Cancellation of a Limit for Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in El Salvador

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Cancellation of a Limit for Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber

Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in El Salvador

September 20, 1994.

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

ACTION: Announcing the cancellation of a limit.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: September 26, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nicole Bivens Collinson, International

Trade Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of

Commerce, (202) 482-4212.

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 determined to rescind the current

restraint level on textile products in Categories 340/640 from El

Salvador in view of recent statistical information concerning a

restraint on these categories at this time.

The United States reserves its right under the Arrangement

Regarding International Trade in Textiles done in Geneva on December

20, 1973 and extended on December 14, 1977, December 22, 1981, July 31,

1986, December 9, 1992 and December 9, 1993, to place these Categories

340/640 under a restraint should the statistical information change in

the future.

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

Commissioner of Customs to cancel the current limit for Categories 340/

640.

Should it become necessary to discuss Categories 340/640 with the

Government of El Salvador at a later date, further notice will be

published in the Federal Register.

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 35501, published on July 12, 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 20, 1994.

Commissioner of Customs,

Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.

Dear Commissioner: Effective on September 26, 1994, this

directive cancels the limit established in the directive issued to

you on July 6, 1994, by the Chairman, Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements, for cotton and man-made fiber

textile products in Categories 340/640, produced or manufactured in

El Salvador and exported during the twelve-month period which began

on April 25, 1994 and extends through April 24, 1995.

The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has

determined that this action falls 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. 94-23701 Filed 9-23-94; 8:45 am]

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