Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Indonesia

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber

Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Indonesia

December 20, 1994.

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

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs adjusting

limits.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: December 21, 1994.

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) 927-6704. 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 limits for certain categories are being adjusted,

variously, for swing and 5 percent for allowance for traditional

folklore products. In a previous directive Category 433 was increased

for swing; the donor categories are being reduced in this directive.

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 55834, published on November 9, 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 MOU dated September 23, 1994, 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 20, 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 November 3, 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 textiles and textile products,

produced or manufactured in Indonesia and exported during the six-

month period which began on July 1, 1994 and extends through

December 31, 1994.

Effective on December 21, 1994, you are directed to amend the

directive dated November 3, 1994 to adjust the limits for the

following categories, as provided under the terms of the Memorandum

of Understanding dated September 23, 1994 and the current bilateral

agreement between the Governments of the United States and

Indonesia:

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Category Adjusted six-month limit\1\

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219................................ 3,110,234 square meters.

336/636............................ 278,428 dozen.

338/339............................ 478,991 dozen.

341................................ 398,718 dozen.

342/642............................ 147,473 dozen.

351/651............................ 215,450 dozen.

359-S/659-S\2\..................... 522,125 kilograms.

604-A\3\........................... 267,130 kilograms.

618................................ 1,747,200 square meters.

638/639............................ 613,486 dozen.

641................................ 899,407 dozen.

647/648............................ 1,286,117 dozen.

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

after June 30, 1994.

\2\Category 359-S: only HTS numbers 6112.39.0010, 6112.49.0010,

6211.11.2010, 6211.11.2020, 6211.12.3003 and 6211.12.3005; Category

659-S: only HTS numbers 6112.31.0010, 6112.31.0020, 6112.41.0010,

6112.41.0020, 6112.41.0030, 6112.41.0040, 6211.11.1010, 6211.11.1020,

6211.12.1010 and 6211.12.1020.

\3\Category 604-A: only HTS number 5509.32.0000.

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. 94-31701 Filed 12-23-94; 8:45 am]

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