331]] Imports charged to these category limits for the

period June 1, 1994 through December 31, 1994 shall be charged to

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 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. 95-8283 Filed 4-4-95; 8:45 am]

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