Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Nepal

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton and

Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Nepal

December 15, 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 May 30 and June 1, 1986, as amended and extended, establishes

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

through December 31, 1995.

A copy of the current bilateral agreement is available from the

Textiles Division, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, U.S.

Department of State, (202) 647-1683.

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, 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: 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

May 30 and June 1, 1986, as amended and extended, between the

Governments of the United States and Nepal; 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 and man-made fiber textile

products in the following categories, produced or manufactured in

Nepal 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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336/636.......................... 178,773 dozen.

340.............................. 284,025 dozen.

341.............................. 912,321 dozen.

342.............................. 138,486 dozen.

347/348.......................... 639,753 dozen.

640.............................. 142,948 dozen.

641.............................. 322,313 dozen.

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Imports charged to these category limits, as applicable, 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. 94-31499 Filed 12-21-94; 8:45 am]

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