COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Establishment of an Import Limit for Certain Cotton and Man-Made

Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in El Salvador

July 6, 1994.

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

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs establishing

a limit.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: July 13, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nicole Bivens Collinson, International

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

Commerce, (202) 482-4212. For information on the quota status of this

limit, 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. For information

on categories on which consultations have been requested, call (202)

482-3740.

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).

Inasmuch as no agreement was reached in recent consultations on a

mutually satisfactory solution on Categories 340/640, the United States

Government has decided to control imports in these categories for the

twelve-month period beginning on April 25, 1994 and extending through

April 24, 1995.

The United States remains committed to finding a solution

concerning Categories 340/640. Should such a solution be reached in

consultations with the Government of El Salvador, further notice will

be published in the Federal Register.

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). Also see

59 FR 23830, published on May 9, 1994.

D. Michael Hutchinson,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

July 6, 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; and

in accordance with the provisions of Executive Order 11651 of March

3, 1972, as amended, you are directed to prohibit, effective on July

13, 1994, entry into the United States for consumption and

withdrawal from warehouse for consumption of cotton and man-made

fiber textile products in Categories 340/640, produced or

manufactured in El Salvador and exported during the twelve-month

period beginning on April 25, 1994 and extending through April 24,

1995, in excess of 373,803 dozen\1\.

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\1\The limit has not been adjusted to account for any imports

exported after April 24, 1994.

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Textile products in Categories 340/640 which have been exported

to the United States prior to April 25, 1994 shall not be subject to

the limit established in this directive.

Textile products in Categories 340/640 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 April 25, 1994 through May 16, 1994, you

are directed to charge 5,258 dozen to Category 340 under the limit

established in this directive. There are zero charges for Category

640 for the same period.

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 this action falls 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. 94-16759 Filed 7-11-94; 8:45 am]

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