Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool, Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textiles and Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Macau

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool,

Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textiles and

Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Macau

February 17, 1994.

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

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs establishing

limits.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: February 25, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Helen L. LeGrande, 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) 927-6709. 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 January 28, 1994, the

Governments of the United States and Macau agreed to amend and extend

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

Other Vegetable Fiber Textile Agreement through December 31, 1995.

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

Commissioner of Customs to establish limits for the period beginning on

January 1, 1994 and extending 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: The directive issued to you on November 16,

1993, by the Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements, directs you to count imports of certain textiles and

textile products, produced or manufactured in Macau and exported

during the period beginning on January 1, 1994 and extending through

December 31, 1994. Effective on February 25, 1994, you are directed

to no longer monitor those categories for which import restraint

limits are not being established in this directive. Monitoring data

for the remaining categories shall be applied to the limits

established below.

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 dated January 28, 1994 between the Governments of

the United States and Macau; and in accordance with the provisions

of Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as amended, you are

directed to prohibit, effective on ____, entry into the United

States for consumption and withdrawal from warehouse for consumption

of cotton, wool, man-made fiber, silk blend and other vegetable

fiber textiles and textile products in the following categories,

produced or manufactured in Macau 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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Levels in Group I

219................................ 2,000,000 square meters.

225................................ 7,000,000 square meters.

237................................ 61,000 dozen.

313................................ 6,000,000 square meters.

314................................ 1,000,000 square meters.

315................................ 3,000,000 square meters.

317................................ 5,000,000 square meters.

326................................ 2,000,000 square meters.

331/831............................ 300,000 dozen pairs.

333/334/335/833/834/835............ 210,951 dozen of which not more

than 111,121 dozen shall be in

Categories 333/335/833/835.

336/836............................ 50,000 dozen.

338................................ 271,565 dozen.

339................................ 1,137,492 dozen.

340................................ 257,037 dozen.

341................................ 165,783 dozen.

342................................ 75,000 dozen.

345................................ 45,860 dozen.

347/348/847........................ 642,789 dozen.

350/850............................ 50,000 dozen.

351/851............................ 60,000 dozen.

359-C/659-C\2\..................... 300,000 kilograms.

359-V\3\........................... 100,000 kilograms.

611................................ 2,000,000 square meters.

625/626/627/628/629................ 5,000,000 square meters.

631................................ 231,386 dozen pairs.

633/634/635........................ 446,706 dozen.

638/639/838........................ 1,391,054 dozen.

640................................ 98,905 dozen.

641/840............................ 169,992 dozen.

642/842............................ 99,039 dozen.

645/646............................ 231,843 dozen.

647/648............................ 467,698 dozen.

652/852............................ 160,000 dozen.

659-S\4\........................... 100,000 kilograms.

670................................ 340,194 kilograms.

845/846............................ 102,000 dozen.

Group II

400-469, as a group................ 1,448,022 square meters equivalent.

Sublevel in Group II...............

445/446............................ 78,065 dozen.

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

after December 31, 1993.

\2\Category 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.

\3\Category 359-V: only HTS numbers 6103.19.2030, 6103.19.4030,

6104.12.0040, 6104.19.2040, 6110.20.1022, 6110.20.1024, 6110.20.2030,

6110.20.2035, 6110.90.0044, 6110.90.0046, 6201.92.2010, 6202.92.2020,

6203.19.1030, 6203.19.4030, 6204.12.0040, 6204.19.3040, 6211.32.0070

and 6211.42.0070.

\4\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.

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.

Import charges for part-Categories 359-C/659-C, 359-V and 659-S

shall be provided at a later date.

The conversion factor (square meters equivalent/category unit)

for Categories 445/446 is 12.4.

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. 94-4200 Filed 2-23-94; 8:45 am]

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