Establishment 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 the People's Republic of China and Permanent Denial of Goods Exported in Excess of Import Restraint Limits in 1994

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Establishment 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 the People's Republic of

China and Permanent Denial of Goods Exported in Excess of Import

Restraint Limits in 1994

January 5, 1994.

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

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs establishing

limits and notice of permanent denial of goods shipped in excess of the

1994 limits.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: January 17, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janet Heinzen, 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) 927-6703. 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).

Inasmuch as no agreement was reached in recent consultations

between the Governments of the United States and the People's Republic

of China on a mutually satisfactory solution regarding the extension of

the bilateral textile agreement, including quota limits, illegal

transshipment of textile products from China, overshipping annual

limits, and other violations of the provisions of the bilateral

agreement, the United States Government has decided to establish limits

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

December 31, 1994. The annual limits for January 1, 1994 through

December 31, 1994 shall be effective January 17, 1994.

It should be noted that CITA, under Executive Order 11651, as

amended, and section 204 of the Agricultural Act of 1956, as amended,

intends to permanently deny entry to goods which have been shipped in

excess of the 1994 limits.

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).

Rita D. Hayes,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

January 5, 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 January

17, 1994, 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

China 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

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200................................ 463,566 kilograms.

218................................ 7,919,394 square meters.

219................................ 1,609,888 square meters.

226................................ 7,310,063 square meters.

237................................ 1,245,294 dozen.

239................................ 1,991,612 kilograms.

300/301............................ 2,694,290 kilograms.

313................................ 29,829,197 square meters.

314................................ 33,939,959 square meters.

315................................ 116,403,311 square meters.

317/326............................ 13,957,535 square meters of which

not more than 2,670,351 square

meters shall be in Category 326.

331................................ 3,539,461 dozen pairs.

333................................ 64,133 dozen.

334................................ 222,374 dozen.

335................................ 278,482 dozen.

336................................ 113,030 dozen.

338/339............................ 1,525,465 dozen of which not more

than 1,157,995 dozen shall be in

knit shirts other than T-shirts

and tank tops in Categories 338-S/

339-S\1\.

340................................ 603,342 dozen of which not more

than 301,671 dozen shall be in

shirts made from fabric with two

or more colors in the warp and/or

the filling, excluding napped

shirts in Category 340-Z\2\.

341................................ 482,186 dozen of which not more

than 289,312 dozen shall be in

blouses made from fabric with two

or more colors in the warp and/or

the filling in Category 341-Y\3\.

342................................ 188,380 dozen.

345................................ 83,037 dozen.

347/348............................ 1,556,789 dozen.

350................................ 109,122 dozen.

351................................ 354,168 dozen.

352................................ 1,159,137 dozen.

359-C\4\........................... 395,659 kilograms.

359-V\5\........................... 587,624 kilograms.

360................................ 5,073,230 numbers of which not more

than 3,460,433 numbers shall be in

Category 360-P\6\.

361................................ 2,864,699 numbers.

363................................ 21,823,736 numbers.

369-D\7\........................... 3,230,177 kilograms.

369-H\8\........................... 3,303,681 kilograms.

369-L\9\........................... 2,170,919 kilograms.

369-S\10\.......................... 395,021 kilograms.

410................................ 1,440,098 square meters of which

not more than 1,154,393 square

meters shall be Category 410-A\11\

and not more than 1,154,393 square

meters shall be in Category 410-

B\12\.

433................................ 16,947 dozen.

434................................ 9,656 dozen.

435................................ 17,736 dozen.

436................................ 11,036 dozen.

438................................ 19,312 dozen.

440................................ 27,590 dozen of which not more than

15,765 dozen shall be in Category

440-M\13\.

442................................ 30,743 dozen.

443................................ 99,320 numbers.

444................................ 147,656 numbers.

445/446............................ 184,452 dozen.

447................................ 57,398 dozen.

448................................ 16,135 dozen.

607................................ 2,169,081 kilograms.

611................................ 3,707,576 square meters.

613................................ 5,088,830 square meters.

614................................ 7,996,731 square meters.

615................................ 16,647,741 square meters.

617................................ 11,631,609 square meters.

631................................ 845,508 dozen pairs.

633................................ 38,564 dozen.

634................................ 419,550 dozen.

635................................ 438,256 dozen.

636................................ 386,545 dozen.

638/639............................ 1,738,928 dozen.

640................................ 1,067,699 dozen.

641................................ 960,852 dozen.

642................................ 220,625 dozen.

645/646............................ 530,970 dozen.

647................................ 1,109,833 dozen.

648................................ 792,968 dozen.

649................................ 619,581 dozen.

650................................ 77,894 dozen.

651................................ 530,873 dozen of which not more

than 93,464 dozen shall be in

Category 651-B\14\.

652................................ 1,776,617 dozen.

659-C\15\.......................... 281,050 kilograms.

659-H\16\.......................... 1,924,991 kilograms.

659-S\17\.......................... 414,247 kilograms.

669-P\18\.......................... 1,352,112 kilograms.

670-L\19\.......................... 10,761,357 kilograms.

831................................ 348,384 dozen pairs.

833................................ 18,439 dozen.

835................................ 87,104 dozen.

840................................ 338,840 dozen.

842................................ 184,388 dozen.

845................................ 1,567,105 dozen.

846................................ 121,724 dozen.

847................................ 898,893 dozen.

863-S\20\.......................... 6,336,219 numbers.

870................................ 21,638,621 kilograms.

Group II

330, 332, 349, 353, 354, 359-O\21\, 93,858,209 square meters

431, 432, 439, 459, 630,632, 643, equivalent.

653, 654 and 659-O\22\, as a group.

Sublevel in Group II

643................................ 353,211 numbers.

Group III

201, 220, 222-225, 227, 229, 362, 253,179,660 square meters

369-O\23\, 400, 414,464, 465, 469, equivalent.

600, 603, 604-O\24\, 606, 618-622,

624-629, 665, 666, 669-O\25\ and

670-O\26\, as a group.

Group IV

832, 834, 836, 838, 839, 843, 644/ 20,140,687 square meters

844, 850-852, 858 and 859, as equivalent.

agroup.

Sublevel in Group IV

644/844.......................... 2,554,380 numbers.

836.............................. 188,478 dozen.

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\1\Categories 338-S/339-S: all HTS numbers except 6109.10.0012,

6109.10.0014, 6109.10.0018, 6109.10.0023, 6109.10.0040, 6109.10.0045,

6109.10.0060 and 6109.10.0065.

\2\Category 340-Z: only HTS numbers 6205.20.2015, 6205.20.2020,

6205.20.2050 and 6205.20.2060.

\3\Category 341-Y: only HTS numbers 6204.22.3060, 6206.30.3010,

6206.30.3030 and 6211.42.0054.

\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.

\5\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.

\6\Category 360-P: only HTS numbers 6302.21.1010, 6302.21.1020,

6302.21.2010, 6302.21.2020, 6302.31.1010, 6302.31.1020, 6302.31.2010

and 6302.31.2020.

\7\Category 369-D: only HTS numbers 6302.60.0010, 6302.91.0005 and

6302.91.0045.

\8\Category 369-H: only HTS numbers 4202.22.4020, 4202.22.4500 and

4202.22.8030.

\9\Category 369-L: only HTS numbers 4202.12.4000, 4202.12.8020,

4202.12.8060, 4202.92.1500, 4202.92.3015 and 4202.92.6090.

\10\Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.

\11\Category 410-A: only HTS numbers 5111.11.3000, 5111.11.7030,

5111.11.7060, 5111.19.2000, 5111.19.6020, 5111.19.6040, 5111.19.6060,

5111.19.6080, 5111.20.9000, 5111.30.9000, 5111.90.3000, 5111.90.9000,

5212.11.1010, 5212.12.1010, 5212.13.1010, 5212.14.1010, 5212.15.1010,

5212.21.1010, 5212.22.1010, 5212.23.1010, 5212.24.1010, 5212.25.1010,

5311.00.2000, 5407.91.0510, 5407.92.0510, 5407.93.0510, 5407.94.0510,

5408.31.0510, 5408.32.0510, 5408.33.0510, 5408.34.0510, 5515.13.0510,

5515.22.0510, 5515.92.0510, 5516.31.0510, 5516.32.0510, 5516.33.0510,

5516.34.0510 and 6301.20.0020.

\12\Category 410-B: only HTS numbers 5007.10.6030, 5007.90.6030,

5112.11.2030, 5112.11.2060, 5112.19.9010, 5112.19.9020, 5112.19.9030,

5112.19.9040, 5112.19.9050, 5112.19.9060, 5112.20.3000, 5112.30.3000,

5112.90.3000, 5112.90.9010, 5112.90.9090, 5212.11.1020, 5212.12.1020,

5212.13.1020, 5212.14.1020, 5212.15.1020, 5212.21.1020, 5212.22.1020,

5212.23.1020, 5212.24.1020, 5212.25.1020, 5309.21.2000, 5309.29.2000,

5407.91.0520, 5407.92.0520, 5407.93.0520, 5407.94.0520, 5408.31.0520,

5408.32.0520, 5408.33.0520, 5408.34.0520, 5515.13.0520, 5515.22.0520,

5515.92.0520, 5516.31.0520, 5516.32.0520, 5516.33.0520 and

5516.34.0520.

\13\Category 440-M: only HTS numbers 6203.21.0030, 6203.23.0030,

6205.10.1000, 6205.10.2010, 6205.10.2020, 6205.30.1510, 6205.30.1520,

6205.90.2020, 6295.90.4020 and 6211.31.0030.

\14\Category 651-B: only HTS numbers 6107.22.0015 and 6108.32.0015.

\15\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.

\16\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.

\17\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.

\18\Category 669-P: only HTS numbers 6305.31.0010, 6305.31.0020 and

6305.39.0000.

\19\Category 670-L: only HTS numbers 4202.12.8030, 4202.12.8070,

4202.92.3020, 4202.92.3030 and 4202.92.9025.

\20\Category 863-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2015.

\21\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); 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

(Category 359-V).

\22\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);

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

(Category 659-S).

\23\Category 369-O: all HTS numbers except 6302.60.0010, 6302.91.0005,

6302.91.0045 (Category 369-D); 4202.22.4020, 4202.22.4500, 4202.22.8030

(Category 369-H); 4202.12.4000, 4202.12.8020, 4202.12.8060,

4202.92.1500, 4202.92.3015, 4202.92.6090 (Category 369-L); and

6307.10.2005 (Category 369-S).

\24\Category 604-O: all HTS numbers except 5509.32.0000 (Category 604-

A).

\25\Category 669-O: all HTS numbers except 6305.31.0010, 6305.31.0020

and 6305.39.0000 (Category 669-P).

\26\Category 670-O: only HTS numbers 4202.22.4030, 4202.22.8050 and

4202.32.9550.

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. 94-571 Filed 1-6-94; 11:21 am]

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