Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Wool Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Hungary

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Wool Textile Products

Produced or Manufactured in Hungary

July 11, 1994.

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

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs reducing

limits.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: July 18, 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) 482-5850. 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 current limits for certain categories are being adjusted,

variously, for carryover, swing and special shift.

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 8913, published on February 24, 1994.

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 dated February 4, 1994, 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

July 11, 1994.

Commissioner of Customs,

Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.

Dear Commissioner: This directive amends, but does not cancel,

the directive issued to you on February 17, 1994, by the Chairman,

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That

directive concerns imports of certain wool and man-made fiber

textile products, produced or manufactured in Hungary and exported

during the twelve-month period which began on January 1, 1994 and

extends through December 31, 1994.

Effective on July 18, 1994, you are directed to amend the

directive dated February 17, 1994 to adjust the limits for the

following categories, as provided under the terms of the Memorandum

of Understanding dated February 4, 1994 between the Governments of

the United States and the Republic of Hungary:

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Category Adjusted twelve-month limit\1\

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Fabric Group

410................................ 732,560 square meters.

433................................ 19,862 dozen.

434................................ 19,963 dozen.

435................................ 29,129 dozen.

443................................ 177,000 numbers.

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

after December 31, 1993.

The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has

determined that these actions fall within the foreign affairs

exception to 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. 94-17127 Filed 7-13-94; 8:45 am]

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