Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool and Man-Made Fiber Textiles and Textile Products and Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Apparel Produced or Manufactured in the Philippines

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool and Man-Made

Fiber Textiles and Textile Products and Silk Blend and Other Vegetable

Fiber Apparel Produced or Manufactured in the Philippines

August 12, 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: August 19, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nicole Bivens Collinson, 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) 927-6713. 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, special shift and carryforward.

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 9730, published on March 1, 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 bilateral agreement, 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 12, 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 23, 1994, by the Chairman,

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That

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

fiber textiles and textile products and silk blend and other

vegetable fiber apparel, produced or manufactured in the Philippines

and exported during the twelve-month period which began on January

1, 1994 and extends through December 31, 1994.

Effective on August 19, 1994, you are directed to amend the

directive dated February 23, 1994 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 Philippines:

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Category Adjusted twelve-month limit\1\

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Levels in Group I

237................................ 901,361 dozen.

239................................ 10,247,127 kilograms.

331/631............................ 4,633,587 dozen pairs.

333/334............................ 204,313 dozen.

335................................ 104,991 dozen.

336................................ 684,754 dozen.

338/339............................ 2,029,451 dozen.

340/640............................ 985,850 dozen.

341/641............................ 707,171 dozen.

342/642............................ 506,441 dozen.

345................................ 136,757 dozen.

347/348............................ 1,909,611 dozen.

350................................ 86,944 dozen.

351/651............................ 545,989 dozen.

352/652............................ 1,967,088 dozen.

359-C/659-C\2\..................... 705,960 kilograms.

361................................ 610,142 numbers.

369-S\3\........................... 85,103 kilograms.

431................................ 180,296 dozen pairs.

433................................ 3,614 dozen.

443................................ 43,700 numbers.

445/446............................ 29,321 dozen.

447................................ 8,654 dozen.

611................................ 4,761,013 square meters.

633................................ 41,705 dozen.

634................................ 422,035 dozen.

635................................ 396,898 dozen.

636................................ 1,426,644 dozen.

638/639............................ 1,917,144 dozen.

643................................ 601,099 numbers.

645/646............................ 659,512 dozen.

647/648............................ 831,432 dozen.

649................................ 6,655,748 dozen.

650................................ 86,652 dozen.

659-H\4\........................... 1,140,102 kilograms.

847................................ 634,115 dozen.

Group II

200-229, 300-326, 330, 332, 349, 110,405,695 square meters

353, 354, 359-O\5\, 360, 362, 363, equivalent.

369-O\6\, 400-414, 432, 434-442,

444, 448, 459, 464-469, 600-607,

613-629, 630, 632, 644, 653, 654,

659-O\7\, 665, 666, 669-O\8\, 670-

O\9\, 831-846 and 850-859, as a

group.

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

after December 31, 1993.

\2\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.

\3\Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.

\4\Category 659-H: only HTS numbers 6502.00.9030, 6504.00.9015,

6504.00.9060, 6505.90.5090, 6505.90.6090, 6505.90.7090 and

6505.90.8090.

\5\Category 359-O: all HTS numbers except 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 359-C).

\6\Category 369-O: all HTS numbers except 6307.10.2005 (Category 369-S).

\7\Category 659-O: all HTS numbers except 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, 6211.43.0010 (Category 659-

C); 6502.00.9030, 6504.00.9015, 6504.00.9060, 6505.90.5090,

6505.90.6090, 6505.90.7090 and 6505.90.8090 (Category 659-H).

\8\Category 669-O: all HTS numbers except 6305.31.0010, 6305.31.0020 and

6305.39.0000 (Category 669-P).

\9\Category 670-O: all HTS numbers except 4202.12.8030, 4202.12.8070,

4202.92.3020, 4202.92.3030 and 4202.92.9025 (Category 670-L).

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. 94-20258 Filed 8-17-94; 8:45 am]

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