Establishment, Amendment and Adjustment of Import Limits, Amendment of Restraint Periods and Visa Requirements for Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Pakistan

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Establishment, Amendment and Adjustment of Import Limits,

Amendment of Restraint Periods and Visa Requirements for Certain Cotton

and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in

Pakistan

December 15, 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 restraint

periods and visa requirements.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: December 20, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anne Novak, 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) 927-6714. 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 Governments of the United States and Pakistan agreed to amend

further their Bilateral Cotton, Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other

Vegetable Fiber Textile Agreement, effected by exchange of notes dated

May 20, 1987 and June 11, 1987, as amended and extended. The two

governments agreed, among other things, to establish new specific

limits for merged Categories 317/617, 342/642 and 625/626/627/628/629,

merge Categories 369-F and 369-P at the sum of the 1994 specific

limits, and increase the base level for Categories 347/348 and the 1994

Designated Consultation Levels (DCLs) for Category 666 and the

Aggregate. As a result, the Aggregate DCL and the limits for Categories

339 and 666, which are currently filled, will re-open.

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

Commissioner of Customs to establish and amend limits pursuant to the

bilateral agreement, as amended. In addition, the current limits for

certain categories are being adjusted, variously, for carryover, swing

and special shift. The existing visa requirements are being amended to

include coverage of the newly merged categories.

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

48 FR 25257, published on June 6, 1983; 59 FR 5756, published on

February 8, 1994; 59 FR 26212, published on May 19, 1994; 59 FR 36741,

published on July 19, 1994; 59 FR 48421, published on September 21,

1994; and 59 FR 48861, published on September 23, 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 15, 1994.

Commissioner of Customs,

Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.

Dear Commissioner: This directive amends, but does not cancel,

the directives issued to you on February 1, 1994, May 13, 1994, July

13, 1994, September 14, 1994 and September 16, 1994, by the

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Those directives concern imports of certain cotton and man-made

fiber textile products, produced or manufactured in Pakistan and

exported during the periods April 29, 1994 through July 27, 1994 and

July 28, 1994 through December 31, 1994, in the case of Categories

342/642; June 29, 1994 through September 26, 1994 and September 27,

1994 through December 31, 1994, in the case of Category 628; and

January 1, 1994 through December 31, 1994, in the case of the

remaining categories.

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

the Bilateral Cotton, Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable

Fiber Textile Agreement, effected by exchange of notes dated May 20,

1987 and June 11, 1987, as amended and extended, between the

Governments of the United States and Pakistan to combine the April

29, 1994 through July 27, 1994 and July 28, 1994 through December

31, 1994 restraint periods for Categories 342/642. The limit for

Categories 342/642 shall be increased to a level of 172,562

dozen\1\.

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

exported after April 28, 1994.

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Import charges made to the 1994 Aggregate Designated

Consultation Level (DCL) for Category 342 for the period January 1,

1994 through April 28, 1994 shall remain in the Aggregate DCL. For

the import period April 29, 1994 through May 19, 1994, you are

directed to deduct 568 dozen from the charges made to the Aggregate

DCL for Category 342 and charge this same amount to Category 342 for

the April 29, 1994 through December 31, 1994 restraint period. For

the import period July 28, 1994 through September 21, 1994, you are

directed to charge 151 dozen to Category 642 for the April 29, 1994

through December 31, 1994 restraint period.

Further, you are directed to remove Category 317, along with its

charges, from the Aggregate DCL coverage. The June 29, 1994 through

September 26, 1994 and September 27, 1994 through December 31, 1994

restraint periods for Category 628 shall be combined. You are

directed to establish merged Categories 317/617 and 369-F/369-P, for

the restraint period January 1, 1994 through December 31, 1994; and

Categories 625/626/627/628/629, for the restraint period June 29,

1994 through December 31, 1994, at the levels listed below. Import

charges already made to Categories 317, 617, 369-F, 369-P and 628

shall be retained and applied to the newly established merged

categories.

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Category New Levela

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317/617............................ 23,000,000 square meters.

369-F/369-Pb....................... 1,854,684 kilograms.

625/626/627/628/629................ 29,556,164 square meters of which

not more than 14,778,082 square

meters shall be in Category 625,

not more than 14,778,082 square

meters shall be in Category 626,

not more than 14,778,082 square

meters shall be in Category 627,

not more than 3,057,534 square

meters shall be in Category 628,

and not more than 14,778,082

square meters shall be in Category

629.

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

after December 31, 1993 (Categories 317/617 and 369-F/369-P) and June

28, 1994 (Categories 625/626/627/628/629).

bCategory 369-F: only HTS number 6302.91.0045; Category 369-P: only HTS

numbers 6302.60.0010 and 6302.91.0005.

You are directed to charge the following amounts to the

categories listed below for goods imported during the periods June

29, 1994 through September 30, 1994 (Categories 625, 626, 627 and

629) and June 29 through July 19, 1994 (Category 628):

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Category Amount to be charged

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625................................ 2,603,503 square meters.

626................................ 3,284,865 square meters.

627................................ 215,125 square meters.

628................................ -0-

629................................ 6,564,996 square meters.

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Textile products in Categories 625, 626, 627 and 629 which have

been exported to the United States prior to June 29, 1994 shall not

be subject to this directive.

Textile products in Categories 625, 626, 627 and 629 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.

Also, you are directed to adjust the limits for the following

categories, pursuant to the current bilateral agreement between the

Governments of the United States and Pakistan:

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Category Adjusted twelve-month limita

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Specific limits:

237.............................. 147,670 dozen.

239.............................. 633,096 kilograms.

314.............................. 4,750,800 square meters.

315.............................. 61,368,894 square meters.

331/631.......................... 2,050,911 dozen pairs.

334/634.......................... 206,253 dozen.

335/635.......................... 318,518 dozen.

336/636.......................... 405,295 dozen.

338.............................. 4,648,373 dozen.

339.............................. 1,186,977 dozen.

340/640.......................... 501,454 dozen.

341/641.......................... 551,269 dozen.

347/348.......................... 723,043 dozen.

351/651.......................... 253,274 dozen.

352/652.......................... 635,420 dozen.

359-C/659-Cb..................... 502,307 kilograms.

360.............................. 2,138,542 numbers.

361.............................. 2,780,910 numbers.

363.............................. 38,392,736 numbers.

369-Rc........................... 8,575,301 kilograms.

613/614.......................... 16,848,204 square meters.

615.............................. 20,021,588 square meters.

638/639.......................... 40,143 dozen.

647/648.......................... 555,672 dozen.

Aggregate Designated Consultation

Level (DCL):

300, 301, 326, 330, 332, 333, 90,000,000 square meters

345, 349, 350, 353, 354, 359-Od, equivalent.

362 and 369-Oe, as a group.

Other DCL:

666.............................. 1,800,000 kilograms.

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

after December 31, 1993.

bCategory 359-C: only HTS numbers 6103.42.2025, 6103.49.3034,

6104.62.1020, 6104.69.3010, 6114.20.0048, 6114.20.0052, 6203.42.2010,

6203.42.2090, 6204.62.2010, 6211.32.0010, 6211.32.0025 and

6211.42.0010; Category 659-C: only HTS numbers 6103.23.0055,

6103.43.2020, 6103.43.2025, 6103.49.2000, 6103.49.3038, 6104.63.1020,

6104.63.1030, 6104.69.1000, 6104.69.3014, 6114.30.3044, 6114.30.3054,

6203.43.2010, 6203.43.2090, 6203.49.1010, 6203.49.1090, 6204.63.1510,

6204.69.1010, 6210.10.4015, 6211.33.0010, 6211.33.0017 and

6211.43.0010.

cCategory 369-R: only HTS number 6307.10.2020.

dCategory 359-O: all HTS numbers except 6103.42.2025, 6103.49.3034,

6104.62.1020, 6104.69.3010, 6114.20.0048, 6114.20.0052, 6203.42.2010,

6203.42.2090, 6204.62.2010, 6211.32.0010, 6211.32.0025 and

6211.42.0010 (Category 359-C).

eCategory 369-O: all HTS numbers except 6302.91.0045 (Category 369-F),

6302.60.0010, 6302.91.0005 (Category 369-P), 6307.10.2020 (Category

369-R) and 6307.10.2005 (Category 369-S).

For visa purposes, you are directed, effective on December 20,

1994, to amend further the directive dated May 27, 1983. Categories

642 and 842 shall no longer be accepted as merged Categories 642/

842. You are directed to include coverage of merged Categories 342/

642, 317/617, 369-F/369-P and 625/626/627/628/629 for goods produced

or manufactured in Pakistan and exported from Pakistan on and after

December 20, 1994. Merchandise in merged Categories 342/642, 317/

617, 369-F/369-P and 625/626/627/628/629 may be accompanied by

either the appropriate merged category visa or the correct category

or part-category visa corresponding to the actual shipment.

Shipments entered or withdrawn from warehouse according to this

directive which are not accompanied by an appropriate export visa

shall be denied entry and a new visa must be obtained.

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. 94-31292 Filed 12-16-94; 10:53 am]

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