Adjustment of Import Limits and Amendment of Export Visa Requirements for Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Turkey

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of Import Limits and Amendment of Export Visa

Requirements for Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products

Produced or Manufactured in Turkey

November 8, 1994.

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

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs adjusting

limits and a sublimit and amending visa requirements.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: November 15, 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).

The current limit for Categories 625/626/627/628/629 in the Fabric

Group is being increased by application of swing. The sublimit for

Category 625 is being increased for swing and carryover. The current

limit for Category 611 is being increased by application of swing,

reducing the Fabric Group limit to account for the increase.

In addition, the visa requirements are being amended to include

coverage of textile products in Categories 611, 629, and part and

merged Categories 641-Y, 341-Y/641-Y and 625/626/627/628/629, produced

or manufactured in Turkey and exported from Turkey on and after

November 15, 1994. Goods in Categories 611, 629 and 641-Y which are

exported during the period November 15, 1994 through December 14, 1994

shall not be denied entry for lack of a visa. Goods in Categories 611,

629 and 641-Y which are exported on and after December 15, 1994 shall

be denied entry if not accompanied by an appropriate export visa.

Merchandise in merged Categories 341-Y/641-Y and 625/626/627/628/

629 may be accompanied by either the appropriate merged export visa or

the correct category or part-category visa corresponding to the actual

shipment. Goods in Categories 341-Y, 625, 626, 627, 628 which are

exported prior to November 15, 1994 shall continue to require a visa.

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

52 FR 6859, published on March 5, 1987; 59 FR 5394, published on

February 4, 1994; and 59 FR 52763, published on October 19, 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 8, 1994.

Commissioner of Customs,

Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.

Dear Commissioner: This directive amends, but does not cancel,

the directives issued to you on January 31, 1994 and October 14,

1994, by the Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements. Those directives concern imports of certain cotton and

man-made fiber textile products, produced or manufactured in Turkey

and exported during the periods January 1, 1994 and extends through

December 31, 1994 and July 1, 1994 through December 31, 1994

(Category 611).

Effective on November 15, 1994, you are directed to adjust the

limits and the sublimit for the following categories, as provided

under the terms of the Memorandum of Understanding dated October 5,

1994 and the current bilateral agreement between the Governments of

the United States and the Republic of Turkey:

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Category Adjusted limit\1\

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Fabric Group

219, 313, 314, 315, 317, 326, 617 124,435,073 square meters.

and 625/626/627/628/629, as a

group.

Sublevel in the Fabric Group

625/626/627/628/629................ 14,552,000 square meters of which

not more than 6,108,563 square

meters shall be in Category 625.

Limit not in a group

611................................ 21,400,000 square meters.

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

after December 31, 1993 and June 30, 1994 (Category 611).

You are directed to amend the directive dated March 2, 1987 to

include coverage of Categories 611, 629, and part and merged

Categories 641-Y, 341-Y/641-Y and 625/626/627/628/629, produced or

manufactured in Turkey and exported from Turkey on and after

November 15, 1994. Goods in Categories 611, 629 and 641-Y which are

exported during the period November 15, 1994 through December 14,

1994 shall not be denied entry for lack of a visa. Goods in

Categories 611, 629 and 641-Y which are exported on and after

December 15, 1994 shall be denied entry if not accompanied by an

appropriate export visa.

Merchandise in merged Categories 341-Y/641-Y and 625/626/627/

628/629 may be accompanied by either the appropriate merged export

visa or the correct category or part-category visa corresponding to

the actual shipment. Goods in Categories 341-Y, 625, 626, 627, 628

which are exported prior to November 15, 1994 shall continue to

require a visa.

Shipments entered or withdrawn from warehouse according to this

directive which are not accompanied by an appropriate export visa

shall be denied entry and a new visa must be obtained.

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. 94-28103 Filed 11-14-94; 8:45 am]

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