# Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Kuwait > Briefs, arguments, decisions, and more. URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/documents/fr%3A95-8283 ## Record - **Collection:** Federal Register - **Document type:** Notice - **Published:** April 5, 1995 - **Citation:** 60 FR 17330 ## Text 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Category Twelve-month restraint limit\1\ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 340/640............................ 215,000 dozen. 341/641............................ 118,250 dozen. 361................................ --0-- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ \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] BILLING CODE 3510-DR-F --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/documents/fr%3A95-8283. Public record. 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