Establishment, Amendment and Elimination of Import Limits and Sublimits for Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber Textiles and Textile Products and Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Apparel Produced or Manufactured in Malaysia

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Establishment, Amendment and Elimination of Import Limits and

Sublimits for Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber Textiles and Textile

Products and Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Apparel Produced or

Manufactured in Malaysia

November 18, 1994.

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

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs

establishing, amending and eliminating limits and sublimits.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: November 28, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Naomi Freeman, International Trade Specialist, Office of Textile 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 to extend and

amend their current bilateral textile agreement. The agreement is

extended for a one-year period beginning on January 1, 1995 and

extending through December 31, 1995.

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

Commissioner of Customs to establish sublimits for Categories 611, 619,

620 in the Fabric Group for the 1994 agreement period and increase the

current limits for the Fabric Group and Categories 338/339 and 347/348.

The limits for Categories 647/648 and 645/646 are being reduced to

account for additional flexibility which was applied as a result of the

increases. In addition, the sublimits for Categories 334, 335 and 635

are being eliminated.

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.

Dated: November 18, 1994.

Rita D. Hayes,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

November 18, 1994.

Commissioner of Customs,

Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.

Dear Commissioner: The 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 28, 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 move

Categories 611, 619 and 620 from Group II to the Fabric Group and

establish sublimits for Categories 611, 619 and 620. The import

charges for Categories 611, 619 and 620 shall be moved from Group II

and applied to the newly established sublimits in the Fabric Group.

Further, you are directed to eliminate the sublimits for Categories

334 and 335 in merged Categories 333/334/335/835 and 635 in merged

Categories 634/635. The import charges for these sublimits shall be

retained. You are directed to establish and amend the following

limits and sublimits, as provided under the terms of the November 3,

1994 MOU:

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Category Adjusted twelve-month limit\1\

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Fabric Group:

218, 219, 220, 225-227, 313-315, 88,034,890 square meters.

317, 326, 611, 613/614/615/617,

619 and 620, as a group.

Sublevels in the group:

611.............................. 3,000,000 square meters.

619.............................. 4,000,000 square meters.

620.............................. 5,000,000 square meters.

Other Specific Limits:

338/339.......................... 882,362 dozen.

347/348.......................... 467,773 dozen.

645/646.......................... 274,228 dozen.

647/648.......................... 1,294,071 dozen.

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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. 94-28960 Filed 11-23-94; 8:45 am]

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