Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Kenya

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton and

Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Kenya

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 14, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Helen L. LeGrande, 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 Republic of Kenya, 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 Textile

Agreement, effected by exchange of notes dated August 23, 1994 and

October 25, 1994, between the Governments of the United States and the

Republic of Kenya.

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 14, 1995, entry into the United States

for consumption and withdrawal from warehouse for consumption of

cotton and man-made fiber textile products in the following

categories, produced or manufactured in Kenya 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 [[Page 17328]] those contained in the Bilateral

Textile Agreement, effected by exchange of notes dated August 23,

1994 and October 25, 1994, between the Governments of the United

States and the Republic of Kenya.

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Category Twelve-month restraint limit\1\

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340/640............................ 387,000 dozen.

360................................ 2,795,000 numbers.

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

after December 31, 1994.

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. 95-8299 Filed 4-4-95; 8:45 am]

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