Establishment and Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton and Wool Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Colombia

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Establishment and Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton

and Wool Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Colombia

December 6, 1994.

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

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs establishing

and adjusting limits.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: December 13, 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) 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).

In a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) dated November 18, 1994, the

Governments of the United States and Colombia agreed to extend and

amend their bilateral for two consecutive one-year periods, beginning

on January 1, 1994 and extending through December 31, 1995.

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

Commissioner of Customs to establish a limit for Category 315 and to

amend the current limit for Category 443. The limits include

adjustments for swing, carryover, special carryover and carryforward.

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 65579, 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 Memorandum of Understanding dated November 18, 1994, but are

designed to assist only in the implementation of certain of its

provisions.

D. Michael Hutchinson,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

December 6, 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 wool textile products, produced or

manufactured in Colombia and exported during the twelve-month period

which began on January 1, 1994 and extends through December 31,

1994.

Effective on December 13, 1994, you are directed to establish

and adjust the limits for the following categories, as provided

under the terms of the Memorandum of Understanding dated November

18, 1994 between the Governments of the United States and the

Republic of Colombia:

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Category Twelve-month limit\1\

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315................................ 19,299,638 square meters

443................................ 144,893 numbers.

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

after December 31, 1993.

Imports charged to the category limit for Category 315 for the

period January 1, 1993 through December 31, 1993, shall be charged

against that level of restraint to the extent of any unfilled

balance. In the event the limit established for that period has been

exhausted by previous entries, such goods shall be subject to the

level set forth in this directive.

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,

D. Michael Hutchinson,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements.

[FR Doc. 94-30390 Filed 12-8-94; 8:45 am]

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