94-32179. Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products and Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Apparel Produced or Manufactured in Sri Lanka

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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
 

Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber 
Textile Products and Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Apparel 
Produced or Manufactured in Sri Lanka

December 27, 1994
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

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

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EFFECTIVE DATE: December 28, 1994

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Helen L. LeGrande, 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 current limit for Categories 340/640 is being increased for 
special shift, reducing the limit for Category 840 to account for the 
increase.
    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 notices 58 FR 62645, published on November 29, 1993; and 59 FR 
65531, published on December 20, 1994). Also see 59 FR 14152, published 
on March 25, 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 27, 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 March 22, 1994, by the Chairman, 
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That 
directive concerns imports of certain cotton, wool and man-made 
fiber textile products and silk blend and other vegetable fiber 
apparel, produced or manufactured in Sri Lanka and exported during 
the period which began on January 1, 1994 and extends through June 
30, 1995.
    Effective on December 28, 1994 , you are directed to amend the 
directive dated March 22, 1994 to adjust the limits for the 
following categories, as provided under the terms of the current 
bilateral agreement between the Governments of the United States and 
the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka:

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              Category                 Adjusted eighteen-month limit\1\ 
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340/640............................  1,778,841 dozen of which not more  
                                      than 711,537 dozen shall be in    
                                      Categories 340-Y/640-Y\2\.        
840................................  236,256 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.    

    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. 94-32179 Filed 12-29-94; 8:45 am]
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