Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Wool Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Ukraine

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Wool Textile

Products Produced or Manufactured in Ukraine

December 2, 2005.

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

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner, Bureau of Customs and

Border Protection establishing limits.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 2006.

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 Bureau of Customs and Border Protection Web site

(http://www.cbp.gov), or call (202) 344-2650. For information on

embargoes and quota re-openings, refer to the Office of Textiles and

Apparel Web site at http://otexa.ita.doc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Authority: Section 204 of the Agricultural Act of 1956, as

amended (7 U.S.C. 1854); Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as

amended.

The Bilateral Textile Agreement of July 22, 1998, as amended and

extended by exchange of notes on November 19, 2004, December 31, 2004,

and February 7, 2005, between the Governments of the United States and

Ukraine establishes limits for certain wool textile products, produced

or manufactured in Ukraine and exported during the period beginning on

January 1, 2006 and extending through December 31, 2006.

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

Commissioner, Bureau of Customs and Border Protection to establish the

2006 limits. The limit for Category 435 is being reduced for

carryforward applied to the 2005 limit.

These limits may be revised if Ukraine becomes a member of the

World Trade Organization (WTO) and the United States applies the WTO

agreement to Ukraine.

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 (refer to the

Office of Textiles and Apparel Web site at http://otexa.ita.doc.gov).

James C. Leonard III,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

December 2, 2005.

Commissioner,

Bureau of Customs and Border Protection, Washington, DC 20229.

Dear Commissioner: Pursuant to section 204 of the Agricultural

Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1854); Executive Order 11651 of

March 3, 1972, as amended; and the Bilateral Textile Agreement of

July 22, 1998, as amended and extended by exchange of notes on

November 19, 2004, December 31, 2004, and February 7, 2005, between

the Governments of the United States and Ukraine, you are directed

to prohibit, effective on January 1, 2006, entry into the United

States for consumption and withdrawal from warehouse for consumption

of wool textile products in the following categories, produced or

manufactured in Ukraine and exported during the twelve-month period

beginning on January 1, 2006 and extending through December 31,

2006, in excess of the following levels of restraint:

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Category Twelve-month limit

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435....................................... 103,680 dozen.

442....................................... 17,575 dozen.

444....................................... 76,158 numbers.

448....................................... 76,158 dozen.

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The limits set forth above are subject to adjustment pursuant to

the current bilateral

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agreement between the Governments of the United States and Ukraine.

These limits may be revised if Ukraine becomes a member of the

World Trade Organization (WTO) and the United States applies the WTO

agreement to Ukraine.

Products in the above categories exported during 2005 shall be

charged to the applicable category limits for that year (see

directive dated February 17, 2005) to the extent of any unfilled

balances. In the event the limits established for that period have

been exhausted by previous entries, such products shall be charged

to the limits set forth in this directive.

In carrying out the above directions, the Commissioner, Bureau

of Customs and Border Protection 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,

James C. Leonard III,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

FR Doc. E5-7078 Filed 12-7-05; 8:45 am]

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