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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

 

Establishment of an Import Restraint Limit for Certain Wool 
Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Myanmar

March 8, 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: March 15, 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) 927-5850. 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).

    Under the terms of Section 204 of the Agricultural Act of 1956, as 
amended, the Government of the United States has decided to establish a 
restraint limit for wool trousers, breeches and shorts in Category 448, 
produced or manufactured in Myanmar and exported during the twelve-
month period which began on March 1, 1994 and extends through February 
28, 1995 at a level of 2,316 dozen.
    A summary market statement concerning Category 448 follows this 
notice.
    Anyone wishing to comment or provide data or information regarding 
the treatment of Category 448 or to comment on domestic production or 
availability of products included in Category 448, is invited to submit 
10 copies of such comments or information to Rita D. Hayes, Chairman, 
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements, U.S. Department 
of Commerce, Washington, DC 20230; ATTN: Helen L. LeGrande.
    Further comments 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 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.''
    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).
Rita D. Hayes,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Market Statement--Myanmar
Category 448--Women's/Girls' Wool Trousers/Slacks/Shorts
February 1994
Import Situation and Conclusion
    U.S. imports of women's and girls' wool trousers, slacks, and 
shorts, Category 448, from Myanmar reached 2,316 dozen in 1993. There 
were no Category 448 imports from Myanmar in 1991 or 1992.
    The sharp and substantial increase of Category 448 imports from 
Myanmar is causing disruption in the U.S. market for women's and girls' 
wool trousers, slacks, and shorts.
U.S. Production, Import Penetration and Market Share
    U.S. production of women's and girls' wool trousers, slacks and 
shorts declined from 282 thousand dozen in 1989 to 169 thousand dozen 
in 1992, a decrease of 40 percent. In contrast, U.S. imports of 
Category 448 increased from 326 thousand dozen in 1989 to 395 thousand 
dozen in 1992, a 21 percent increase. Category 448 imports increased to 
461 thousand dozen in 1993, 17 percent above the 1992 level.
    The ratio of imports to domestic production increased from 116 
percent in 1989 to 234 percent in 1992. The domestic manufacturers' 
share of the women's and girls' wool trousers, slacks and shorts market 
declined from 46 percent in 1989 to 30 percent in 1992, a decrease of 
16 percentage points.
Duty-Paid Value and U.S. Producers' Price
    All of Category 448 imports from Myanmar during 1993 entered the 
U.S. under HTSUSA 6104.61.0010--Women's and girls' knitted trousers and 
breeches of wool. These trousers entered the U.S. at landed duty-paid 
values below U.S. producers' prices for comparable women's wool 
trousers.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
March 8, 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 in 
accordance with the provisions of Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 
1972, as amended, you are directed to prohibit, effective on March 
15, 1994, entry into the United States for consumption and 
withdrawal from warehouse for consumption of wool textile products 
in Category 448, produced or manufactured in Myanmar and exported 
during the period beginning on March 1, 1994 and extending through 
February 28, 1995, in excess of 2,316 dozen\1\.
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    \1\The limit has not been adjusted to account for any imports 
exported after February 28, 1994.
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    Textile products in Category 448 which have been exported to the 
United States prior to March 1, 1994 shall not be subject to the 
limit established in this directive.
    Textile products in Category 448 which have been released from 
the custody of the U.S. Customs Service under the provisions of 19 
U.S.C. 1448(b) or 1484(a)(1) prior to the effective date of this 
directive shall not be denied entry under this directive.
    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 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. 94-5756 Filed 3-10-94; 8:45 am]
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