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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

 

Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool, 
Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textiles and 
Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Mauritius

January 7, 1994.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs establishing 
limits for the new agreement year.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: January 14, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Aldrich, 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).

    A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) dated October 22, 1993 between 
the Governments of the United States and Mauritius establishes, among 
other things, limits for certain textile products, produced or 
manufactured in Mauritius and exported during the period beginning on 
January 1, 1994 and extending through December 31, 1994.
    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).
    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 MOU, 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
January 7, 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); pursuant to 
the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) dated October 22, 1993 between 
the Governments of the United States and Mauritius; and in 
accordance with the provisions of Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 
1972, as amended, you are directed to prohibit, effective on January 
14, 1994, entry into the United States for consumption and 
withdrawal from warehouse for consumption of cotton, wool, man-made 
fiber, silk blend and other vegetable fiber textiles and textile 
products in the following categories, produced or manufactured in 
Mauritius and exported during the twelve-month period beginning on 
January 1, 1994 and extending through December 31, 1994, in excess 
of the following levels of restraint:

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              Category                 Twelve-month restraint limit\1\  
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Knit group                                                              
345, 438, 445, 446, 645 and 646, as  133,585 dozen.                     
 a group.                                                               
Levels not in a group                                                   
237................................  172,265 dozen.                     
335/835............................  68,476 dozen.                      
336................................  80,580 dozen.                      
338/339............................  322,595 dozen.                     
340/640............................  525,000 dozen of which not more    
                                      than 319,580 dozen shall be in    
                                      Categories 340-Y/640-Y\2\.        
341/641............................  363,679 dozen.                     
347/348............................  679,048 dozen.                     
351/651............................  159,703 dozen.                     
352/652............................  1,354,284 dozen of which not more  
                                      than 1,151,142 dozen shall be in  
                                      Category 352.                     
442................................  11,368 dozen.                      
604-A\3\...........................  326,858 kilograms.                 
638/639............................  370,985 dozen.                     
647/648/847........................  500,250 dozen.                     
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\1\The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports exported
  after December 31, 1993.                                              
\2\Category 340-Y: only HTS numbers 6205.20.2015, 6205.20.2020,         
  6205.20.2046, 6205.20.2050 and 6205.20.2060; Category 640-Y: only HTS 
  numbers 6205.30.2010, 6205.30.2020, 6205.30.2050 and 6205.30.2060.    
\3\Category 604-A: only HTS number 5509.32.0000.                        

    Imports charged to these category limits for the period October 
1, 1992 through December 31, 1993 shall be charged against those 
levels of restraint to the extent of any unfilled balances. In the 
event the limits established for that period have been exhausted by 
previous entries, such goods shall be subject to the levels set 
forth in this directive.
    The limits set forth above are subject to adjustment in the 
future pursuant to the provisions of the MOU dated October 22, 1993 
between the Governments of the United States and Mauritius.
    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 these actions fall within the foreign affairs 
exception of 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. 94-884 Filed 1-12-94; 8:45 am]
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