Amendment and Establishment of Import Restraint Limits and Restraint Periods for Certain Cotton, Wool and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the Federative Republic of Brazil

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Amendment and Establishment of Import Restraint Limits and

Restraint Periods for Certain Cotton, Wool and Man-Made Fiber Textile

Products Produced or Manufactured in the Federative Republic of Brazil

March 30, 1995.

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

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

establishing limits and restraint periods.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: April 7, 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 Agreements Act, the current restraint period

agreed upon by the Governments of the United States and the Federative

Republic of Brazil is being amended and new limits are being

established 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 Uruguay Round Textiles Monitoring Body

(TMB) contained in the Bilateral Textile Agreement, effected by

exchange of notes dated May 4, 1994 and June 27, 1994, between the

Governments of the United States and the Federative Republic of Brazil.

In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the

Commissioner of Customs to amend the current restraint period and

establish new limits for the period beginning on April 1, 1994 and

extending through December 31, 1994 and the period beginning on January

1, 1995 and extending through December 31, 1995. The limits for

Categories 218, 219, 225, 300/301, 338/339/638/639, 347/348, 350 and

369-D for the April 1, 1994 through December 31, 1994 period have been

adjusted, variously, for swing, carryforward and carryover. The 1995

limits for Categories 219, 225 and 350 have been reduced for

carryforward used during the April 1, 1994 through December 31, 1994

period.

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 13308, published on March 21, 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 March 16, 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 Brazil and

exported during the twelve-month period which began on April 1, 1994

and extends through March 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 amend the restraint period to end on

December 31, 1994 at the limits listed below. These limits supersede

those contained in the Bilateral Textile Agreement, effected by

exchange of notes dated May 4, 1994 and June 27, 1994, between the

Governments of the United States and the Federative Republic of

Brazil.

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Category Nine-month restraint limit\1\

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Aggregate Limit

200-239, 300-369, 400- 289,042,868 square meters equivalent.

469 and 600-670, as a

group.

Sublevels in the

aggregate

218.................... 4,163,080 square meters.

219.................... 13,351,805 square meters.

225.................... 6,974,048 square meters.

300/301................ 5,646,093 kilograms.

313.................... 28,985,329 square meters.

314.................... 4,892,509 square meters.

315.................... 14,677,526 square meters.

317/326................ 13,343,204 square meters.

334/335................ 95,749 dozen.

336.................... 53,195 dozen.

338/339/638/639........ 1,120,275 dozen.

342/642................ 281,930 dozen.

347/348................ 809,089 dozen.

350.................... 113,722 dozen.

361.................... 723,445 numbers.

363.................... 15,440,057 numbers.

369-D\2\............... 403,475 kilograms.

410/624................ 7,116,377 square meters of which not more than

1,930,456 square meters shall be in Category

410.

433.................... 13,400 dozen.

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445/446................ 52,496 dozen.

604.................... 337,800 kilograms of which not more than

258,176 kilograms shall be in Category 604-

A\3\.

607.................... 3,136,720 kilograms.

647/648................ 319,167 dozen.

669-P\4\............... 1,149,503 kilograms.

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

after March 31, 1993.

\2\Category 369-D: only HTS numbers 6302.60.0010, 6302.91.0005 and

6302.91.0045.

\3\Category 604-A: only HTS number 5509.32.0000.

\4\Category 669-P: only HTS numbers 6305.31.0010, 6305.31.0020 and

6305.39.0000.

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

7, 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 Brazil and exported during the twelve-month period

which began on January 1, 1995 and extends through December 31,

1995, in excess of the following limits. These limits supersede

those contained in the Bilateral Textile Agreement, effected by

exchange of notes dated May 4, 1994 and June 27, 1994, between the

Governments of the United States and the Federative Republic of

Brazil.

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Category Twelve-month restraint limit\1\

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Aggregate Limit

200-239, 300-369, 400- 406,380,457 square meters equivalent.

469 and 600-670, as a

group.

Sublevels in the

aggregate

218.................... 5,002,642 square meters.

219.................... 17,457,739 square meters.

225.................... 8,381,013 square meters.

300/301................ 6,784,733 kilograms.

313.................... 42,013,307 square meters.

314.................... 6,878,634 square meters.

315.................... 20,635,901 square meters.

317/326................ 18,759,908 square meters.

334/335................ 134,618 dozen.

336.................... 74,789 dozen.

338/339/638/639........ 1,346,200 dozen.

342/642................ 396,380 dozen.

347/348................ 972,256 dozen.

350.................... 144,400 dozen.

361.................... 1,017,129 numbers.

363.................... 21,707,981 numbers.

369-D\2\............... 484,843 kilograms.

410/624................ 10,005,285 square meters of which not more than

2,597,354 square meters shall be in Category

410.

433.................... 18,030 dozen.

445/446................ 70,632 dozen.

604.................... 474,931 kilograms of which not more than

362,984 kilograms shall be in Category 604-

A\3\.

607.................... 4,410,078 kilograms.

647/648................ 448,734 dozen.

669-P\4\............... 1,616,145 kilograms.

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

after December 31, 1994.

\2\Category 369-D: only HTS numbers 6302.60.0010, 6302.91.0005 and

6302.91.0045.

\3\Category 604-A: only HTS number 5509.32.0000.

\4\Category 669-P: only HTS numbers 6305.31.0010, 6305.31.0020 and

6305.39.0000.

Imports charged to these category limits for the period April 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 1995 levels set

forth in this directive.

The conversion factor for Categories 338/339/638/639 is 10

square meters per dozen.

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. 95-8290 Filed 4-4-95; 8:45 am]

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