Adjustment of an Import Restraint Limit for Certain Wool Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Bulgaria

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of an Import Restraint Limit for Certain Wool Textile

Products Produced or Manufactured in Bulgaria

October 5, 1994.

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

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs increasing a

limit.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: October 5, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Naomi Freeman, International Trade

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

Commerce, (202) 482-4212. For information on the quota status of this

limit, 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 limit for Category 435 is 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

58 FR 64557, published on December 8, 1993.

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 Memorandum of Understanding dated March 10, 1993, 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

October 5, 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 December 2, 1993, by the Chairman,

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That

directive concerns imports of certain wool textile products,

produced or manufactured in Bulgaria and exported during the twelve-

month period which began on January 1, 1994 and extends through

December 31, 1994.

Effective on October 5, 1994, you are directed to increase the

limit for Category 435 to 21,614 dozen\1\, as provided under the

terms of the Memorandum of Understanding dated March 10, 1993

between the Governments of the United States and the Republic of

Bulgaria.

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\1\The limit has not been adjusted to account for any imports

exported after December 31, 1993.

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The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has

determined that this action falls within the foreign affairs

exception of 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. 94-25148 Filed 10-11-94; 8:45 am]

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