Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products and Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Apparel Produced or Manufactured in Sri Lanka

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber

Textile Products and Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Apparel

Produced or Manufactured in Sri Lanka

January 24, 1994.

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

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs adjusting

limits.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: January 31, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Aldrich, 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) 927-6708. 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 swing, special shift and carryover.

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 57 FR 54976, published on November 23, 1992; and 58 FR

62645, published on November 29, 1993). Also see 57 FR 29290, published

on July 1, 1992; and 58 FR 34570, published on June 28, 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.

Ronald I. Levin,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

January 24, 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 June 22, 1993, by the Chairman,

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That

directive concerns imports of certain cotton, wool and man-made

fiber textile products and silk blend and other vegetable fiber

apparel, produced or manufactured in Sri Lanka and exported during

the twelve-month period beginning on July 1, 1993 and extending

through June 30, 1994.

Effective on January 31, 1994, you are directed to amend further

the directive dated June 22, 1993 to adjust the limits for the

following categories, as provided under the terms of the current

bilateral agreement between the Governments of the United States and

the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka:

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Category Adjusted twelve-month limit\1\

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237................................ 252,523 dozen.

331/631............................ 2,347,778 dozen pairs.

333/633............................ 7,538 dozen.

334/634............................ 542,161 dozen.

335/835............................ 223,766 dozen.

336/636/836........................ 366,902 dozen.

338/339............................ 1,174,293 dozen.

340/640............................ 855,542 dozen of which not more

than 330,578 dozen shall be in

Categories 340-Y/640-Y\2\.

341/641............................ 1,685,250 dozen of which not more

than 1,123,500 dozen shall be in

Category 341 and not more than

1,050,000 dozen shall be in

Category 641.

342/642/842........................ 579,318 dozen.

347/348/847........................ 1,284,108 dozen of which not more

than 675,736 dozen shall be in

Categories 347-T/348-T/847-T\3\.

350/650............................ 110,536 dozen.

351/651............................ 267,527 dozen.

352/652............................ 1,188,345 dozen.

359-C/659-C\4\..................... 713,746 kilograms.

363................................ 6,247,337 numbers.

369-S\5\........................... 673,779 kilograms.

635................................ 270,455 dozen.

638/639/838........................ 747,541 dozen.

645/646............................ 135,868 dozen.

647/648............................ 721,940 dozen.

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

after June 30, 1993.

\2\Category 340-Y: only HTS numbers 6205.20.2015, 6205.20.2020,

6205.20.2046, 6205.20.2050 and 6205.20.2060; Category 640-Y: only HTS

numbers 6205.30.2010, 6205.30.2020, 6205.30.2050 and 6205.30.2060.

\3\Category 347-T: only HTS numbers 6103.19.2015, 6103.19.4020,

6103.22.0030, 6103.42.1020, 6103.42.1040, 6103.49.3010, 6112.11.0050,

6113.00.0038, 6203.19.1020, 6203.19.4020, 6203.22.3020, 6203.42.4005,

6203.42.4010, 6203.42.4015, 6203.42.4025, 6203.42.4035, 6203.42.4045,

6203.49.3020, 6210.40.2033, 6211.20.1520, 6211.20.3010 and

6211.32.0040; Category 348-T: only HTS numbers 6104.12.0030,

6104.19.2030, 6104.22.0040, 6104.29.2034, 6104.62.2010, 6104.62.2025,

6104.69.3022, 6112.11.0060, 6113.00.0042, 6117.90.0042, 6204.12.0030,

6204.19.3030, 6204.22.3040, 6204.29.4034, 6204.62.3000, 6204.62.4005,

6204.62.4010, 6204.62.4020, 6204.62.4030, 6204.62.4040, 6204.62.4050,

6204.69.3010, 6204.69.9010, 6210.50.2033, 6211.20.1550, 6211.20.6010,

6211.42.0030 and 6217.90.0050; Category 847-T: only HTS numbers

6103.29.2044, 6103.49.3017, 6103.49.3024, 6104.29.2041, 6104.29.2045,

6104.69.3034, 6104.69.3038, 6112.19.2080, 6112.19.2090, 6117.90.0051,

6203.29.3046, 6203.49.3040, 6203.49.3045, 6204.29.4041, 6204.29.4047,

6204.69.3052, 6204.69.9044, 6211.20.3040, 6211.20.6040, 6211.39.0040,

6211.49.0040 and 6217.90.0070.

\4\Category 359-C: only HTS numbers 6103.42.2025, 6103.49.3034,

6104.62.1020, 6104.69.3010, 6114.20.0048, 6114.20.0052, 6203.42.2010,

6203.42.2090, 6204.62.2010, 6211.32.0010, 6211.32.0025 and

6211.42.0010; Category 659-C: only HTS numbers 6103.23.0055,

6103.43.2020, 6103.43.2025, 6103.49.2000, 6103.49.3038, 6104.63.1020,

6104.63.1030, 6104.69.1000, 6104.69.3014, 6114.30.3044, 6114.30.3054,

6203.43.2010, 6203.43.2090, 6203.49.1010, 6203.49.1090, 6204.63.1510,

6204.69.1010, 6210.10.4015, 6211.33.0010, 6211.33.0017 and

6211.43.0010.

\5\Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.

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,

Ronald I. Levin,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements.

[FR Doc. 94-1864 Filed 1-27-94; 8:45 am]

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