94-22675. Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Kuwait

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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 Kuwait

September 8, 1994.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

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

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EFFECTIVE DATE: September 8, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Tallarico, 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 limits for certain categories are being increased for 
carryforward.
    Charges now being applied to the 1994 limit for Kuwait categories 
340/640 for the period prior to the effective date of the import 
control directive will make the limit heavily filled. Although the 
limit is now being increased for carryforward, Customs charges through 
September 8, 1994 plus additional missing charges will make the limit 
approximately 92% filled.
    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 65161, published on December 13, 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 Memorandum of Understanding dated May 10, 1994, but are designed to 
assist only in the implementation of certain of its provisions.
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
September 8, 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 May 24, 1994, by the Chairman, 
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That 
directive concerns imports of certain cotton and man-made fiber 
textile products, produced or manufactured in Kuwait and exported 
during the twelve-month period which began on January 1, 1994 and 
extends through December 31, 1994.
    Effective on September 8, 1994 you are directed to amend further 
the directive dated May 24, 1994 to increase the limits for the 
following categories, as provided under the terms of the Memorandum 
of Understanding dated May 10, 1994 between the Governments of the 
United States and the State of Kuwait:

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              Category                  Adjusted twelve-month limit\1\  
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340/640............................  212,000 dozen.                     
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\1\The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports exported
  after December 31, 1993.                                              

    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,
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.
[FR Doc. 94-22675 Filed 9-13-94; 8:45 am]
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