Establishment, Amendment and 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

Establishment, Amendment and Adjustment of Import Limits for

Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or

Manufactured in Turkey

October 14, 1994.

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

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs

establishing, amending and adjusting limits.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: October 19, 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).

In a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) dated October 5, 1994

between the Governments of the United States and the Republic of

Turkey, agreement was reached to amend further their Bilateral Textile

Agreement, effected by exchange of notes dated July 29 and August 6,

1991.

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

Commissioner of Customs to establish a 1994 limit for Category 611 and

newly merged Categories 625/626/627/628/629 and to amend the 1994 base

level for sublimit 338-S/339-S/638-S/639-S. The amended level for 338-

S/339-S/638-S/639-S includes an increase for swing. The current limits

for Categories 350 and 351/651 are being increased by special shift,

reducing the limits for Categories 335 and 341/641, respectively.

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 MOU and 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

October 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 31, 1994, by the Chairman,

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That

directive concerns imports of certain cotton and man-made fiber

textile products, produced or manufactured in Turkey and exported

during the twelve-month period which began on January 1, 1994 and

extends through December 31, 1994.

Effective on October 19, 1994, you are directed, pursuant to the

Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) dated October 5, 1994 between the

Governments of the United States and the Republic of Turkey, to

establish a limit of 20,000,000 square meters\1\ for Category 611

for the six-month period beginning on July 1, 1994 and extending

through December 31, 1994. For the January 1, 1994 through December

31, 1994 restraint period, you are directed to amend the Fabric

Group to include merged Categories 625/626/627/628/629.

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

exported after June 30, 1994.

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Also, you are directed to establish and amend the limits for the

following categories for the January 1, 1994 through December 31,

1994 restraint period, pursuant to the October 5, 1994 MOU and the

current bilateral agreement between the Governments of the United

States and the Republic of Turkey:

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Category Adjusted twelve-month limita

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Sublevel within the Fabric Group

625/626/627/628/629................ 13,600,000 square meters of which

not more than 5,440,000 square

meters shall be in Category 625,

not more than 5,440,000 square

meters shall be in Category 626,

not more than 5,440,000 square

meters shall be in Category 627,

not more than 5,440,000 square

meters shall be in Category 628,

and not more than 5,440,000 square

meters shall be in Category 629.

Limits not in a group

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

than 2,656,450 dozen shall be in

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

Sb.

335................................ 194,162 dozen.

341/641............................ 933,875 dozen.

350................................ 509,196 dozen.

351/651............................ 777,377 dozen.

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aThe limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports exported

after December 31, 1993.

bCategory 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.

Textile products in Categories 611 and 629 which have been

exported to the United States prior to July 1, 1994, in the case of

Category 611, and January 1, 1994, in the case of Category 629,

shall not be subject to this directive.

Textile products in Categories 611 and 629 which have been

released from the custody of the U.S. Customs Service under the

provisions of 19 U.S.C. 1448(b) or 1484(a)(1) prior to the effective

date of this directive shall not be denied entry under this

directive.

Import charges for Categories 611 and 629 will be provided at a

later date.

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. 94-25892 Filed 10-18-94; 8:45 am]

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