Announcement of Import Restraint Limits Certain Cotton, Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the United Arab Emirates

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Announcement of Import Restraint Limits Certain Cotton, Man-Made

Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textile Products Produced

or Manufactured in the United Arab Emirates

March 30, 1995.

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

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs establishing

and adjusting limits.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: April 21, 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).

The Bilateral Textile Agreement, effected by exchange of notes

dated January 26, 1991 and February 5, 1991, as amended and extended,

between the Governments of the United States and the United Arab

Emirates establishes limits for the period beginning on January 1, 1995

and extending through December 31, 1995. The limits for Categories 226/

313, 326, 334/634, 335/635/835, 351/651, 363, 369-O, 369-S and 647/648

have been reduced for carryforward used during 1994. [[Page 17340]]

These limits will be subject to revision pursuant to the Uruguay

Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC) on the date that the

United Arab Emirates becomes a member of the World Trade Organization.

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

Commissioner of Customs to establish the 1995 limits. The 1995 levels

for Categories 315 and 361 are zero.

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 notices 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 bilateral agreement, 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: Under the terms of section 204 of the

Agricultural Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1854); pursuant to

the Bilateral Textile Agreement, effected by exchange of notes dated

January 26, 1991 and February 5, 1991, as amended and extended,

between the Governments of the United States and the United Arab

Emirates; and in accordance with the provisions of Executive Order

11651 of March 3, 1972, as amended and extended, you are directed to

prohibit, effective on April 21, 1995, entry into the United States

for consumption and withdrawal from warehouse for consumption of

cotton, man-made fiber, silk blend and other vegetable fiber

textiles and textile products in the following categories, produced

or manufactured in the United Arab Emirates and exported during the

twelve-month period beginning on January 1, 1995 and extending

through December 31, 1995, in excess of the following levels of

restraint:

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Category Twelve-month restraint limit\1\

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219................................ 984,967 square meters.

226/313............................ 1,509,052 square meters.

315................................ -0-.

317................................ 27,171,497 square meters.

326................................ 1,483,973 square meters.

334/634............................ 189,372 dozen.

335/635/835........................ 128,611 dozen.

336/636............................ 173,969 dozen.

338/339............................ 496,482 dozen of which not more

than 330,987 dozen shall be in

Categories 338-S/339-S\2\.

340/640............................ 307,792 dozen.

341/641............................ 269,519 dozen.

342/642............................ 214,117 dozen.

347/348............................ 368,815 dozen of which not more

than 184,407 dozen shall be in

Categories 347-T/348-T\3\.

351/651............................ 145,185 dozen.

352................................ 283,704 dozen.

361................................ -0-.

363................................ 5,000,000 numbers.

369-O\4\........................... 500,572 kilograms.

369-S\5\........................... 68,857 kilograms.

638/639............................ 200,734 dozen.

647/648............................ 271,433 dozen.

847................................ 180,660 dozen.

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

after December 31, 1994.

\2\Category 338-S: only HTS numbers 6103.22.0050, 6105.10.0010,

6105.10.0030, 6105.90.8010, 6109.10.0027, 6110.20.1025, 6110.20.2040,

6110.20.2065, 6110.90.9068, 6112.11.0030 and 6114.20.0005; Category

339-S: only HTS numbers 6104.22.0060, 6104.29.2049, 6106.10.0010,

6106.10.0030, 6106.90.2510, 6106.90.3010, 6109.10.0070, 6110.20.1030,

6110.20.2045, 6110.20.2075, 6110.90.9070, 6112.11.0040, 6114.20.0010

and 6117.90.9020.

\3\Category 347-T: only HTS numbers 6103.19.2015, 6103.19.9020,

6103.22.0030, 6103.42.1020, 6103.42.1040, 6103.49.8010, 6112.11.0050,

6113.00.9038, 6203.19.1020, 6203.19.9020, 6203.22.3020, 6203.42.4005,

6203.42.4010, 6203.42.4015, 6203.42.4025, 6203.42.4035, 6203.42.4045,

6203.49.8020, 6210.40.9033, 6211.20.1520, 6211.20.3810 and

6211.32.0040; Category 348-T: only HTS numbers 6104.12.0030,

6104.19.8030, 6104.22.0040, 6104.29.2034, 6104.62.2010, 6104.62.2025,

6104.69.8022, 6112.11.0060, 6113.00.9042, 6117.90.9060, 6204.12.0030,

6204.19.8030, 6204.22.3040, 6204.29.4034, 6204.62.3000, 6204.62.4005,

6204.62.4010, 6204.62.4020, 6204.62.4030, 6204.62.4040, 6204.62.4050,

6204.69.6010, 6204.69.9010, 6210.50.9060, 6211.20.1550, 6211.20.6810,

6211.42.0030 and 6217.90.9050.

\4\Category 369-O: all HTS numbers except 6307.10.2005 (Category 369-S).

\5\Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.

Imports charged to these category limits for the periods

December 27, 1992 through December 31, 1994 (Category 219), March 1,

1993 through December 31, 1994 (Categories 226/313), July 28, 1993

through December 31, 1994 (Category 317), October 28, 1993 through

December 31, 1994 (Categories 326, 335/635/835 and 369-S), and

January 1, 1994 and extending through December 31, 1994 (remaining

categories) 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.

Should the United Arab Emirates become a member of the World

Trade Organization (WTO), the limits set forth above will be subject

to adjustment in the future pursuant to the Uruguay Round Agreement

on Textiles and Clothing 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. 95-8297 Filed 4-4-95; 8:45 am]

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