COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Release from Embargo of Certain Chinese Textiles and Apparel Goods that were Entered for Warehouse, Sent to General Order, or Admitted to a Foreign Trade Zone, Before November 8, 2005

 
Pursuant to the Memorandum of Understanding between the Governments of the United States of America and the People's 
Republic of China Concerning Trade in Textile and Apparel Products, signed and dated November 8, 2005 ("Memorandum 
of Understanding"), CITA directs the U.S. Bureau of Customs and Border Protection to allow entry of certain goods 
in embargo. 

In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the Commissioner, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 
to allow entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption, from November 28 through December 2, 2005, of all 
Chinese origin goods that (1) currently are in a bonded warehouse within the customs territory of the United States 
or in a foreign trade zone established under the Foreign Trade Zones Act of 1934, as amended (19 U.S.C. S 81a, 
et seq.); (2) were entered for warehouse or sent to General Order within the customs territory of the United States, 
or admitted to a foreign trade zone established under the Foreign Trade Zones Act of 1934, as amended, before 
November 8, 2005; and (3) were, at the time of export from China, subject to a quantitative restraint for one of 
the categories listed below, due to the application of Paragraph 242 of the Report of the Working Party for the 
Accession of China to the World Trade Organization. 


Category 
Restraint Period 
 

338/339 
May 23, 2005 - December 31, 2005 
 

347/348 
May 23, 2005 - December 31, 2005 
 

352/652 
May 23, 2005 - December 31, 2005 
 

638/639 
May 27, 2005 - December 31, 2005 
 

647/648 
May 27, 2005 - December 31, 2005 
 
 
This release of certain embargoed goods excludes socks in categories 332/432/632part.  See Memorandum of Understanding
footnote 3.  Shipments allowed entry pursuant to the directive below will not be subject to staged entry limits. 

Any other shipments of goods from China subject to the quantitative restraints for the categories and restraint periods
above, or to other quantitative restraints for goods exported from China prior to January 1, 2006, shall remain subject 
to the restraints previously established, and to staged entry procedures as laid out in the directives dated 
April 21, 2005, and November 4, 2005.  This includes socks and other categories not listed above, and any shipment 
exported from China on or after November 8, 2005. Shipments of any Chinese-origin textile or apparel goods exported 
before January 1, 2006 are not subject to the quantitative restraints established in Annex I of the Memorandum of 
Understanding of November 8, 2005.  CITA will publish instructions to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection concerning 
those restraints in a separate notice.  

   
   
James C. Leonard III, 
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. 
 


Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
Commissioner,
Bureau of Customs and Border Protection, Washington, DC  20229.
Dear Commissioner:  Pursuant to the Memorandum of Understanding between the Governments of the United States of America 
and the People's Republic of China, Concerning Trade in Textiles and Apparel Products, dated November 8, 2005, you are 
directed, effective on November 28, 2005, and for the period November 28, 2005 through December 2, 2005, to allow entry, 
or withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption Chinese origin goods that (1) currently are in a bonded warehouse within 
the customs territory of the United States or in a foreign trade zone established under the Foreign Trade Zones Act of 
1934, as amended (19 U.S.C. S 81a, et seq.), and (2) were entered for warehouse or sent to General Order within the 
customs territory of the United States, or admitted to a foreign trade zone established under the Foreign Trade Zones 
Act of 1934, as amended, before November 8, 2005; and (3) were, at the time of export from China, subject to a 
quantitative restraint for one of the categories listed below, due to the application of Paragraph 242 of the Report 
of the Working Party for the Accession of China to the World Trade Organization. 


Category 
Restraint Period 
 

338/339 
May 23, 2005 - December 31, 2005 
 

347/348 
May 23, 2005 - December 31, 2005 
 

352/652 
May 23, 2005 - December 31, 2005 
 

638/639 
May 27, 2005 - December 31, 2005 
 

647/648 
May 27, 2005 - December 31, 2005 
 
 
Shipments allowed entry pursuant to this directive will not be subject to staged entry limits.  Any other shipments of 
goods from China subject to the quantitative restraints for the categories and restraint periods above, or to other 
quantitative restraints for goods exported from China prior to January 1, 2006, shall remain subject to the restraints 
previously established, and to staged entry procedures as laid out in the directives dated April 21, 2005, and 
November 4, 2005. 
 
In carrying out the above direction, the Commissioner should construe the term "customs territory of the United States" 
to include only the States, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.  CITA has determined that this action falls 
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.