[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 11 (Tuesday, January 18, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-1137]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

 

Announcement of an Import Restraint Limit for Certain Cotton and 
Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the 
Republic of Korea

January 10, 1994.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs establishing 
a limit.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: January 19, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ross Arnold, International Trade 
Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, (202) 482-4212. For information on the quota status of this 
limit, refer to the Quota Status Reports posted on the bulletin boards 
of each Customs port or call (202) 927-6707. 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 Bilateral Textile Agreement, effected by exchange of notes 
dated November 21 and December 4, 1986, as amended and extended, 
between the Governments of the United States and the Republic of Korea 
establishes a specific limit for cotton and man-made fiber woven pile 
fabric in Category 224-V (currently 224pt.) for 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 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
January 10, 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 December 13, 1993, by the Chairman, 
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That 
directive concerns imports of certain cotton, wool, man-made fiber, 
silk blend and other vegetable fiber textiles and textile products, 
produced or manufactured in Korea and exported during the twelve-
month period which began on January 1, 1994 and extends through 
December 31, 1994.
    Effective on January 19, 1994, you are directed to establish a 
limit at 10,774,382 square meters for part-Category 224-V (currently 
224pt.)\1\ for the period January 1, 1994 through December 31, 1994. 
Part-Category 224-V shall remain subject to the Group I limit.
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    \1\Category 224-V: only HTS numbers 5801.21.0000, 5801.23.0000, 
5801.24.0000, 5801.25.0010, 5801.25.0020, 5801.26.0010, 
5801.26.0020, 5801.31.0000, 5801.33.0000, 5801.34.0000, 
5801.35.0010, 5801.35.0020, 5801.36.0010 and 5801.36.0020.
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    Imports charged to the category limit for the period January 1, 
1993 through December 31, 1993, shall be charged against that level 
of restraint to the extent of any unfilled balance. In the event the 
limit established for that period has been exhausted by previous 
entries, such goods shall be subject to the level set forth in this 
directive.
    The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has 
determined that this action falls 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. 94-1137 Filed 1-14-94; 8:45 am]
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