Establishment, Amendment and Adjustment of Import Limits and Amendment of a Restraint Period for Certain Cotton, Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Bangladesh

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Establishment, Amendment and Adjustment of Import Limits and

Amendment of a Restraint Period for Certain Cotton, Man-Made Fiber,

Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textile Products Produced or

Manufactured in Bangladesh

December 14, 1994.

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

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs

establishing, amending and adjusting limits and amending a restraint

period.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: December 20, 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) 927-5850. 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 of December 10, 1994 between the

Governments of the United States and the People's Republic of

Bangladesh establishes limits for the periods February 1, 1994 and

through December 31, 1994 and December 1, 1994 through December 31,

1994.

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

Commissioner of Customs to amend the current limits for certain

categories for the new restraint period beginning on February 1, 1994

and extending through December 31, 1994. These amended limits include

special carryforward, as well as flexibility previously applied. Also,

the new limit established for Categories 352/652 for the period

December 1, 1994 through December 31, 1994 has been adjusted for

carryforward and special carryforward. As a result of the amendments to

Categories 340/640 and 634, these limits, which are currently filled,

will re-open.

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 4039, published on January 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 14, 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 January 24, 1994, by the Chairman,

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That

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

blend and other vegetable fiber textiles and textile products,

produced or manufactured in Bangladesh and exported during the

twelve-month period which began on February 1, 1994 and extends

through January 31, 1995.

Effective on December 20, 1994, you are directed, pursuant to

the Bilateral Textile Agreement of December 10, 1994 between the

Governments of the United States and the People's Republic of

Bangladesh, to amend the current restraint period to end on December

31, 1994 at the adjusted limits listed below. Also, you are directed

to establish a limit at 1,210,000 dozen\1\ for Categories 352/652

for the period December 1, 1994 through December 31, 1994.

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\1\The limit has not been adjusted to account for any imports

exported after November 30, 1994.

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Category Adjusted eleven-month limita

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237................................ 386,680 dozen

331................................ 979,638 dozen pairs.

334................................ 122,843 dozen.

335................................ 211,811 dozen.

336/636............................ 364,124 dozen.

338/339............................ 1,001,185 dozen.

340/640............................ 2,602,866 dozen.

341................................ 2,156,239 dozen.

342/642............................ 315,315 dozen.

347/348............................ 1,932,163 dozen.

351/651............................ 592,500 dozen.

363................................ 23,149,740 numbers.

369-Sb............................. 1,354,399 kilograms.

634................................ 432,778 dozen.

635................................ 280,390 dozen.

638/639............................ 1,094,804 dozen.

641................................ 946,407 dozen.

645/646............................ 281,880 dozen.

647/648............................ 1,018,307 dozen.

847................................ 704,828 dozen.

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aThe limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports exported

after January 31, 1994.

bCategory 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.

Textile products in Categories 352/652 which have been exported

to the United States prior to December 1, 1994 shall not be subject

to this directive.

Textile products in Categories 352/652 which have been released

from the custody of the U.S. Customs Service under the provisions of

19 U.S.C. 1448(b) or 1484(a)(1) prior to the effective date of this

directive shall not be denied entry under 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,

Rita D. Hayes,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

[FR Doc. 94-31223 Filed 12-15-94; 2:19 pm]

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