Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool, Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Macau

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool, Man-Made

Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textile Products Produced

or Manufactured in Macau

October 20, 1994.

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

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs adjusting

limits.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 20, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Helen L. LeGrande, 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) 927-6709. 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 adjusted,

variously, for swing and 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 8913, published on February 24, 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

October 20, 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 February 17, 1994, by the Chairman,

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That

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

silk blend and other vegetable fiber textile products, produced or

manufactured in Macau and exported during the twelve-month period

which began on January 1, 1994 and extends through December 31,

1994.

Effective on October 20, 1994, you are directed to amend the

directive dated February 17, 1994 to adjust the limits for the

following categories, as provided under the terms of the current

bilateral agreement between the Governments of the United States and

Macau:

------------------------------------------------------------------------

Category Adjusted twelve-month limit\1\

------------------------------------------------------------------------

Levels in Group I

313................................ 1,604,544 square meters.

315................................ 1,166,701 square meters.

333/334/335/833/834/835............ 238,375 dozen of which not more

than 125,566 dozen shall be in

Categories 333/335/833/835.

336/836............................ 56, 500 dozen.

338................................ 306,869 dozen.

339................................ 1,285,366 dozen.

340................................ 290,452 dozen.

341................................ 177,388 dozen.

342................................ 80,250 dozen.

345................................ 49,070 dozen.

347/348/847........................ 726,351 dozen.

351/851............................ 67,800 dozen.

359-C/659-C\2\..................... 321,000 kilograms.

359-V\3\........................... 113,000 kilograms.

633/634/635........................ 504,777 dozen.

638/639/838........................ 1,488,428 dozen.

640................................ 105,828 dozen.

642/842............................ 111,914 dozen.

647/648............................ 528,499 dozen.

659-S\4\........................... 107,000 kilograms.

Sublevel in Group II

445/446............................ 86,652 dozen.

------------------------------------------------------------------------

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

after December 31, 1993.

\2\Category 359-C: only HTS numbers 6103.42.2025, 6103.49.3034,

6104.62.1020, 6104.69.3010, 6114.20.0048, 6114.20.0052, 6203.42.2010,

6203.42.2090, 6204.62.2010, 6211.32.0010, 6211.32.0025 and

6211.42.0010; Category 659-C: only HTS numbers 6103.23.0055,

6103.43.2020, 6103.43.2025, 6103.49.2000, 6103.49.3038, 6104.63.1020,

6104.63.1030, 6104.69.1000, 6104.69.3014, 6114.30.3044, 6114.30.3054,

6203.43.2010, 6203.43.2090, 6203.49.1010, 6203.49.1090, 6204.63.1510,

6204.69.1010, 6210.10.4015, 6211.33.0010, 6211.33.0017 and

6211.43.0010.

\3\Category 359-V: only HTS numbers 6103.19.2030, 6103.19.4030,

6104.12.0040, 6104.19.2040, 6110.20.1022, 6110.20.1024, 6110.20.2030,

6110.20.2035, 6110.90.0044, 6110.90.0046, 6201.92.2010, 6202.92.2020,

6203.19.1030, 6203.19.4030, 6204.12.0040, 6204.19.3040, 6211.32.0070

and 6211.42.0070.

\4\Category 659-S: only HTS numbers 6112.31.0010, 6112.31.0020,

6112.41.0010, 6112.41.0020, 6112.41.0030, 6112.41.0040, 6211.11.1010,

6211.11.1020, 6211.12.1010 and 6211.12.1020.

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. 94-26447 Filed 10-24-94; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510-DR-F