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Federal Register ./ Vol. 51, No. 119 / Friday, June 20, 1980 / Notices 22539 Accordingly, no further processing of this application shall occur. Schedules of the United States Annotated (1986). Category Twotvo-month restraint tovel (Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Program No. 11.105, Importation of Duty-Free Educational and Scientific Materials) Anyone wishing to comment or provide data or information regarding the treatment of Categories 300/301 and 4,095.573 pounds. 669-S.................................. ........... 711.703 pounds. Frank W. Creel, Director. Statutory Import Programs Staff. |FR Doc. 86-14009 Filed 6-19-88: 8:45 am) BILUNO CODE J510-O3-M 659-S under the agreement with the People's Republic of China, or on any other aspect thereof, or to comment on domestic production or availability of textile products included.in these The United States Government has decided, pending a mutually satisfactory solution, to control imports of textile products in Categories 300/301 and 659S exported during the ninety-day period categories, is Invited to submit such at the levels described above. The COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS comments or information in ten copies to Mr. William H. Houston III, Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements, United States remains committed to finding a solution concerning these categories. Should such a solution be reached in consultations with the Requesting Public Comment on Bilateral Textile Consultations with the Government of the People's Republic of China Concerning Cotton and Man- International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington. DC 20230. Because the exact timing of the consultations is not yet certain, Government of the People's Republic of China, further notice will be published in the Federal Register. In the event the limits established for Made Fiber Textile Products comments should be submitted Categories 300/301 and 659-S for the June 13.1986. promptly. Comments or information ninety-day period are exceeded, such submitted in response to this notice will excess amounts, if allowed to enter at The Chairman of the Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA), under the authority contained in E.0.11651 of March 3,1972, be available for public inspection in Ihe Office of Textiles and Apparel, Room 3100, U.S. Department of Commerce. 14th and Constilulion Avenue, NW., the end of the restraint period, shall be charged to the levels defined in Ihe agreement for the subsequent twelvemonth period. as amended, has issued the directive Washington, DC, and may be obtained SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On published below to the Commissioner of Customs to be effective on June 20.1986. For further information contact Diana Solkoff, International Trade Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of Commerce, (202) 3774212. Background ' On May 30,1986, pursuant to the terms of the Bilateral Cotton, Wool and upon written request. Further comment may be invited regarding particular comments or information received from the public which the Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements considers appropriate for further ' consideration. The solicitation.of comments regarding any aspect of the agreement December 30,1985 a letter to the Commissioner of Customs was published in the Federal Register (50 FR 53182)-- from the Chairman of the Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements which established restraint limits for certain categories of cotton, wool and man-made fiber textile products, produced or manufactured in the People's Republic of China and exported during 1988. The notice which Man-Made Fiber Textile Agreement of or the implementation thereof is not a preceded that letter referred to the August 19,1983, as amended, between waiver in any respect of the exemption consultation mechanism which applies the Coverments of the United-States and contained in 5 U.S.C. 553(a)(1) relating to categories of textile products under the People's Republic of China, the to matters which constitute "a foreign the bilateral agreement, such as- . Government of the United States affairs function of the United States." Categories 300/301 and 659-S which are requested consultations concerning imports into the United States of cotton and man-made fiber textile products in Category 300/301 (combed and carded cotton yams) and Category 659-S (man made fiber swimwear--only TSUSA Numbers 381.2340, 381.3170, 381.9100, 381.9570, 384.1920, 384.2339, 384,8300, 384.8400, 384.9353). produced or manufactured in China and exported to the United States. Pursuant to the terms of the bilateral agreement, the People's Republic of China is obligated under the consultation provision to limit its exports to the United States of cotton ' and man-made fiber textile products in the following categories during the ninety-day period which began on May 30,1988 and extends through August 27, 1986 to the indicated levels: not subject to specific ceilings and.for which levels may be established during the year. In the letter to the Commissioner of Customs which follows this notice, ninety-day levels are established for these categories. Leonard A. Mobley, Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. China--Market Statement Summary market concerning these categories follow this notice. A description of the textile categories in terms of T.S.U.S.A. numbers was published in the Federal Register on December 13.1982 (47 FR 55709). as amended on April 7,1983 (48 FR 15175). May 3,1983 (48 FR 19924), December 14, 1983 (48 FR 55607), December 30,1983 (48 FR 57584), April 4.1984 (49 FR 13397). June 28,1984 (49 FR 26622), )uly 16,1984 (49 FR 28754), November 9,1984 (49 FR 44782), and in Statistical Category Nlnoty-day restraint level 300/301_____________ ____ -........ 1,497.603 pounds. ' 659-S..... ..... ....................... -- ... 323.289 pounds. The People's Republic of China is also obligated under the bilateral agreement, if no mutually satisfactory solution is reached during consultations, to limit its exports to the United States during Ihe twelve-months following the ninety-day consultation period (August 28,1988- Categories 300/301--Cotton Sales Yarn May 1966. Summary and conclusions United Stales Imports of cotton yarns-- Category 300/301--from China during year ending March 1986 were 4!3 million pounds, a substantial increase over the 53.766 pounds Imported a year earlier. There were only 18,194 pounds imported from China in 1983: however, in 1985 China became Ihe fifth largest supplier of these cotton yarns. During 1965. 89 percent of the imports from China in Categories 300/301 were combed, Headnote 5, Schedule 3 of the Tariff August 27,1987) to the indicated levels: cotton/polyester yarns. China's trade GLEASON-000804