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

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool

and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in

Singapore

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: 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) 927-6716. 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 Singapore, 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 Textile Agreement, effected by exchange of

notes dated May 31 and June 5, 1986, as amended and extended, between

the Governments of the United States and the Republic of Singapore.

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 10, 1995, you are directed

to no longer count imports of textile products in Categories 200-

220, 223-229, 300/301, 313-330, 332, 333/633, 336, 345, 349, 350,

351/651, 352/652, 353/354/653/654, 359-369, 400-434, 436, 438, 439,

440-444, 445/446, 447, 448, 459-469, 600-603, 606, 607, 611-630,

632, 636, 643, 644, 649, 650, 659-S\1\, 659-V\2\, 659-O\3\ and 665-

670, produced or manufactured in Singapore and exported during the

period beginning on January 1, 1995 and extending through December

31, 1995 (see directive dated November 29, 1994).

\1\Category 659-S: only HTS numbers 6112.31.0010, 6112.31.0020,

6112.41.0010, 6112.41.0020, 6112.41.0030, 6112.41.0040,

6211.11.1010, 6211.11.1020, 6211.12.1010 and 6211.12.1020.

\2\Category 659-V: only HTS numbers 6110.30.1030, 6110.30.1040,

6110.30.2030, 6110.30.2040, 6110.30.3030, 6110.30.3035,

6110.90.9052, 6110.90.9054, 6201.93.2020, 6202.93.2020, 6211.33.0054

and 6211.43.0076.

\3\Category 659-O: all HTS numbers except 6112.31.0010,

6112.31.0020, 6112.41.0010, 6112.41.0020, 6112.41.0030,

6112.41.0040, 6211.11.1010, 6211.11.1020, 6211.12.1010, 6211.12.1020

(Category 659-S); 6110.30.1030, 6110.30.1040, 6110.30.2030,

6110.30.2040, 6110.30.3030, 6110.30.3035, 6110.90.9052,

6110.90.9054, 6201.93.2020, 6202.93.2020, 6211.33.0054 and

6211.43.0076 (Category 659-V).

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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

[[Page 17336]] 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, wool and man-made fiber textile products in the following

categories, produced or manufactured in Singapore 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

Cotton, Wool and Man-Made Fiber Textile Agreement, effected by

exchange of notes dated May 31 and June 5, 1986, as amended and

extended, between the Governments of the United States and the

Republic of Singapore.

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Category Twelve-month restraint limita

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222................................ 405,104 kilograms.

237................................ 241,890 dozen.

239................................ 466,257 kilograms.

331................................ 429,621 dozen pairs.

334................................ 67,047 dozen.

335................................ 201,679 dozen.

338/339............................ 1,154,742 dozen of which not more

than 674,842 dozen shall be in

Category 338 and not more than

750,340 dozen shall be in Category

339.

340................................ 808,149 dozen.

341................................ 203,210 dozen.

342................................ 125,051 dozen.

347/348............................ 943,814 dozen of which not more

than 589,884 dozen shall be in

Category 347 and not more than

458,799 dozen shall be in Category

348.

435................................ 6,658 dozen.

604................................ 844,322 kilograms.

631................................ 468,945 dozen pairs.

634................................ 255,974 dozen.

635................................ 261,948 dozen.

638................................ 940,151 dozen.

639................................ 3,299,258 dozen.

640................................ 172,290 dozen.

641................................ 281,023 dozen.

642................................ 266,382 dozen.

645/646............................ 144,194 dozen.

647................................ 542,852 dozen.

648................................ 1,494,911 dozen.

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

after December 31, 1994.

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. 95-8284 Filed 4-4-95; 8:45 am]

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