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

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

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

Fiber Textile Products and Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Apparel

Produced or Manufactured in Sri Lanka

November 3, 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:November 10, 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) 927-5850. 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 limits for certain categories are being adjusted,

variously, for swing, special shift and carryover. The limits for

Categories 334/634, 336/636/836 and 342/642/842 are being increased an

additional 5 percent for garments made from locally-woven, handloomed

fabrics.

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 14152, published on March 25, 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

November 3, 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 March 22, 1994, by the Chairman,

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That

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

fiber textile products and silk blend and other vegetable fiber

apparel, produced or manufactured in Sri Lanka and exported during

the period which began on January 1, 1994 and extends through June

30, 1995.

Effective on November 10, 1994, you are directed to amend the

directive dated March 22, 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

the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka:

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Category Adjusted eighteen-month limit\1\

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237................................ 393,936 dozen.

331/631............................ 3,756,446 dozen pairs.

333/633............................ 40,765 dozen.

334/634............................ 876,806 dozen.

335/835............................ 368,572 dozen.

336/636/836........................ 634,244 dozen.

338/339............................ 1,675,325 dozen.

340/640............................ 1,622,643 dozen of which not more

than 649,058 dozen shall be in

Categories 340-Y/640-Y\2\.

341/641............................ 2,612,138 dozen of which not more

than 1,741,425 dozen shall be in

Category 341 and not more than

1,684,463 dozen shall be in

Category 641.

342/642/842........................ 944,444 dozen.

345/845............................ 234,047 dozen.

347/348/847........................ 2,138,777 dozen.

350/650............................ 156,363 dozen.

351/651............................ 456,347 dozen.

352/652............................ 1,676,882 dozen.

359-C/659-C\3\..................... 913,534 kilograms.

363................................ 8,644,419 numbers.

369-D\4\........................... 772,778 kilograms.

369-S\5\........................... 993,288 kilograms.

435................................ 23,704 dozen.

635................................ 491,430 dozen.

638/639/838........................ 1,238,429 dozen.

644................................ 695,181 numbers.

645/646............................ 149,554 dozen.

647/648............................ 1,359,274 dozen.

840................................ 424,255 dozen.

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

after December 31, 1993.

\2\Category 340-Y: only HTS numbers 6205.20.2015, 6205.20.2020,

6205.20.2046, 6205.20.2050 and 6205.20.2060; Category 640-Y: only HTS

numbers 6205.30.2010, 6205.30.2020, 6205.30.2050 and 6205.30.2060.

\3\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.

\4\Category 369-D: only HTS numbers 6302.60.0010, 6302.91.0005 and

6302.91.0045.

\5\Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.

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. 94-27719; Filed 11-8-94; 8:45 am]

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