First Integration of Textile and Apparel Products into GATT 1994

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

First Integration of Textile and Apparel Products into GATT 1994

October 11, 1994.

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

NOTICE: List of textile and apparel products to be integrated into GATT

1994 in the first stage.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie Carducci, Office of Textiles and

Apparel, U.S. Department of Commerce, (202) 482-3400.

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).

In anticipation of the passage of the legislation implementing the

World Trade Organization Agreement on Textiles and Clothing

(Agreement), and pursuant to Article 2, Paragraph 6 of the Agreement,

CITA has determined that on the day the Agreement enters into force,

the following textile and apparel products in the Annex to the

Agreement will be integrated into the GATT 1994 in the first stage.

Therefore, all quantitative restraints on any of these products will be

eliminated and no new limits will be applied except in accordance with

the rules and procedures set out in the Agreement Establishing the

World Trade Organization.

The products set out below account for 16% of the total volume of

U.S. 1990 imports of the products in the Annex. As specified in the

Agreement, this list includes products from each of the four groups:

tops and yarns, fabrics, made-up textile products, and clothing.

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1990 HTS

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3005901000

3005905000

4202128010

4202128050

4202224010

4202923010

4202929010

5004000000

5005000010

5006000010

5006001000

5007103020

5007103040

5007103090

5007200010

5007200020

5007200040

5007200090

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5007903040

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5110000000

5113000000

5208312000

5208321000

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5310100020

5310100040

5310100060

5310900000

5311006000

5402103020

5402203020

5402410010

5402410020

5402410030

5402420000

5402430020

5402490010

5402490050

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5404101000

5404102020

5404102040

5404102090

5404900000

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5405006000

5407301000

5501300000

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5603001090

5608901000

5608903000

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5701101300

5701901010

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5911320090

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6116104515

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6210102000

6210104010

6210201010

6210202010

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6210402010

6210501010

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6211201025

6211201050

6216000500

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6406991580

6501003000

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6502006060

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6503003000

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6504009045

6504009075

6505908015

6601100000

6601910000

6601990000

8708210000

8804000000

9113904000

9404902000

9502910000

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See 59 FR 26212, published on May 19, 1994; 59 FR 29781, published

on June 9, 1994; 59 FR 36428, published on July 18, 1994; and 59 FR

40874, published on August 10, 1994.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).

Rita D. Hayes,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

[FR Doc. 94-25461 Filed 10-12-94; 8:45 am]

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