Amendment and Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Malaysia

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Amendment and Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton and

Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Malaysia

November 10, 1994.

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

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs amending and

adjusting limits.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: November 10, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Naomi Freeman, 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) 9276-6712. 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 November 3, 1994, the

Governments of the United States and Malaysia agreed, among other

things, to amend the current base level for Category 326 in the Fabric

Group.

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

Commissioner of Customs to increase the current limit for Category 326.

Also, Category 225 is being reduced to account for additional

flexibility which was applied to Category 326 as a result of the

increase.

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 65580, published on December 15, 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 its provisions.

Rita D. Hayes,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

November 10, 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 December 9, 1993, by the Chairman,

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That

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

fiber textiles and textile products and silk blend and other

vegetable fiber apparel, produced or manufactured in Malaysia and

exported during the twelve-month period which began on January 1,

1994 and extends through December 31, 1994.

Effective on November 10, 1994, you are directed, pursuant to

the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) dated November 3, 1994 between

the Governments of the United States and Malaysia, to adjust the

limits for the following categories:

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Category Adjusted twelve-month limit\1\

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Sublevels in the Fabric Group

225................................ 25,506,166 square meters.

326................................ 5,350,000 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. 94-28459 Filed 11-16-94; 8:45 am]

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