94-30987. Adjustment of Import Limits and Correction of a Level for Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Thailand

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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
 

Adjustment of Import Limits and Correction of a Level for Certain 
Cotton and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in 
Thailand

December 12, 1994.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs adjusting 
and correcting limits.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: December 13, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ross Arnold, International Trade 
Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, [phone]. 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 [phone]. For information on 
embargoes and quota re-openings, call [phone].

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 currents limits for certain categories are being adjusted, 
variously, for swing, carryover and carryforward. Also, the 1994 level 
for Category 219, as adjusted in the directive dated November 9, 1994, 
is being corrected (see 59 FR 58832, published on November 15, 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). Also see 
59 FR 21962, published on April 28, 1994.
    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
December 12, 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 April 21, 1994 by the Chairman, 
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That 
directive concerns imports of certain cotton, wool, man-made fiber, 
silk blend and other vegetable fiber textile products, produced or 
manufactured in Thailand and exported during the twelve-month period 
which began on January 1, 1994 and extends through December 31, 
1994.
    Effective on December 13, 1994, you are directed to correct the 
current level for Category 219 to 3,280,558 square meters (see 
directive dated December 9, 1994). Also, you are directed to adjust 
the limits for the following categories, as provided under the terms 
of the current bilateral textile agreement between the Governments 
of the United States and Thailand:

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              Category                  Adjusted twelve-month limit\1\  
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313................................  12,178,601 square meters.          
613/614/615........................  42,026,700 square meters of which  
                                      not more than 23,921,230 square   
                                      meters shall be in Category 614   
                                      and not more than 23,331,501      
                                      square meters shall be in         
                                      Categories 613/615.               
620................................  6,324,295 square meters.           
669-P\2\...........................  5,576,529 kilograms.               
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\1\The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports exported
  after December 31, 1993.                                              
\2\Category 669-P: only HTS numbers 6305.31.0010, 6305.31.0020 and      
  6305.39.0000.                                                         

    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. 94-30987 Filed 12-15-94; 8:45 am]
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