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

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Amendment of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool and

Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Costa Rica

March 30, 1995.

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

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs revising

limits pursuant to the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing

(ATC).

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EFFECTIVE DATE: April 7, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anne Novak, 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 Costa Rica, 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 Costa Rica is now a member

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

Federal Register on December 6, 1994 (60 FR 62715) are being amended.

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

TMB contained in the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) dated December

23, 1993 between the Governments of the United States and Costa Rica.

The guaranteed access levels remain unchanged.

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 62715, 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 and man-made

fiber textile products, produced or manufactured in Costa Rica and

exported during the period beginning on January 1, 1995 and

extending through December 31, 1995.

Effective on April 7, 1995, you are directed, pursuant to the

Uruguay Round Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round Agreement on

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

following categories. These limits supersede those contained in the

Memorandum of Understanding dated December 23, 1993 between the

Governments of the United States and Costa Rica.

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Category Twelve-month limit\1\

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340/640............................ 827,190 dozen.

342/642............................ 305,362 dozen.

347/348............................ 1,393,997 dozen.

443................................ 206,570 numbers.

447................................ 11,138 dozen.

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

after December 31, 1994.

The guaranteed access levels remain unchanged.

The limits set forth above are subject to adjustment in the

future pursuant to the provisions of the ATC and any administrative

arrangement notified to the Textiles Monitoring Body.

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. 95-8289 Filed 4-4-95; 8:45 am]

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