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

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Amendment and Establishment of Import Restraint Limits and

Restraint Periods for Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber Textile

Products Produced or Manufactured in Qatar

August 4, 1994.

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

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs amending and

establishing import limits and restraint periods.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: August 12, 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 28, 1994 between

the Governments of the United States and the State of Qatar, agreement

was reached to establish limits for cotton and man-made fiber textile

products in Categories 340/640, 341/641 and 347/348.

In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the

Commissioner of Customs to amend the current limits and restraint

periods for Categories 340/640, 341/641 and 347/348 to begin on January

1, 1994 and extend through December 31, 1994. Also, limits are being

established for these categories for the periods June 30, 1993 through

December 31, 1993 (Categories 340/640); September 24, 1993 through

December 31, 1993 (Categories 341/641); and July 28, 1993 through

December 31, 1993 (Categories 347/348).

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 33933, published on June 22, 1993; 58 FR 39797, pubished on July

26, 1993; and 58 FR 48040, published on September 14, 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 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

August 4, 1994.

Commissioner of Customs,

Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.

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

the directives issued to you on June 16, 1993, September 8, 1993 and

July 21, 1993, by the Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of

Textile Agreements. Those directives concern imports of cotton and

man-made fiber textile products in Categories 340/640, 341/641 and

347/348, respectively, produced or manufactured in Qatar and

exported during the twelve-month periods June 30, 1993 through June

29, 1994 (Categories 340/640); September 24, 1993 through September

23, 1994 (341/641); and July 28, 1993 through July 27, 1994

(Categories 347/348).

Effective on August 12, 1994, you are directed to amend the

aforementioned restraint periods for Categories 340/640, 341/641 and

347/348 to begin on January 1, 1994 and extend through December 31,

1994. Pursuant to the Memorandum of Understanding dated June 28,

1994 between the Governments of the United States and the State of

Qatar, the levels for the 1994 restraint period shall be as follows:

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Category Twelve-month restraint limit\1\

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340/640............................ 325,000 dozen.

341/641............................ 150,000 dozen.

347/348............................ 370,000 dozen.

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

after December 31, 1993.

Under the terms of section 204 of the Agricultural Act of 1956,

as amended (7 U.S.C. 1854); pursuant to the Memorandum of

Understanding dated June 28, 1994 between the Governments of the

United States and the State of Qatar; and in accordance with the

provisions of Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as amended,

you are directed to prohibit, effective on August 12, 1994, entry

into the United States for consumption and withdrawal from warehouse

for consumption of cotton and man-made fiber textile products in the

following categories, produced or manufactured in the State of Qatar

and exported during the periods June 30, 1993 through December 31,

1993 for Categories 340/640; September 24, 1993 through December 31,

1993 for Categories 341/641; and July 28, 1993 through December 31,

1993 for Categories 347/348, in excess of the following levels of

restraint:

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Category Restraint limit\1\

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340/640............................ 151,874 dozen.

341/641............................ 28,776 dozen.

347/348............................ 148,748 dozen.

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

after June 29, 1993 (Categories 340/640); September 23, 1993

(Categories 341/641); and July 27, 1993 (Categories 347/348).

Goods exported in excess of the limits established for the

periods June 30, 1993 through December 31, 1993; September 24, 1993

through December 31, 1993; and July 28, 1993 through December 31,

1993 shall be charged to the period January 1, 1994 through December

31, 1994.

You are directed to deduct the following amounts from the

charges made to the following categories for the January 1, 1994

through December 31, 1994 period. These same amounts shall be

charged to the corresponding categories for the periods June 30,

1993 through December 31, 1993 (Categories 340/640); September 24,

1993 through December 31, 1993 (Categories 341/641); and July 28,

1993 through December 31, 1993 (Categories 347/348).

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Category Amount to be deducted/charged

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340................................ 151,246 dozen.

341................................ 18,599 dozen.

347................................ 36,000 dozen.

348................................ 60,418 dozen.

640................................ 628 dozen.

641................................ -0-.

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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 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. 94-19474 Filed 8-9-94; 8:45 am]

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