Establishment and Adjustment of Import Restraint Limits and Transshipment Charges for Certain Cotton, Wool, Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textiles and Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Indonesia

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Establishment and Adjustment of Import Restraint Limits and

Transshipment Charges for Certain Cotton, Wool, Man-Made Fiber, Silk

Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textiles and Textile Products Produced

or Manufactured in Indonesia

November 3, 1994.

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

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs establishing

and adjusting limits and charging imports.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: November 9, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Tallarico, 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) 927-6704. 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 September 23, 1994,

the Governments of the United States and Indonesia agreed to amend and

extend their current Bilateral Cotton, Wool, Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend

and Other Vegetable Fiber Textile Agreement of May 8, 1992. The

agreement is extended through December 31, 1995--July 1, 1994 through

December 31, 1994 and January 1, 1995 through December 31, 1995. The

agreement has been converted to a calendar year agreement. Also,

agreement was reached to charge 5,083 dozen to Category 341 for the

period July 1, 1994 through December 31, 1994 for goods improperly

entered into the United States.

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

Commissioner of Customs to establish limits for the July 1, 1994

through December 31, 1994 period. The Group II Subgroup includes an

increase for carryover. The limit for Category 433, within the

subgroup, includes increases for carryforward and special 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).

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, 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

November 3, 1994.

Commissioner of Customs,

Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.

Dear Commissioner: This directive cancels and supersedes the

directive issued to you on June 27, 1994 by the Chairman, Committee

for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That directive

directed you to count imports of certain textile products, produced

or manufactured in Indonesia and exported during the period July 1,

1994 through June 30, 1995. Import charges already made to these

categories shall be retained and applied to the limits established

in this directive.

Under the terms of section 204 of the Agricultural Act of 1956,

as amended (7 U.S.C. 1854), and the Arrangement Regarding

International Trade in Textiles done at Geneva on December 20, 1973,

as further extended on December 9, 1993; pursuant to the Memorandum

of Understanding dated September 23, 1994 between the Governments of

the United States and Indonesia; and in accordance with the

provisions of Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as amended,

you are directed to prohibit, effective on November 9, 1994, entry

into the United States for consumption and withdrawal from warehouse

for consumption of cotton, wool, man-made fiber, silk blend and

other vegetable fiber textiles and textile products in the following

categories, produced or manufactured in Indonesia and exported

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

through December 31, 1994, in excess of the following levels of

restraint:

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Category Six-month restraint limit

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Levels in Group I

200............................... 325,000 kilograms.

219............................... 3,610,234 square meters.

225............................... 2,528,100 square meters.

300/301........................... 1,544,950 kilograms.

313............................... 6,550,732 square meters.

314............................... 22,873,516 square meters.

315............................... 10,393,300 square meters.

317/617/326....................... 10,038,429 square meters of which

not more than 1,483,287 square

meters shall be in Category 326.

331/631........................... 921,837 dozen pairs.

334/335........................... 84,474 dozen.

336/636........................... 235,956 dozen.

338/339........................... 456,182 dozen.

340/640........................... 561,800 dozen.

341............................... 337,896 dozen.

342/642........................... 140,450 dozen.

345............................... 163,370 dozen.

347/348........................... 617,980 dozen.

350/650........................... 64,888 dozen.

351/651........................... 182,585 dozen.

359-C/659-C\1\.................... 533,710 kilograms.

359-S/659-S\2\.................... 561,800 kilograms.

360............................... 500,000 numbers.

361............................... 500,000 numbers.

369-S\3\.......................... 344,857 kilograms.

443............................... 40,804 numbers.

445/446........................... 27,342 dozen.

600............................... 375,000 kilograms.

604-A\4\.......................... 268,220 kilograms.

611............................... 2,382,199 square meters.

613/614/615....................... 9,522,510 square meters.

618............................... 2,247,200 square meters.

619/620........................... 3,483,160 square meters.

625/626/627/628/629............... 10,658,304 square meters.

634/635........................... 112,360 dozen.

638/639........................... 584,272 dozen.

641............................... 856,578 dozen.

643............................... 125,000 numbers.

644............................... 175,000 numbers.

645/646........................... 295,659 dozen.

647/648........................... 1,224,873 dozen.

669-P\5\.......................... 500,000 kilograms.

670-L\6\.......................... 500,000 kilograms.

847............................... 154,760 dozen.

Group II

201, 218, 220, 222-224, 226, 33,500,000 square meters equivalent.

227, 229, 237, 239, 330, 332,

333, 349, 352-354, 359-O\7\,

362, 363, 369-O\8\, 400, 410,

414, 431, 432, 433, 434, 435,

436, 438, 439, 440, 442, 444,

447, 448, 459, 464, 465, 469,

603, 604-O\9\, 606, 607, 621,

622, 624, 630, 632, 633, 649,

652-654, 659-O\10\, 665, 666,

669-O\11\, 670-O\12\, 831-836,

838, 839, 840, 842-846, 850-

852, 858 and 859, as a group.

Subgroup in Group II

400, 410, 414, 431, 432, 433, 1,358,773 square meters equivalent.

434, 435, 436, 438, 439, 440,

442, 444, 447, 448, 459, 464,

465 and 469, as a group.

In Group II subgroup

433............................. 6,655 dozen.

447............................. 8,161 dozen.

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\1\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.

\2\Category 359-S: only HTS numbers 6112.39.0010, 6112.49.0010,

6211.11.2010, 6211.11.2020, 6211.12.3003 and 6211.12.3005; 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.

\3\Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.

\4\Category 604-A: only HTS number 5509.32.0000.

\5\Category 669-P: only HTS numbers 6305.31.0010, 6305.31.0020 and

6305.39.0000.

\6\Category 670-L: only HTS numbers 4202.12.8030, 4202.12.8070,

4202.92.3020, 4202.92.3030 and 4202.92.9025.

\7\Category 359-O: all HTS numbers except 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; 6211.42.0010

(Category 359-C); 6112.39.0010, 6112.49.0010, 6211.11.2010,

6211.11.2020, 6211.12.3003 and 6211.12.3005 (Category 359-S).

\8\Category 369-O: all HTS numbers except 6307.10.2005 (Category 369-S).

\9\Category 604-O: all HTS numbers except 5509.32.0000 (Category 604-A)

\10\Category 659-O: all HTS numbers except 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, 6211.43.0010 (Category 659-

C); 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 (Category 659-S).

\11\Category 669-O: all HTS numbers except 6305.31.0010, 6305.31.0020

and 6305.39.0000 (Category 669-P).

\12\Category 670-O: all HTS numbers except 4202.12.8030, 4202.12.8070,

4202.92.3020, 4202.92.3030 and 4202.92.9025 (Category 670-L).

Imports charged to these category limits for the period July 1,

1993 through June 30, 1994 shall be charged against those levels of

restraint to the extent of any unfilled balances. In the event the

limits established for that period have been exhausted by previous

entries, such goods shall be subject to the levels set forth in this

directive.

The limits set forth above are subject to adjustment in the

future pursuant to the provisions of the Bilateral Cotton, Wool,

Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textile

Agreement of May 8, 1992 and the MOU dated September 23, 1994

between the Governments of the United States and Indonesia.

You are directed to charge 5,083 dozen to the July 1, 1994

through December 31, 1994 period for Category 341.

In carrying out the above directions, the Commissioner of

Customs should construe entry into the United States for consumption

to include entry for consumption into the Commonwealth of Puerto

Rico.

The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has

determined that these actions fall within the foreign affairs

exception of 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. 94-27720; Filed 11-8-94; 8:45 am]

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