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

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber

Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Lesotho

November 28, 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: December 5, 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) 482-5850. 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 limit for Categories 338-B/339-B/638-B/639-B is being

increased by application of swing, reducing the limit for Categories

347/348 to account for 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 61679, published on November 22, 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 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 28, 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 November 16, 1993, by the Chairman,

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That

directive concerns imports of certain cotton and man-made fiber

textile products, produced or manufactured in Lesotho and exported

during the twelve-month period which began on December 1, 1993 and

extends through November 30, 1994.

Effective on December 5, 1994, you are directed to amend the

directive dated November 16, 1993 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 Kingdom of Lesotho:

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Category Adjusted twelve-month limit\1\

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338-B/339-B/638-B/639-B\2\......... 901,614 dozen.

347/348............................ 386,310 dozen.

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

after November 30, 1993.

\2\Category 338-B: only HTS numbers 6103.22.0050, 6105.10.0010,

6105.10.0030, 6105.90.3010, 6109.10.0027, 6110.20.1025, 6110.20.2065,

6110.90.0068, and 6114.20.0005; Category 339-B: only HTS numbers

6104.22.0060, 6104.29.2049, 6106.10.0010, 6106.10.0030, 6106.90.2010,

6106.90.3010, 6109.10.0070, 6110.20.1030, 6110.20.2075, 6110.90.0070,

6114.20.0010 and 6117.90.0022; Category 638-B: only HTS numbers

6103.23.0075, 6103.29.1050, 6105.20.2010, 6105.20.2030, 6105.90.3030,

6109.90.1049, 6110.30.1050, 6110.30.2050, 6110.30.3050, 6110.90.0076

and 6114.30.1010; Category 639-B: only HTS numbers 6104.23.0036,

6104.29.1050, 6104.29.2055, 6106.20.2010, 6106.20.2030, 6106.90.2030,

6106.90.3030, 6109.90.1090, 6110.30.1060, 6110.30.2060, 6110.30.3055,

6110.90.0078, 6114.30.1020 and 6117.90.0026.

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. 94-29610 Filed 11-30-94; 8:45 am]

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