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[FR Doc No: 94-22756]
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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 Turkey
September 9, 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: September 9, 1994.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anne Novak, 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) 927-6718. 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 current limits for certain categories are being adjusted,
variously, by application of swing and carryover.
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 5394, published on February 4, 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.
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile
Agreements.
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
September 9, 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 January 31, 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, produced or manufactured in Turkey and
exported during the twelve-month period beginning on January 1, 1994
and extending through December 31, 1994.
Effective on September 9, 1994, you are directed to amend
further the directive dated January 31, 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 Republic of Turkey:
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Category Adjusted twelve-month limit\1\
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219, 313, 314, 315, 317, 326, 617, 125,835,073 square meters of which
625, 626, 627 and 628, as a group. not more than 30,211,029 square
meters shall be in 219; 36,924,591
square meters shall be in 313;
21,483,398 square meters shall be
in 314; 28,868,318 square meters
shall be in 315; 30,211,029 square
meters shall be in 317; 3,356,780
square meters shall be in 326;
20,140,687 square meters shall be
in 617; 3,879,518 square meters
shall be in 625; 3,356,780 square
meters shall be in 626; 3,356,780
square meters shall be in 627;
3,356,780 square meters shall be
in 628.
Limits not in a group
338/339/638/639.................... 4,637,817 dozen of which not more
than 2,151,792 dozen shall be in
Categories 338-S/339-S/638-S/639-
S\2\.
350................................ 449,415 dozen.
361................................ 1,581,074 numbers.
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\1\The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports exported
after December 31, 1993.
\2\Category 338-S: only HTS numbers 6103.22.0050, 6105.10.0010,
6105.10.0030, 6105.90.3010, 6109.10.0027, 6110.20.1025, 6110.20.2040,
6110.20.2065, 6110.90.0068, 6112.11.0030 and 6114.20.0005; Category
339-S: only HTS numbers 6104.22.0060, 6104.29.2049, 6106.10.0010,
6106.10.0030, 6106.90.2010, 6106.90.3010, 6109.10.0070, 6110.20.1030,
6110.20.2045, 6110.20.2075, 6110.90.0070, 6112.11.0040, 6114.20.0010
and 6117.90.0022; Category 638-S: all HTS numbers except 6109.90.1007,
6109.90.1009, 6109.90.1013 and 6109.90.1025; Category 639-S: all HTS
numbers except 6109.90.1050, 6109.90.1060, 6109.90.1065 and
6109.90.1070.
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. 94-22756 Filed 9-13-94; 8:45 am]
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