[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 27 (Wednesday, February 9, 1994)]
[Unknown Section]
[Page 0]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-2988]


[[Page Unknown]]

[Federal Register: February 9, 1994]


=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

 

Announcement of Import Restraint Limits and Amendment of Export 
Visa Requirements for Certain Cotton, Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend and 
Other Vegetable Fiber Textiles and Textile Products Produced or 
Manufactured in India

February 3, 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 and amending visa requirements.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 11, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Tallarico, 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) 927-6705. 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).

    In a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) dated January 22, 1994 
between the Governments of the United States and India, agreement was 
reached to amend and extend further the Bilateral Cotton, Wool, Man-
Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textile Agreement of 
February 6, 1987, for two consecutive one-year periods beginning on 
January 1, 1994 and extending through December 31, 1995.
    In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the 
Commissioner of Customs to establish limits for the period beginning on 
January 1, 1994 and extending through December 31, 1994 and to amend 
the visa requirements to include coverage of merged Categories 338/339.
    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
February 3, 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), and the 
Arrangement Regarding International Trade in Textiles done at Geneva 
on December 20, 1973, as further extended on December 9, 1993; 
pursuant to the Memorandum of Understanding dated January 22, 1994 
between the Governments of the United States and India; and in 
accordance with the provisions of Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 
1972, as amended, you are directed to prohibit, effective on 
February 11, 1994, entry into the United States for consumption and 
withdrawal from warehouse for consumption of cotton, man-made fiber, 
silk blend and other vegetable fiber textiles and textile products 
in the following categories, produced or manufactured in India 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:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Category                 Twelve-month restraint limit\1\        
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Levels in Group I                                                       
218....................  9,787,453 square meters.                       
219....................  47,442,506 square meters.                      
313....................  26,187,602 square meters.                      
314....................  5,930,313 square meters.                       
315....................  9,960,550 square meters.                       
317....................  33,000,000 square meters.                      
326....................  7,500,000 square meters.                       
334/634................  106,000 dozen.                                 
335/635................  471,912 dozen.                                 
336/636................  646,508 dozen.                                 
338/339................  3,250,000 dozen.                               
340/640................  1,571,063 dozen.                               
341....................  3,488,332 dozen of which not more than         
                          2,092,999 dozen shall be in Category 341-Y\2\.
342/642................  910,116 dozen.                                 
345....................  137,388 dozen.                                 
347/348................  420,972 dozen.                                 
351/651................  202,000 dozen.                                 
363....................  32,115,628 numbers.                            
369-D\3\...............  988,768 kilograms.                             
369-S\4\...............  539,328 kilograms.                             
369-O\5\...............  11,870,000 kilograms.                          
641....................  1,112,589 dozen.                               
647/648................  646,070 dozen.                                 
Group II                                                                
200, 201, 220-229, 237,  80,000,000 square meters equivalent.           
 239, 300, 301, 330-                                                    
 333, 349, 350, 352,                                                    
 359-362, 600-607, 611-                                                 
 629, 630-633, 638,                                                     
 639, 643-646, 649,                                                     
 650, 652, 659, 665-                                                    
 O\6\, 666, 669, 670,                                                   
 and 831-859, as a                                                      
 group.                                                                 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports exported
  after December 31, 1993.                                              
\2\Category 341-Y: only HTS numbers 6204.22.3060, 6206.30.3010,         
  6206.30.3030 and 6211.42.0054.                                        
\3\Category 369-D: only HTS numbers 6302.60.0010, 6302.91.0005 and      
  6302.91.0045.                                                         
\4\Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.                        
\5\Category 369-O: all HTS numbers except 5702.10.9020, 5702.49.1020,   
  5702.99.1010 (rugs exempt from the bilateral agreement); 6302.60.0010,
  6302.91.0005, 6302.91.0045 (Category 369-D); and 6307.10.2005         
  (Category 369-S) .                                                    
\6\Category 665-O: all HTS numbers except 5702.10.9030, 5702.42.2020,   
  5702.92.0010 and 5703.20.1000 (rugs exempt from the bilateral         
  agreement).                                                           

    Imports charged to these category limits for the period January 
1, 1993 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 January 22, 1994 
between the Governments of the United States and India.
    For visa purposes, you are directed, effective on February 11, 
1994, to amend further the directive dated November 26, 1979, to 
include merged Categories 338/339 for goods produced or manufactured 
in India and exported from India on and after February 11, 1994.
    Merchandise in Categories 338/339 may be accompanied by either 
the appropriate merged category visa or the correct category visa 
corresponding to the actual shipment.
    Shipments entered or withdrawn from warehouse according to this 
directive which are not accompanied by an appropriate export visa 
shall be denied entry and a new visa must be obtained.
    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. 94-2988 Filed 2-8-94; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-DR-F