Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton, Man- Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Oman

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton, Man-

Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textile Products

Produced or Manufactured in Oman

December 12, 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: 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) 927-5850. 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 13, 1993 and January 15, 1994, as amended by a

Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) dated June 21, 1994, between the

Governments of the United States and the Sultanate of Oman establishes

limits for the period beginning on January 1, 1995 and extending

through December 31, 1995.

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, as amended by the MOU dated June 21, 1994, 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

December 12, 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 13, 1993 and January 15, 1994, as amended by a Memorandum

of Understanding (MOU) dated June 21, 1994, between the Governments

of the United States and the Sultanate of Oman; 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 cotton, man-made fiber, silk blend and

other vegetable fiber textile products in the following categories,

produced or manufactured in Oman 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 restraint limit

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334/634............................ 150,000 dozen.

335/635............................ 212,000 dozen.

338/339............................ 439,900 dozen.

340/640............................ 212,000 dozen.

341/641............................ 159,000 dozen.

347/348............................ 757,900 dozen.

647/648/847........................ 325,000 dozen.

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Imports charged to these category limits, except Categories 647/

648/847, 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. 94-30985 Filed 12-15-94; 8:45 am]

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