Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool and Man-Made Fiber Textiles and Textile Products and Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Apparel Produced or Manufactured in Malaysia

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool

and Man-Made Fiber Textiles and Textile Products and Silk Blend and

Other Vegetable Fiber Apparel Produced or Manufactured in Malaysia

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 28, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ross Arnold, 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) 927-6712. 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 Malaysia, 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 contained in the Memorandum of

Understanding (MOU) dated November 3, 1994 between the Governments of

the United States and Malaysia.

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,

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: 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 28, 1995, entry into the United States

for consumption and withdrawal from warehouse for consumption of

cotton, wool and man-made fiber textiles and textile products and

silk blend and other vegetable fiber apparel in the following

categories, produced or manufactured in Malaysia 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 Memorandum of Understanding

(MOU) dated November 3, 1994 between the Governments of the United

States and Malaysia.

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Category Twelve-month restraint limit\1\

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Fabric Group

218, 219, 220, 225-227, 313-315, 99,498,880 square meters.

317, 326, 611, 613/614/615/617,

619 and 620, as a group.

Sublevels within the group

218............................... 5,708,757 square meters.

219............................... 27,655,755 square meters.

220............................... 27,655,755 square meters.

225............................... 27,655,755 square meters.

226............................... 27,655,755 square meters.

227............................... 27,655,755 square meters.

313............................... 32,983,928 square meters.

314............................... 39,682,160 square meters.

315............................... 27,655,755 square meters.

317............................... 27,655,755 square meters.

326............................... 5,348,000 square meters.

611............................... 3,208,800 square meters.

613/614/615/617................... 31,745,728 square meters.

619............................... 4,278,400 square meters.

620............................... 5,348,000 square meters.

Other Specific Limits

200............................... 240,736 kilograms.

237............................... 323,908 dozen.

300/301........................... 2,553,268 kilograms.

331/631........................... 1,753,036 dozen pairs.

333/334/335/835................... 201,037 dozen of which not more than

120,622 dozen shall be in Category

333 and not more than 120,622 dozen

shall be in Category 835.

336/636........................... 390,315 dozen.

338/339........................... 967,685 dozen.

340/640........................... 1,127,165 dozen.

341/641........................... 1,460,848 dozen of which not more

than 521,158 dozen shall be in

Category 341.

342/642/842....................... 349,905 dozen.

345............................... 134,176 dozen.

347/348........................... 410,107 dozen.

350/650........................... 126,189 dozen.

351/651........................... 217,118 dozen.

363............................... 3,401,328 numbers.

435............................... 14,871 dozen.

438-W\2\.......................... 12,170 dozen.

442............................... 18,123 dozen.

445/446........................... 28,767 dozen.

604............................... 1,119,551 kilograms.

634/635........................... 681,820 dozen.

638/639........................... 401,644 dozen.

645/646........................... 307,202 dozen.

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647/648........................... 1,445,654 dozen of which not more

than 1,011,957 dozen shall be in

Category 647-K\3\ and not more than

1,011,957 dozen shall be in

Category 648-K\4\.

Group II

201, 222-224, 229, 239, 330, 332, 38,884,834 square meters equivalent.

349, 352-354, 359-362, 369, 400-

434, 436, 438-O\5\, 439, 440,

443, 444, 447, 448, 459, 464-469,

600-603, 606, 607, 618, 621, 622,

624-630, 632, 633, 643, 644, 649,

652-654, 659, 665-670, 831-834,

836, 838, 839, 840 and 843-859,

as a group.

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

after December 31, 1994.

\2\Category 438-W: only HTS numbers 6104.21.0060, 6104.23.0020,

6104.29.2051, 6106.20.1010, 6106.20.1020, 6106.90.1010, 6106.90.1020,

6106.90.2520, 6106.90.3020, 6109.90.1540, 6109.90.8020, 6110.10.2080,

6110.30.1560, 6110.90.9074 and 6114.10.0040.

\3\Category 647-K: only HTS numbers 6103.23.0040, 6103.23.0045,

6103.29.1020, 6103.29.1030, 6103.43.1520, 6103.43.1540, 6103.43.1550,

6103.43.1570, 6103.49.1020, 6103.49.1060, 6103.49.8014, 6112.12.0050,

6112.19.1050, 6112.20.1060 and 6113.00.9044.

\4\Category 648-K: only HTS numbers 6104.23.0032, 6104.23.0034,

6104.29.1030, 6104.29.1040, 6104.29.2038, 6104.63.2010, 6104.63.2025,

6104.63.2030, 6104.63.2060, 6104.69.2030, 6104.69.2060, 6104.69.8026,

6112.12.0060, 6112.19.1060, 6112.20.1070, 6113.00.9052 and

6117.90.9070.

\5\Category 438-O: only HTS numbers 6103.21.0050, 6103.23.0025,

6105.20.1000, 6105.90.1000, 6105.90.8020, 6109.90.1520, 6110.10.2070,

6110.30.1550, 6110.90.9072, 6114.10.0020 and 6117.90.9025.

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. 95-8293 Filed 4-4-95; 8:45 am]

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