Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Wool Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Bulgaria

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Wool Textile

Products Produced or Manufactured in Bulgaria

November 29, 1994.

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

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs establishing

limits for the new agreement year.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 1995.

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) 927-5850. 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 Bilateral Textile Agreement, effected by exchange of notes

dated December 2 and December 23, 1993, between the Governments of the

United States and the Republic of Bulgaria establishes limits for

certain wool textile products, produced or manufactured in Bulgaria and

exported during the 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 the 1995 limits. The limit for

Category 435 has been reduced for carryforward used during the previous

agreement year.

A copy of the current bilateral agreement is available from the

Textiles Division, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, U.S.

Department of State, (202) 647-1683.

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).

Information regarding the 1995 CORRELATION will be published in the

Federal Register at a later date.

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 29, 1994.

Commissioner of Customs,

Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.

Dear Commissioner: Under the terms of section 204 of the

Agricultural Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1854); pursuant to

the Bilateral Textile Agreement, effected by exchange of notes dated

December 2, 1993 and December 23, 1993, between the Governments of

the United States and the Republic of Bulgaria; and in accordance

with the provisions of Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as

amended, you are directed to prohibit, effective on January 1, 1995,

entry into the United States for consumption and withdrawal from

warehouse for consumption of wool textile products in the following

categories, produced or manufactured in Bulgaria and exported during

the twelve-month period beginning on January 1, 1995 and extending

through December 31, 1995, in excess of the following levels of

restraint:

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Category Twelve-month limit

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410................................ 739,573 square meters.

435................................ 18,988 dozen.

448................................ 20,402 dozen.

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Imports charged to these category limits for the period January

1, 1994 through December 31, 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.

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. 94-29950 Filed 12-5-94; 8:45 am]

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