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

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Establishment of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton and

Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Oman

July 20, 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: July 27, 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 June 21, 1994, the

Governments of the United States and the Sultanate of Oman agreed to

amend their Bilateral Textile Agreement, effected by exchange of notes

dated December 3, 1993 and January 15, 1994, to establish specific

limits for certain textile products for 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.

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

58 FR 65160, published on December 13, 1993; and 59 FR 25894, published

on May 18, 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, 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 20, 1994.

Commissioner of Customs,

Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.

Dear Commissioner: Effective on July 27, 1994, you are directed

to cancel the directive dated May 10, 1994, which directed you to

count imports for consumption and withdrawals from warehouse for

consumption of cotton and man-made fiber textile products in

Categories 334/634 and 335/635, produced or manufactured in Oman and

exported during the period April 26, 1994 through April 25, 1995.

This directive amends, but does not cancel, the directive issued

to you on December 6, 1993, by the Chairman, Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements. That directive concerns

imports of certain cotton and man-made fiber textile products,

produced or manufactured in Oman and exported during the twelve-

month period which began on January 1, 1994 and extends through

December 31, 1994.

Effective on July 27, 1994, you are directed to establish limits

for textile products in the following categories, pursuant to the

Memorandum of Understanding dated June 21, 1994 between the

Governments of the United States and the Sultanate of Oman:

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Category Twelve-month restraint limit\1\

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334/634............................ 150,000 dozen.

335/635............................ 200,000 dozen.

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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 334/634 and 335/635 which have

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

not be subject to this directive.

For the import period January 1, 1994 through April 30, 1994,

you are directed to charge the following amounts to the categories

listed below:

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Category Amount to be charged

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334................................ 9,868 dozen.

335................................ 1,418 dozen.

634................................ -0-

635................................ 4,615 dozen.

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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. 94-18059 Filed 7-25-94; 8:45 am]

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