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

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool

and Man-Made Fiber Textiles and Textile Products and Silk Blend and

Other Vegetable Fiber Apparel Produced or Manufactured in the

Philippines

February 23, 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: March 2, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Aldrich, 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) 927-6713. 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 26, 1994

between the Governments of the United States and the Philippines,

agreement was reached to amend and extend further the Bilateral Cotton,

Wool and Man-Made Fiber Textiles and Textile Products and Silk Blend

and Other Vegetable Fiber Apparel Agreement of March 4, 1987, 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 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 23, 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 dated January 26, 1994

between the Governments of the United States and the Philippines;

and in accordance with the provisions of Executive Order 11651 of

March 3, 1972, as amended, you are directed to prohibit, effective

on March 2, 1994, entry into the United States for consumption and

withdrawal from warehouse for consumption of cotton, wool and man-

made fiber textiles and textile products and silk blend and other

vegetable fiber apparel in the following categories, produced or

manufactured in the Philippines 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 not in a group

669-P\2\........................... 3,173,611 kilograms.

670-L\3\........................... 5,405,405 kilograms.

Levels in Group I

237................................ 1,337,255 dozen.

239................................ 8,068,604 kilograms.

331/631............................ 4,330,455 dozen pairs.

333/334............................ 209,483 dozen of which not more

than 30,073 dozen shall be in

Category 333.

335................................ 136,352 dozen.

336................................ 496,198 dozen.

338/339............................ 1,819,393 dozen.

340/640............................ 807,917 dozen.

341/641............................ 729,042 dozen.

342/642............................ 429,187 dozen.

345................................ 127,810 dozen.

347/348............................ 1,503,631 dozen.

350................................ 113,147 dozen.

351/651............................ 468,112 dozen.

352/652............................ 1,838,400 dozen.

359-C/659-C\4\..................... 636,000 kilograms.

361................................ 1,429,219 numbers.

369-S\5\........................... 323,968 kilograms.

431................................ 162,429 dozen pairs.

433................................ 3,198 dozen.

443................................ 38,673 numbers.

445/446............................ 26,415 dozen.

447................................ 7,345 dozen.

611................................ 4,289,201 square meters.

633................................ 27,654 dozen.

634................................ 343,118 dozen.

635................................ 315,037 dozen.

636................................ 1,293,122 dozen.

638/639............................ 1,869,013 dozen.

643................................ 660,549 numbers.

645/646............................ 594,155 dozen.

647/648............................ 907,277 dozen.

649................................ 5,996,169 dozen.

650................................ 80,983 dozen.

659-H\6\........................... 1,065,516 kilograms.

847................................ 706,737 dozen.

Group II

200-229, 300-326, 330, 332, 349, 115,685,943 square meters

353, 354, 359-O\7\, 360, 362, 363, equivalent.

369-O\8\, 400-414, 432, 434-442,

444, 448, 459, 464-469, 600-607,

613-629, 630, 632, 644, 653, 654,

659-O\9\, 665, 666, 669-O\10\, 670-

O\11\, 831-846 and 850-859, as a

group.

Sublevel in Group II

604.............................. 1,515,244 kilograms.

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

after December 31, 1993.

\2\Category 669-P: only HTS numbers 6305.31.0010, 6305.31.0020 and

6305.39.0000.

\3\Category 670-L: only HTS numbers 4202.12.8030, 4202.12.8070,

4202.92.3020, 4202.92.3030 and 4202.92.9025.

\4\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.

\5\Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.

\6\Category 659-H: only HTS numbers 6502.00.9030, 6504.00.9015,

6504.00.9060, 6505.90.5090, 6505.90.6090, 6505.90.7090 and

6505.90.8090.

\7\Category 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, 6211.42.0010

(Category 359-C).

\8\Category 369-O: all HTS numbers except 6307.10.2005 (Category 369-S).

\9\Category 659-O: all HTS numbers except 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, 6211.43.0010 (Category 659-

C); 6502.00.9030, 6504.00.9015, 6504.00.9060, 6505.90.5090,

6505.90.6090, 6505.90.7090, 6505.90.8090 (Category 659-H).

\10\Category 669-O: all HTS numbers except 6305.31.0010, 6305.31.0020

and 6305.39.0000 (Category 669-P).

\11\Category 670-O: all HTS numbers except 4202.12.8030, 4202.12.8070,

4202.92.3020, 4202.92.3030 and 4202.92.9025 (Category 670-L).

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.

The limits set forth above are subject to adjustment in the

future pursuant to the provisions of the MOU dated January 26, 1994

and the Bilateral Cotton, Wool and Man-Made Fiber Textiles and

Textile Products and Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Apparel

Agreement of March 4, 1987, as amended and extended, between the

Governments of the United States and the Philippines.

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. 94-4552 Filed 2-28-94; 8:45 am]

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