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

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton and

Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Kuwait

May 24, 1994.

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: June 1, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Tallarico, 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).

In a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) dated May 10, 1994, the

Governments of the United States and the State of Kuwait agreed to

establish a bilateral textile agreement for certain cotton and man-made

fiber textile products, produced or manufactured in Kuwait and exported

during two consecutive one-year periods beginning on January 1, 1994

and extending through December 31, 1995.

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

Commissioner of Customs to establish limits for the period January 1,

1994 through December 31, 1994. The 1994 level for Category 361 is

zero.

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 58 FR 62645, published on November 29, 1993).

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 MOU, 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

May 24, 1994.

Commissioner of Customs,

Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.

Dear Commissioner: Effective on June 1, 1994, you are directed

to cancel the directive issued to you on February 8, 1994 by the

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements,

which directed you to count imports of textile products exported

from Kuwait in Categories 340, 341, 640 and 641.

Under the terms of section 204 of the Agricultural Act of 1956,

as amended (7 U.S.C. 1854); pursuant to the Memorandum of

Understanding dated May 10, 1994 between the Governments of the

United States and the State of Kuwait; and in accordance with the

provisions of Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as amended,

you are directed to prohibit, effective on June 1, 1994, 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 Kuwait and

exported during the twelve-month period beginning on January 1, 1994

and extending through December 31, 1994, in excess of the following

levels of restraint:

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Category Twelve-month restraint limit\1\

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340/640............................ 200,000 dozen.

341/641............................ 110,000 dozen.

361................................ -0-.

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

after December 31, 1993.

Textile products in Categories 340/640, 341/641 and 361 which

have been exported to the United States prior to January 1, 1994

shall not be subject to this directive.

Textile products in Categories 340/640, 341/641 and 361 which

have been released from the custody of the U.S. Customs Service

under the provisions of 19 U.S.C. 1448(b) or 1484(a)(1) prior to the

effective date of this directive shall not be denied entry under

this directive.

For the import period January 1, 1994 through March 31, 1994,

you are directed to charge the following amounts to the limits

established in this directive:

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Category Amount to be charged

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340................................ 73,258 dozen.

341................................ 9,422 dozen.

640................................ 571 dozen.

641................................ 1,759 dozen.

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The limits set forth above are subject to adjustment in the

future pursuant to the provisions of the MOU dated May 10, 1994

between the Governments of the United States and the State of

Kuwait.

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. 94-13092 Filed 5-26-94; 8:45 am]

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