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

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool,

Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textiles and

Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Mauritius

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: Jennifer Aldrich, 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 Mauritius, 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 Bilateral Cotton, Wool, Man-Made Fiber, Silk

Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textile Agreement, effected by exchange

of notes dated October 2 and 5, 1981, as amended and extended, between

the Governments of the United States and Mauritius.

A directive to reduce the limits for certain categories for

carryforward used during 1994 will be published in the Federal Register

at a later date.

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,

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 28, 1995, entry into the United States

for consumption and withdrawal from warehouse for consumption of

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

textiles and textile products in the following categories, produced

or manufactured in Mauritius and exported during the twelve-month

period beginning on January 1, 1995 and extending through December

31, 1995, in excess of the following lilmits. These limits supersede

those contained in the Bilateral Cotton, Wool, Man-Made Fiber, Silk

Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textile Agreement, effected by

exchange of notes dated October 2 and 5, 1981, as amended and

extended, between the Governments of the United States and

Mauritius.

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Category Twelve-month restraint limit\1\

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Knit group

345, 438, 445, 446, 645 and 646, as 143,604 dozen.

a group.

Levels not in a group

237................................ 185,185 dozen.

335/835............................ 73,612 dozen.

336................................ 86,624 dozen.

338/339............................ 346,790 dozen.

340/640............................ 564,375 dozen of which not more

than 343,549 dozen shall be in

Categories 340-Y/640-Y\2\.

341/641............................ 390,955 dozen.

347/348............................ 729,977 dozen.

351/651............................ 171,681 dozen.

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352/652............................ 1,455,855 dozen of which not more

than 1,237,478 dozen shall be in

Category 352.

442................................ 11,510 dozen.

604-A\3\........................... 343,201 kilograms.

638/639............................ 398,809 dozen.

647/648/847........................ 537,769 dozen.

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

after December 31, 1994.

\2\Category 340-Y: only HTS numbers 6205.20.2015, 6205.20.2020,

6205.20.2046, 6205.20.2050 and 6205.20.2060; Category 640-Y: only HTS

numbers 6205.30.2010, 6205.30.2020, 6205.30.2050 and 6205.30.2060.

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

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 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. 95-8298 Filed 4-4-95; 8:45 am]

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