Adjustment of Import Limits and Correction of a Level for Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Thailand

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of Import Limits and Correction of a Level for Certain

Cotton and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in

Thailand

December 12, 1994.

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

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs adjusting

and correcting limits.

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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) 927-6717. 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 currents limits for certain categories are being adjusted,

variously, for swing, carryover and carryforward. Also, the 1994 level

for Category 219, as adjusted in the directive dated November 9, 1994,

is being corrected (see 59 FR 58832, published on November 15, 1994).

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 21962, published on April 28, 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 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 April 21, 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 textile products, produced or

manufactured in Thailand 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 correct the

current level for Category 219 to 3,280,558 square meters (see

directive dated December 9, 1994). Also, you are directed to adjust

the limits for the following categories, as provided under the terms

of the current bilateral textile agreement between the Governments

of the United States and Thailand:

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Category Adjusted twelve-month limit\1\

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313................................ 12,178,601 square meters.

613/614/615........................ 42,026,700 square meters of which

not more than 23,921,230 square

meters shall be in Category 614

and not more than 23,331,501

square meters shall be in

Categories 613/615.

620................................ 6,324,295 square meters.

669-P\2\........................... 5,576,529 kilograms.

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

after December 31, 1993.

\2\Category 669-P: only HTS numbers 6305.31.0010, 6305.31.0020 and

6305.39.0000.

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. 94-30987 Filed 12-15-94; 8:45 am]

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