Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Wool Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Indonesia

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Wool Textile Products

Produced or Manufactured in Indonesia

December 9, 1994.

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

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs increasing

limits.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: December 9, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Tallarico, 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) 927-6704. 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 limits for the Group II Subgroup and Category 433 are

being increased for special carryforward. Also, the limit for Category

433 is being increased for swing. Reduction to the donor category

limits is being done in a separate directive.

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

59 FR 55834, published on November 9, 1994.

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 dated September 23, 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 9, 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 3, 1994, by the Chairman,

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That

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

silk blend and other vegetable fiber textiles and textile products,

produced or manufactured in Indonesia and exported during the six-

month period which began on July 1, 1994 and extends through

December 31, 1994.

Effective on December 9, 1994 you are directed to amend the

directive dated November 3, 1994 to increase the limits for the

following categories, as provided under the terms of the Memorandum

of Understanding dated September 23, 1994 and the current bilateral

agreement between the Governments of the United States and

Indonesia:

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Category Adjusted six-month limit\1\

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Group II Subgroup

400, 410, 414, 431, 432, 434, 435, 1,872,903 square meters equivalent.

436, 438, 439, 440, 442, 444, 447,

448, 459, 464, 465 and 469, as a

group.

In Group II Subgroup

433................................ 8,415 dozen.

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

after June 30, 1994.

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,

D. Michael Hutchinson,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements.

[FR Doc. 94-30745 Filed 12-13-94; 8:45 am]

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