New Transshipment Charges for Certain Cotton Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the People's Republic of China

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

New Transshipment Charges for Certain Cotton Textile Products

Produced or Manufactured in the People's Republic of China

July 5, 1994.

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

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs charging

transsshipments to 1994 limits.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: July 11, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Aldrich, International Trade

Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of

Commerce, (202) 482-4212.

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 notice published in the Federal Register on June 28, 1993 (58

FR 34568), CITA announces that Customs would be conducting other

investigations of transshipments of textiles produced in China and

exported to the United States. Based on these investigations, the U.S.

Customs Service has determined that textile products in Categories 339

and 352, produced or manufactured in China and entered into the United

States with the incorrect country of origin, were transshipped in

circumvention of the Memorandum of Understanding dated January 17, 1994

between the Governments of the United States and the People's Republic

of China. Consultations were held between the Governments of the United

States and the People's Republic of China on this matter on June 9

through 10, 1994. Accordingly, in the letter published below, the

Chairman of CITA directs the Commissioner of Customs to charge the

following amounts to the 1994 quota levels for the categories listed

below:

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Category Amounts to be charged

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339................................ 59,165 dozen of which 55,004 dozen

are in Category 339-S.

352................................ 1,343,603 dozen.

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As a result of the charges, the current limit for Category 352 will

be filled.

U.S. Customs continues to conduct other investigations of such

transshipments of textiles produced in China and exported to the United

States. The charges resulting from these investigations will be

published in the Federal Register.

The U.S. Government is taking this action pursuant to the U.S.

letters dated July 1, 1994, U.S. diplomatic note, the Memorandum of

Understanding dated January 17, 1994 between the Govenments of the

United States and the People's Republic of China, and in conformity

with Paragraph 16 of the Protocol of Extension and Article 8 of the

Arrangement Regarding International Trade in Textiles, done at Geneva

on December 20, 1973 and extended on December 14, 1977, December 22,

1981, July 31, 1986, December 9, 1992 and December 9, 1993.

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).

Rita D. Hayes,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

July 5, 1994.

Commissioner of Customs,

Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.

Dear Commissioner: To facilitate implementation of the

Memorandum of Understanding dated January 17, 1994, between the

Governments of the United States and the People's Republic of China,

I request that, effective on July 11, 1994, you charge the following

amounts to the following categories for the 1994 restraint period

(see directive dated January 24, 1994):

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Category Amount to be charged to 1994 limit

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339................................ 59,165 dozen of which 55,004 dozen

are in Category 339-S\1\.

352................................ 1,343,603 dozen.

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\1\Category 339-S: all HTS numbers except 6109.10.0040, 6109.10.0045,

6109.10.0060 and 6109.10.0065.

This letter will be published in the Federal Register.

Sincerely,

Rita D. Hayes,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

[FR Doc 94-16742; Filed 7-8-94; 8:45 am]

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