Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the Arab Republic of Egypt

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber

Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the Arab Republic of Egypt

October 27, 1994.

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

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs adjusting

limits.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: October 31, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Aldrich, 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) 927-5850. 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 Categories 340/640 is being increased by

application of swing and special shift, reducing the current limits for

Categories 338/339 and Categories 225 and 314 in the Fabric Group to

account for the increases. The adjusted level for Categories 340/640

also includes an increase 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 55046, published on October 25, 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 bilateral agreement and the Memorandum of Understanding dated April

29, 1994, but are designed to assist only in the implementation of

certain of their provisions.

Rita D. Hayes,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

October 27, 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 October 19, 1993, by the Chairman,

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That

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

fiber textile products, produced or manufactured in the Arab

Republic of Egypt and exported during the twelve-month period

beginning on January 1, 1994 and extending through December 31,

1994.

Effective on October 31, 1994, you are directed to adjust the

limits for the following categories, pursuant to the current

bilateral agreement and the Memorandum of Understanding dated April

29, 1994 between the Governments of the United States and the Arab

Republic of Egypt:

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Category Adjusted limit\1\

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Levels not in a group

338/339............................ 1,808,550 dozen.

340/640............................ 1,113,600 dozen.

Fabric Group

218-220, 224-227, 313-317 and 326, 76,146,629 square meters.

as a group.

Sublevels in the group

225................................ 17,189,075 square meters.

314................................ 17,538,815 square meters.

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

after December 31, 1993.

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. 94-27246; Filed 11-2-94; 8:45 am]

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