Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Turkey

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

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

Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Turkey

September 9, 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: September 9, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anne Novak, 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) 927-6718. 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, by application of swing 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 58 FR 62645, published on November 29, 1993). Also see

59 FR 5394, published on February 4, 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.

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: This directive amends, but does not cancel,

the directive issued to you on January 31, 1994, by the Chairman,

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That

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

fiber textile products, produced or manufactured in Turkey and

exported during the twelve-month period beginning on January 1, 1994

and extending through December 31, 1994.

Effective on September 9, 1994, you are directed to amend

further the directive dated January 31, 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 Republic of Turkey:

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Category Adjusted twelve-month limit\1\

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219, 313, 314, 315, 317, 326, 617, 125,835,073 square meters of which

625, 626, 627 and 628, as a group. not more than 30,211,029 square

meters shall be in 219; 36,924,591

square meters shall be in 313;

21,483,398 square meters shall be

in 314; 28,868,318 square meters

shall be in 315; 30,211,029 square

meters shall be in 317; 3,356,780

square meters shall be in 326;

20,140,687 square meters shall be

in 617; 3,879,518 square meters

shall be in 625; 3,356,780 square

meters shall be in 626; 3,356,780

square meters shall be in 627;

3,356,780 square meters shall be

in 628.

Limits not in a group

338/339/638/639.................... 4,637,817 dozen of which not more

than 2,151,792 dozen shall be in

Categories 338-S/339-S/638-S/639-

S\2\.

350................................ 449,415 dozen.

361................................ 1,581,074 numbers.

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

after December 31, 1993.

\2\Category 338-S: only HTS numbers 6103.22.0050, 6105.10.0010,

6105.10.0030, 6105.90.3010, 6109.10.0027, 6110.20.1025, 6110.20.2040,

6110.20.2065, 6110.90.0068, 6112.11.0030 and 6114.20.0005; Category

339-S: only HTS numbers 6104.22.0060, 6104.29.2049, 6106.10.0010,

6106.10.0030, 6106.90.2010, 6106.90.3010, 6109.10.0070, 6110.20.1030,

6110.20.2045, 6110.20.2075, 6110.90.0070, 6112.11.0040, 6114.20.0010

and 6117.90.0022; Category 638-S: all HTS numbers except 6109.90.1007,

6109.90.1009, 6109.90.1013 and 6109.90.1025; Category 639-S: all HTS

numbers except 6109.90.1050, 6109.90.1060, 6109.90.1065 and

6109.90.1070.

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,

D. Michael Hutchinson,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements.

[FR Doc. 94-22756 Filed 9-13-94; 8:45 am]

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