Extension of an Import Restraint Limit for Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Myanmar

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Extension of an Import Restraint Limit for Certain Cotton and

Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Myanmar

August 12, 1994.

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

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs extending a

limit.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: October 3, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ross Arnold, 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.

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 United States Government has decided to continue the restraint

limit on Categories 340/640 for an additional twelve-month period,

beginning on October 1, 1994 and extending through September 30, 1995.

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 41738, published on August 5, 1993.

Rita D. Hayes,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

August 12, 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 in

accordance with the provisions of Executive Order 11651 of March 3,

1972, as amended, you are directed to prohibit, effective on October

3, 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 Myanmar

and exported during the period beginning on October 1, 1994 and

extending through September 30, 1995, in excess of 93,975 dozen.

Imports charged to this category limit for the period October 1,

1993 through September 30, 1994 shall be charged against that level

of restraint to the extent of any unfilled balance. Goods in excess

of that limit shall be subject to the limit established in this

directive.

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,

Rita D. Hayes,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

[FR Doc. 94-20133 Filed 8-16-94; 8:45 am]

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