Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the Republic of Korea

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Man-Made Fiber Textile

Products Produced or Manufactured in the Republic of Korea

December 12, 1994.

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

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs adjusting a

limit.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: December 13, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ross Arnold, 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) 927-6707. 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 633/634/635 is being decreased for

carryforward used.

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 65967, published on December 17, 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

December 12, 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 13, 1993, 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 textile products, produced or

manufactured in the Republic of Korea 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 amend

further the directive dated December 13, 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 Republic of Korea:

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Category Adjusted twelve-month limit\1\

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Sublevels within Group II

633/634/635........................ 1,392,039 dozen of which not more

than 157,880 dozen shall be in

Category 633 and not more than

588,368 dozen shall be in Category

635.

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

after December 31, 1993.

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. 94-30986 Filed 12-15-94; 8:45 am]

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