[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 6 (Monday, January 10, 1994)]
[Notices]
[Page 1387]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-514]
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[Federal Register: January 10, 1994]
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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber
Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Guatemala
January 5, 1994.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).
ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs reducing
limits.
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EFFECTIVE DATE: January 12, 1994.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nicole Bivens Collinson, 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).
The 1994 limits for Categories 340/640 and 351/651 are being
reduced for carryforward used.
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 61679, published on November 22, 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 bilateral agreement, 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 5, 1994.
Commissioner of Customs,
Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.
Dear Commissioner: This directive amends, but does not cancel,
the directive issued to you on November 12, 1993, by the Chairman,
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That
directive concerns imports of certain cotton, wool and man-made
fiber textile products, produced or manufactured in Guatemala and
exported during the twelve-month period beginning on January 1, 1994
and extending through December 31, 1994.
Effective on January 12, 1994, you are directed to reduce the
limits for the following categories, as provided under the terms of
the current bilateral agreement between the Governments of the
United States and Guatemala:
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Category Adjusted twelve-month limit
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340/640............................ 943,400 dozen.
351/651............................ 200,000 dozen.
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The guaranteed access level for Categories 340/640 and 351/651
remain unchanged.
The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has
determined that these actions fall within the foreign affairs
exception to 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. 94-514 Filed 1-7-94; 8:45 am]
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