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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

 

Soliciting Public Comment on Bilateral Negotiations During 1994

January 31, 1994.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Announcement.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

    The U.S. Government anticipates holding negotiations during 1994 
concerning expiring bilateral agreements covering certain cotton, wool, 
man-made fiber, silk blend and other vegetable fiber textiles and 
apparel from Bangladesh (January 31, 1995), Brazil (March 31, 1994), 
Dominican Republic (December 31, 1994), Guatemala (December 31, 1994), 
Haiti (December 31, 1994), Indonesia (June 30, 1994), Lesotho (November 
30, 1994), Malaysia (December 31, 1994), Panama (March 31, 1994), 
Romania (December 31, 1994), Sri Lanka (June 30, 1994) and Uruguay 
(June 30, 1994). (The dates noted in parenthesis are the expiration 
dates of the agreements.)
    Anyone who wishes to comment or provide data or information 
regarding these agreements, or to comment on domestic production or 
availability of textiles and apparel affected by these agreements, is 
invited to submit such comments or information in 10 copies to Rita D. 
Hayes, Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, DC, 20230; ATTN: 
Helen L. LeGrande. The comments received will be considered in the 
context of the consultations held with respect to these agreements.
    Because the exact timing of the consultations is not yet certain, 
comments should be submitted promptly. Comments or information 
submitted in response to this notice will be available for public 
inspection in the Office of Textiles and Apparel, room H3100, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 14th and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 
DC. Further comment may be invited regarding particular comments or 
information received from the public which the Committee for the 
Implementation of Textile Agreements considers appropriate for further 
consideration.
    The solicitation of comments regarding any aspect of the agreements 
or the implementation thereof is not a waiver in any respect of the 
exemption contained in 5 U.S.C. 553(a)(1) relating to matters which 
constitute ``a foreign affairs function of the United States.''
Rita D. Hayes,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
[FR Doc.94-2614 Filed 2-3-94; 8:45 am]
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