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 Macau

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 Macau

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: Helen L. LeGrande, 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) 927-6709. 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 Macau, 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 and contained in the Bilateral

Cotton, Wool, Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber

Textile Agreement, effected by exchange of notes dated March 29, 1994

and May 21, 1994, between the Governments of the United States and

Macau.

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 237,

331/831, 631, 652/852, 670 and 845/846, produced or manufactured in

Macau and exported during the period January 1, 1995 through

December 31, 1995 (see directive dated December 12, 1994).

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, wool, man-made

fiber, silk blend and other vegetable fiber textiles and textile

products in the following categories, produced or manufactured in

Macau 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, Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other

Vegetable Fiber Textile Agreement, effected by exchange of notes

dated December 28, 1993 and January 9, 1984, as amended and

extended, between the Governments of the United States and Macau.

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Category Twelve-month restraint limit\1\

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Levels in Group I

219................................ 2,520,000 square meters.

225................................ 8,820,000 square meters.

313................................ 6,300,000 square meters.

314................................ 1,050,000 square meters.

315................................ 3,150,000 square meters.

317................................ 6,300,000 square meters.

326................................ 2,520,000 square meters.

333/334/335/833/834/835............ 227,432 dozen of which not more

than 119,802 dozen shall be in

Categories 333/335/833/835.

336/836............................ 53,906 dozen.

338................................ 292,781 dozen.

339................................ 1,226,359 dozen.

340................................ 277,118 dozen.

341................................ 178,735 dozen.

342................................ 80,859 dozen.

345................................ 49,443 dozen.

347/348/847........................ 693,007 dozen.

350/850............................ 53,906 dozen.

351/851............................ 64,688 dozen.

359-C/659-C\2\..................... 323,438 kilograms.

359-V\3\........................... 107,813 kilograms.

611................................ 2,520,000 square meters.

625/626/627/628/629................ 6,300,000 square meters.

633/634/635........................ 481,605 dozen.

638/639/838........................ 1,499,730 dozen.

640................................ 106,632 dozen.

641/840............................ 183,273 dozen.

642/842............................ 106,776 dozen.

645/646............................ 249,956 dozen.

647/648............................ 504,237 dozen.

659-S\4\........................... 107,813 kilograms.

Group II

400-469, as a group................ 1,466,122 square meters equivalent.

Sublevel in Group II...............

445/446............................ 79,041 dozen.

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

after December 31, 1994.

\2\Category 359-C: only HTS numbers 6103.42.2025, 6103.49.8034,

6104.62.1020, 6104.69.8010, 6114.20.0048, 6114.20.0052, 6203.42.2010,

6203.42.2090, 6204.62.2010, 6211.32.0010, 6211.32.0025 and

6211.42.0010; Category 659-C: only HTS numbers 6103.23.0055,

6103.43.2020, 6103.43.2025, 6103.49.2000, 6103.49.8038, 6104.63.1020,

6104.63.1030, 6104.69.1000, 6104.69.8014, 6114.30.3044, 6114.30.3054,

6203.43.2010, 6203.43.2090, 6203.49.1010, 6203.49.1090, 6204.63.1510,

6204.69.1010, 6210.10.9010, 6211.33.0010, 6211.33.0017 and

6211.43.0010.

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\3\Category 359-V: only HTS numbers 6103.19.2030, 6103.19.9030,

6104.12.0040, 6104.19.8040, 6110.20.1022, 6110.20.1024, 6110.20.2030,

6110.20.2035, 6110.90.9044, 6110.90.9046, 6201.92.2010, 6202.92.2020,

6203.19.1030, 6203.19.9030, 6204.12.0040, 6204.19.8040, 6211.32.0070

and 6211.42.0070.

\4\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.

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 ATC and any administrative arrangements

notified to the Textiles Monitoring Body.

The conversion factor (square meters equivalent/category unit)

for Categories 445/446 is 12.4.

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. 95-8285 Filed 4-4-95; 8:45 am]

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