Amendment and Elimination of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool, Man-Made Fiber and Other Vegetable Fiber Textiles and Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Jamaica

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Amendment and Elimination of Import Restraint Limits for Certain

Cotton, Wool, Man-Made Fiber and Other Vegetable Fiber Textiles and

Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Jamaica

March 30, 1995.

AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs amending and

eliminating limits pursuant to the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles

and Clothing (ATC).

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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 [[Page 17327]] Agreements Act, the limits

agreed upon by the Governments of the United States and Jamaica, 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. Since Jamaica is now a member

of the World Trade Organization (WTO), the limits published in the

Federal Register on December 6, 1994 (60 FR 62717) are being amended.

Pursuant to the ATC, these new limits supersede those notified to the

TMB contained in the Bilateral Cotton, Wool, Man-Made Fiber Textile

Agreement of August 27, 1986, as amended and extended, and the

Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) dated November 8, 1983 between the

Governments of the United States and Jamaica.

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). Also see

59 FR 62717, published on December 6, 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: This directive amends, but does not cancel,

the directive issued to you on November 29, 1994, by the Chairman,

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That

directive concerns imports of certain cotton, wool, man-made fiber

and other vegetable fiber textiles and textile products, produced or

manufactured in Jamaica and exported during the twelve-month period

beginning on January 1, 1995 and extending through December 31,

1995.

Effective on April 10, 1995, you are directed, pursuant to the

Uruguay Round Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round Agreement on

Textiles and Clothing (ATC), to increase the limits for the

categories listed below. Also, you are directed to eliminate the

limits and import charges for Categories 336/636, 342/642 and 447.

These limits supersede those contained in the Bilateral Cotton,

Wool, Man-Made Fiber Textile Agreement of August 27, 1986, as

amended and extended, and the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)

dated November 8, 1983 between the Governments of the United States

and Jamaica.

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Category Twelve-month restraint limit\1\

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331/631.......................... 537,500 dozen pairs.

338/339/638/639.................. 1,059,810 dozen.

340/640.......................... 495,594 dozen of which not more than

419,350 dozen shall be in shirts

made from fabrics with two or more

colors in the warp and/or the

filling in Categories 340-Y/640-

Y\2\.

341/641.......................... 622,315 dozen.

345/845.......................... 153,558 dozen.

347/348/647/648.................. 1,143,932 dozen.

352/652.......................... 1,709,250 dozen.

445/446.......................... 51,020 dozen.

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

after December 31, 1994.

\2\Category 340-Y: only HTS numbers 6205.20.2015, 6205.20.2020,

6205.20.2046, 6205.20.2050 and 6205.20.2060; Category 640-Y: only HTS

numbers 6205.30.2010, 6205.30.2020, 6205.30.2050 and 6205.30.2060.

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 guaranteed access levels remain unchanged.

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. 95-8288 Filed 4-4-95; 8:45 am]

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