COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Wool and Man-

Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the Czech

Republic

June 7, 1994.

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

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs establishing

limits for the new agreement year.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: June 15, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Naomi Freeman, 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).

The Bilateral Textile Agreement, effected by exchange of notes

dated August 12, 1993 and April 11, 1994, between the Governments of

the United States and the Czech Republic establishes limits for the

period beginning on June 1, 1994 and extending through May 31, 1995.

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 bilateral agreement, but are designed to assist only in the

implementation of certain of its provisions.

D. Michael Hutchinson,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

June 7, 1994.

Commissioner of Customs,

Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.

Dear Commissioner: Under the terms of section 204 of the

Agricultural Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1854), and the

Arrangement Regarding International Trade in Textiles done at Geneva

on December 20, 1973, as further extended on December 9, 1993;

pursuant to the Bilateral Textile Agreement, effected by exchange of

notes dated August 12, 1993 and April 11, 1994, between the

Governments of the United States and the Czech Republic; and in

accordance with the provisions of Executive Order 11651 of March 3,

1972, as amended, you are directed to prohibit, effective on June

15, 1994, entry into the United States for consumption and

withdrawal from warehouse for consumption of wool and man-made fiber

textile products in the following categories, produced or

manufactured in the Czech Republic and exported during the twelve-

month period beginning on June 1, 1994 and extending through May 31,

1995, in excess of the following levels of restraint:

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Category Twelve-month restraint limit\1\

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410.............................. 1,515,000 square meters.

433.............................. 5,950 dozen.

435.............................. 3,915 dozen.

443.............................. 72,533 numbers.

624.............................. 1,590,000 square meters.

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

after May 31, 1994.

Imports charged to these category limits for the period June 1,

1993 through May 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 provisions of the current bilateral agreement

between the Governments of the United States and the Czech Republic.

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,

D. Michael Hutchinson,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements.

[FR Doc. 94-14308 Filed 6-10-94; 8:45 am]

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