94-16759. COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Establishment of an Import Limit for Certain Cotton and Man-Made 
Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in El Salvador

July 6, 1994.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs establishing 
a limit.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: July 13, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nicole Bivens Collinson, International 
Trade Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, [phone]. For information on the quota status of this 
limit, 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]. For information 
on categories on which consultations have been requested, call (202) 
482-3740.

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).

    Inasmuch as no agreement was reached in recent consultations on a 
mutually satisfactory solution on Categories 340/640, the United States 
Government has decided to control imports in these categories for the 
twelve-month period beginning on April 25, 1994 and extending through 
April 24, 1995.
    The United States remains committed to finding a solution 
concerning Categories 340/640. Should such a solution be reached in 
consultations with the Government of El Salvador, further notice will 
be published in the Federal Register.
    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 23830, published on May 9, 1994.
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
July 6, 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), and the 
Arrangement Regarding International Trade in Textiles done at Geneva 
on December 20, 1973, as further extended on December 9, 1993; and 
in accordance with the provisions of Executive Order 11651 of March 
3, 1972, as amended, you are directed to prohibit, effective on July 
13, 1994, entry into the United States for consumption and 
withdrawal from warehouse for consumption of cotton and man-made 
fiber textile products in Categories 340/640, produced or 
manufactured in El Salvador and exported during the twelve-month 
period beginning on April 25, 1994 and extending through April 24, 
1995, in excess of 373,803 dozen\1\.
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    \1\The limit has not been adjusted to account for any imports 
exported after April 24, 1994.
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    Textile products in Categories 340/640 which have been exported 
to the United States prior to April 25, 1994 shall not be subject to 
the limit established in this directive.
    Textile products in Categories 340/640 which have been released 
from the custody of the U.S. Customs Service under the provisions of 
19 U.S.C. 1448(b) or 1484(a)(1) prior to the effective date of this 
directive shall not be denied entry under this directive.
    For the import period April 25, 1994 through May 16, 1994, you 
are directed to charge 5,258 dozen to Category 340 under the limit 
established in this directive. There are zero charges for Category 
640 for the same period.
    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 this action falls within the foreign affairs 
exception of the rulemaking provisions of 5 U.S.C. 553(a)(1).
    Sincerely,
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.
[FR Doc. 94-16759 Filed 7-11-94; 8:45 am]
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