COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Deduction of Import Charges for Certain Wool Textile Products

Assembled in the Dominican Republic

April 6, 1994.

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

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs deducting

charges.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: April 13, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lori E. Goldberg, International Trade

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

Commerce, (202) 482-3400.

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).

CITA has agreed to issue visa waivers for certain textile products

in Category 433 which were cut in the Virgin Islands and assembled in

the Dominican Republic and exported to the United States. In the letter

published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the Commissioner of

Customs to deduct 953 dozen from the import charges made to the current

limit for Category 433. Additional deductions will be made at a later

date.

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). Also see

58 FR 67397, published on December 21, 1993.

Rita D. Hayes,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

April 6, 1994.

Commissioner of Customs,

Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.

Dear Commissioner: To facilitate implementation of the Bilateral

Cotton, Wool and Man-Made Fiber Textile Agreement, effected by

exchange of notes dated June 11, 1992 and September 23, 1992,

between the Governments of the United States and the Dominican

Republic, I request that, effective on April 13, 1994, you deduct

953 dozen from the charges made to Category 433 for the period which

began on January 1, 1994 and extends through December 31, 1994 (see

directive dated December 15, 1993).

This letter will be published in the Federal Register.

Sincerely,

Rita D. Hayes,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

[FR Doc. 94-8774 Filed 4-11-94; 8:45 am]

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