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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 Macau

February 17, 1994.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

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

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EFFECTIVE DATE: February 25, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Helen L. LeGrande, 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) 927-6709. 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 28, 1994, the 
Governments of the United States and Macau agreed to amend and extend 
further their Bilateral Cotton, Wool, Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend and 
Other Vegetable Fiber Textile Agreement 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.
    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 17, 1994.

Commissioner of Customs,
Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.

    Dear Commissioner: The directive issued to you on November 16, 
1993, by the Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements, directs you to count imports of certain textiles and 
textile products, produced or manufactured in Macau and exported 
during the period beginning on January 1, 1994 and extending through 
December 31, 1994. Effective on February 25, 1994, you are directed 
to no longer monitor those categories for which import restraint 
limits are not being established in this directive. Monitoring data 
for the remaining categories shall be applied to the limits 
established below.
    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 28, 1994 between the Governments of 
the United States and Macau; and in accordance with the provisions 
of Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as amended, you are 
directed to prohibit, effective on ____, 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 Macau 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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Levels in Group I                                                       
219................................  2,000,000 square meters.           
225................................  7,000,000 square meters.           
237................................  61,000 dozen.                      
313................................  6,000,000 square meters.           
314................................  1,000,000 square meters.           
315................................  3,000,000 square meters.           
317................................  5,000,000 square meters.           
326................................  2,000,000 square meters.           
331/831............................  300,000 dozen pairs.               
333/334/335/833/834/835............  210,951 dozen of which not more    
                                      than 111,121 dozen shall be in    
                                      Categories 333/335/833/835.       
336/836............................  50,000 dozen.                      
338................................  271,565 dozen.                     
339................................  1,137,492 dozen.                   
340................................  257,037 dozen.                     
341................................  165,783 dozen.                     
342................................  75,000 dozen.                      
345................................  45,860 dozen.                      
347/348/847........................  642,789 dozen.                     
350/850............................  50,000 dozen.                      
351/851............................  60,000 dozen.                      
359-C/659-C\2\.....................  300,000 kilograms.                 
359-V\3\...........................  100,000 kilograms.                 
611................................  2,000,000 square meters.           
625/626/627/628/629................  5,000,000 square meters.           
631................................  231,386 dozen pairs.               
633/634/635........................  446,706 dozen.                     
638/639/838........................  1,391,054 dozen.                   
640................................  98,905 dozen.                      
641/840............................  169,992 dozen.                     
642/842............................  99,039 dozen.                      
645/646............................  231,843 dozen.                     
647/648............................  467,698 dozen.                     
652/852............................  160,000 dozen.                     
659-S\4\...........................  100,000 kilograms.                 
670................................  340,194 kilograms.                 
845/846............................  102,000 dozen.                     
Group II                                                                
400-469, as a group................  1,448,022 square meters equivalent.
Sublevel in Group II...............                                     
445/446............................  78,065 dozen.                      
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\1\The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports exported
  after December 31, 1993.                                              
\2\Category 359-C: only HTS numbers 6103.42.2025, 6103.49.3034,         
  6104.62.1020, 6104.69.3010, 6114.20.0048, 6114.20.0052, 6203.42.2010, 
  6203.42.2090, 6204.62.2010, 6211.32.0010, 6211.32.0025 and            
  6211.42.0010; Category 659-C: only HTS numbers 6103.23.0055,          
  6103.43.2020, 6103.43.2025, 6103.49.2000, 6103.49.3038, 6104.63.1020, 
  6104.63.1030, 6104.69.1000, 6104.69.3014, 6114.30.3044, 6114.30.3054, 
  6203.43.2010, 6203.43.2090, 6203.49.1010, 6203.49.1090, 6204.63.1510, 
  6204.69.1010, 6210.10.4015, 6211.33.0010, 6211.33.0017 and            
  6211.43.0010.                                                         
\3\Category 359-V: only HTS numbers 6103.19.2030, 6103.19.4030,         
  6104.12.0040, 6104.19.2040, 6110.20.1022, 6110.20.1024, 6110.20.2030, 
  6110.20.2035, 6110.90.0044, 6110.90.0046, 6201.92.2010, 6202.92.2020, 
  6203.19.1030, 6203.19.4030, 6204.12.0040, 6204.19.3040, 6211.32.0070  
  and 6211.42.0070.                                                     
\4\Category 659-S: only HTS numbers 6112.31.0010, 6112.31.0020,         
  6112.41.0010, 6112.41.0020, 6112.41.0030, 6112.41.0040, 6211.11.1010, 
  6211.11.1020, 6211.12.1010 and 6211.12.1020.                          

    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.
    Import charges for part-Categories 359-C/659-C, 359-V and 659-S 
shall be provided at a later date.
    The conversion factor (square meters equivalent/category unit) 
for Categories 445/446 is 12.4.
    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. 94-4200 Filed 2-23-94; 8:45 am]
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