Announcement of Import Restraint Limits and Guaranteed Access Levels for Certain Cotton, Wool and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the Dominican Republic

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Announcement of Import Restraint Limits and Guaranteed Access

Levels for Certain Cotton, Wool and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products

Produced or Manufactured in the Dominican Republic

March 30, 1995.

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

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs establishing

limits and guaranteed access levels.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: April 14, 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 Agreements Act, the limits agreed upon by

the Governments of the United States and the Dominican Republic, as

notified to the Uruguay Round Textiles Monitoring Body (TMB), are being

amended 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 TMB contained in the Memorandum of

Understanding (MOU) dated November 15, 1994, between the Governments of

the United States and the Dominican Republic.

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

Commissioner of Customs to establish the limits and guaranteed access

levels for 1995. The limit for Category 448 has been reduced for

carryforward used during 1994.

A description of the textile and apparel categories in terms of HTS

[[Page 17322]] 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).

Requirements for participation in the Special Access Program are

available in Federal Register notices 51 FR 21208, published on June

11, 1986; 52 FR 6594, published on March 4, 1987; 52 FR 26057,

published on July 10, 1987; and 54 FR 50425, published on December 6,

1989.

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: 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 14, 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 the Dominican Republic and

exported during the 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 15, 1994, between the Governments

of the United States and the Dominican Republic.

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Category Restraint limit

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338/638............................ 686,208 dozen.

339/639............................ 816,588 dozen.

340/640............................ 706,414 dozen.

342/642............................ 497,120 dozen.

347/348/647/648.................... 1,691,018 dozen of which not more

than 893,366 shall be in

Categories 647/648.

351/651............................ 846,870 dozen.

433................................ 20,875 dozen.

442................................ 70,875 dozen.

443................................ 129,666 numbers.

444................................ 70,875 numbers.

448................................ 32,185 dozen.

633................................ 103,652 dozen.

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Imports charged to these category limits for the periods January

1, 1994 through December 31, 1994 and December 1, 1994 through

December 31, 1994 (Categories 442 and 444) shall be charged against

those levels of restraint to the extent of any unfilled balances. In

the event the limits established for those periods have been

exhausted by previous entries, such goods shall be subject to the

levels set forth in this directive.

Additionally, pursuant to the Uruguay Round Agreements Act and

the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC), and

under the terms of the Special Access Program, as set forth in 51 FR

21208 (June 11, 1986), 52 FR 26057 (July 10, 1987) and 54 FR 50425

(December 6, 1989), effective on April 14, 1995, guaranteed access

levels are being established for properly certified textile products

assembled in the Dominican Republic from fabric formed and cut in

the United States in cotton, wool and man-made fiber textile

products in the following categories for the period January 1, 1995

through December 31, 1995:

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Category Guaranteed access level

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338/638............................ 1,150,000 dozen.

339/639............................ 1,150,000 dozen.

340/640............................ 1,000,000 dozen.

342/642............................ 1,000,000 dozen.

347/348/647/648.................... 8,050,000 dozen.

351/651............................ 1,000,000 dozen.

433................................ 21,000 dozen.

442................................ 65,000 dozen.

443................................ 50,000 numbers.

444................................ 30,000 numbers.

448................................ 40,000 dozen.

633................................ 60,000 dozen.

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Any shipment for entry under the Special Access Program which is

not accompanied by a valid and correct certification and Export

Declaration in accordance with the provisions of the certification

requirements established in the directive of February 25, 1987, as

amended, shall be denied entry unless the Government of the

Dominican Republic authorizes the entry and any charges to the

appropriate specific limits. Any shipment which is declared for

entry under the Special Access Program but found not to qualify

shall be denied entry into the United States.

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. 95-8296 Filed 4-4-95; 8:45 am]

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