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

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Wool and Man-

Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Hungary

February 17, 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: February 25, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Naomi Freeman, 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).

In a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) dated February 4, 1994, the

Governments of the United States and the Republic of Hungary reached

agreement to amend and extend their current bilateral textile agreement

for two consecutive one-year periods, beginning on January 1, 1994 and

extending through December 31, 1995.

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

Commissioner of Customs to establish limits for the period January 1,

1994 through December 31, 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).

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, 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

February 17, 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), and the

Arrangement Regarding International Trade in Textiles done at Geneva

on December 20, 1973, as further extended on December 9, 1993;

pursuant to the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) dated February 4,

1994, between the Governments of the United States and the Republic

of Hungary; and in accordance with the provisions of Executive Order

11651 of March 3, 1972, as amended, you are directed to prohibit,

effective on February 25, 1994, entry into the United States for

consumption and withdrawal from warehouse for consumption of wool

and man-made fiber textile products in the following categories,

produced or manufactured in Hungary and exported during the twelve-

month period beginning on January 1, 1994 and extending through

December 31, 1994, in excess of the following levels of restraint:

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Category Twelve-month restraint limit\1\

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410................................ 887,567 square meters.

433................................ 16,832 dozen.

434................................ 14,281 dozen.

435................................ 24,686 dozen.

443................................ 158,116 numbers.

444................................ 51,005 numbers.

448................................ 21,816 dozen.

604................................ 965,144 kilograms.

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

after December 31, 1993.

Imports charged to these category limits for the period January

1, 1993 through December 31, 1993 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. 94-4199 Filed 2-23-94; 8:45 am]

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