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 Mauritius

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 Mauritius

January 7, 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: January 14, 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) 927-5850. 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).

A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) dated October 22, 1993 between

the Governments of the United States and Mauritius establishes, among

other things, limits for certain textile products, produced or

manufactured in Mauritius and exported during 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

January 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); pursuant to

the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) dated October 22, 1993 between

the Governments of the United States and Mauritius; and in

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

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

14, 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

Mauritius 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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Knit group

345, 438, 445, 446, 645 and 646, as 133,585 dozen.

a group.

Levels not in a group

237................................ 172,265 dozen.

335/835............................ 68,476 dozen.

336................................ 80,580 dozen.

338/339............................ 322,595 dozen.

340/640............................ 525,000 dozen of which not more

than 319,580 dozen shall be in

Categories 340-Y/640-Y\2\.

341/641............................ 363,679 dozen.

347/348............................ 679,048 dozen.

351/651............................ 159,703 dozen.

352/652............................ 1,354,284 dozen of which not more

than 1,151,142 dozen shall be in

Category 352.

442................................ 11,368 dozen.

604-A\3\........................... 326,858 kilograms.

638/639............................ 370,985 dozen.

647/648/847........................ 500,250 dozen.

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

after December 31, 1993.

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

6205.20.2046, 6205.20.2050 and 6205.20.2060; Category 640-Y: only HTS

numbers 6205.30.2010, 6205.30.2020, 6205.30.2050 and 6205.30.2060.

\3\Category 604-A: only HTS number 5509.32.0000.

Imports charged to these category limits for the period October

1, 1992 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 October 22, 1993

between the Governments of the United States and Mauritius.

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. 94-884 Filed 1-12-94; 8:45 am]

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