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

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton and

Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Kenya

September 9, 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: September 16, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Helen L. LeGrande, 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).

The Governments of the United States and the Republic of Kenya

agreed to establish limits for Categories 340/640 and 360 for two

consecutive one-year periods, beginning on January 1, 1994 and

extending through December 31, 1995, pursuant to a Memorandum of

Understanding Ad Referendum signed on July 15, 1994, as confirmed by

the Government of the Republic of Kenya on August 8, 1994.

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

Commissioner of Customs to establish limits for the period which began

on January 1, 1994 and extends 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

59 FR 25893, 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.

D. Michael Hutchinson,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

September 9, 1994.

Commissioner of Customs,

Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.

Dear Commissioner: Effective on September 16, 1994, you are

directed to cancel the directive dated May 12, 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 340/640 and 360, produced or manufactured in Kenya and

exported during the period April 29, 1994 through April 29, 1995.

The import charges for this period shall be retained.

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

as amended (7 U.S.C. 1854), and the Arrangement Regarding

International Trade in Textiles done at Geneva on December 20, 1973,

as further extended on December 9, 1993; pursuant to the Memorandum

of Understanding dated July 15, 1994, as confirmed on August 8,

1994, between the Governments of the United States and the Republic

of Kenya; and in accordance with the provisions of Executive Order

11651 of March 3, 1972, as amended, you are directed to prohibit,

effective on September 16, 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 Kenya and exported during the twelve-

month period beginning on January 1, 1994 and extending through

December 31, 1994, in excess of the following levels of restraint:

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Category Twelve-month restraint limit

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340/640............................ 360,000 dozen.

360................................ 2,600,000 numbers.

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

after December 31, 1993.

For the import period January 1, 1994 through May 18, 1994, you

are directed to charge the following amounts to the categories

listed below:

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Category Amount to charge

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340................................ 94,733 dozen.

360................................ 1,172,736 numbers.

640................................ 40 dozen.

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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,

D. Michael Hutchinson,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements.

[FR Doc. 94-22755 Filed 9-13-94; 8:45 am]

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