Extension of an Import Restraint Limit for Certain Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Myanmar

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Extension of an Import Restraint Limit for Certain Man-Made

Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textile Products Produced

or Manufactured in Myanmar

March 7, 1994.

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

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs extending a

limit.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: March 14, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ross Arnold, International Trade

Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of

Commerce, (202) 482-4212. For information on the quota status of this

limit, 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 United States Government has decided to continue the restraint

limit on Categories 647/648/847 for an additional twelve-month period,

beginning on March 1, 1994 and extending through February 28, 1995.

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 64645, published on November 29, 1993). Also see

58 FR 13744, published on March 15, 1993.

Rita D. Hayes,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

March 7, 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 in

accordance with the provisions of Executive Order 11651 of March 3,

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

14, 1994, entry into the United States for consumption and

withdrawal from warehouse for consumption of man-made fiber, silk

blend and other vegetable fiber textile products in Categories 647/

648/847, produced or manufactured in Myanmar and exported during the

period beginning on March 1, 1994 and extending through February 28,

1995, in excess of 24,551 dozen.\1\

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\1\The limit has not been adjusted to account for any imports

exported after Februay 28, 1994.

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Imports charged to this category limit for the period March 1,

1993 through February 28, 1994 shall be charged against the level of

restraint to the extent of any unfilled balance. Goods in excess of

that limit shall be subject to the limit established 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 this action falls 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. 94-5619 Filed 3-9-94; 8:45 am]

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