[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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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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