Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the United Arab Emirates

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

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

Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the United Arab Emirates

September 14, 1994.

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

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs increasing

limits.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: September 22, 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).

The current limits for certain categories are being increased for

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 2827, published on January 19, 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

September 14, 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 14, 1994, by the Chairman,

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That

directive concerns imports of certain cotton, man-made fiber, silk

blend and other vegetable fiber textile products, produced or

manufactured in the United Arab Emirates and exported during various

periods, including March 1, 1993 through December 31, 1994

(Categories 226/313), October 28, 1993 through December 31, 1994

(Category 326) and January 1, 1994 through December 31, 1994.

Effective on September 22, 1994, you are directed to amend the

directive dated January 14, 1994 to increase 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 United Arab Emirates:

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Category Adjusted level\1\

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226/313............................ 3,096,378 square meters.

326................................ 1,873,150 square meters.

334/634............................ 200,734 dozen.

351/651............................ 153,896 dozen.

647/648............................ 287,719 dozen.

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

after February 28, 1993 (Categories 226/313), October 27, 1993

(Category 326) and December 31, 1993.

For the import period March 1, 1993 through January 18, 1994,

there are zero charges for Category 226. For the import period

October 28, 1993 through January 18, 1994, there are zero charges

for Category 835. (See January 14, 1994 directive.)

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. 94-23318 Filed 9-20-94; 8:45 am]

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