[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 4 (Thursday, January 6, 1994)]
[Notices]
[Pages 743-744]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-198]
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[Federal Register: January 6, 1994]
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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 Brazil
December 29, 1993.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).
ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs reducing
limits.
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EFFECTIVE DATE: January 10, 1994.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nicole Bivens Collinson, 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) 927-5850. 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 Categories 218 and 350 are being reduced for
carryforward used.
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 57 FR 54976, published on November 23, 1992). Also see
58 FR 14381, published on March 17, 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 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 29, 1993.
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 12, 1993, 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 Brazil and
exported during the twelve-month period which began on April 1, 1993
and extends through March 31, 1994.
Effective on January 10, 1994, you are directed to amend the
directive dated March 12, 1993 to reduce 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 Federative Republic of Brazil:
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Category Adjusted twelve-month limit\1\
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Sublevels in the aggregate
218............................... 4,261,627 square meters.
350............................... 127,310 dozen.
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\1\The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports exported
after March 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,
Rita D. Hayes,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
[FR Doc. 94-198 Filed 1-5-94; 8:45 am]
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