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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

 

Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool 
and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the 
Federative Republic of Brazil

March 16, 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.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: April 1, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nicole Bivens Collinson, 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) 927-5850. 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).

    In a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) dated February 24, 1994, the 
Governments of the United States and the Federative Republic of Brazil 
agreed to amend and extend their current bilateral agreement through 
March 31, 1996. The limit for Category 219 has been reduced for special 
carryforward used during the previous agreement period.
    In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the 
Commissioner of Customs to establish limits for the period April 1, 
1994 through March 31, 1995.
    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
March 16, 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 February 24, 1994 
between the Governments of the United States and the Federative 
Republic of Brazil; and in accordance with the provisions of 
Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as amended, you are directed 
to prohibit, effective on April 1, 1994, entry into the United 
States for consumption and withdrawal from warehouse for consumption 
of cotton, wool and man-made fiber textile products in the following 
categories, produced or manufactured in Brazil and exported during 
the twelve-month period beginning on April 1, 1994 and extending 
through March 31, 1995, in excess of the following levels of 
restraint:

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        Category                   Twelve-month restraint limit         
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Aggregate Limit                                                         
200-239, 300-369, 400-   385,390,491 square meters equivalent.          
 469 and 600-670, as a                                                  
 group.                                                                 
Sublevels in the                                                        
 aggregate                                                              
218....................  4,744,250 square meters.                       
219....................  16,218,814 square meters.                      
225....................  8,302,437 square meters.                       
300/301................  6,434,294 kilograms.                           
313....................  38,647,105 square meters.                      
314....................  6,523,345 square meters.                       
315....................  19,570,035 square meters.                      
317/326................  17,790,939 square meters.                      
334/335................  127,665 dozen.                                 
336....................  70,926 dozen.                                  
338/339/638/639........  1,276,667 dozen.                               
342/642................  375,907 dozen.                                 
347/348................  922,038 dozen.                                 
350....................  143,046 dozen.                                 
361....................  964,593 numbers.                               
363....................  20,586,742 numbers.                            
369-D\1\...............  459,800 kilograms.                             
410/624................  9,488,502 square meters of which not more than 
                          2,573,941 square meters shall be in Category  
                          410.                                          
433....................  17,867 dozen.                                  
445/446................  69,995 dozen.                                  
604....................  450,400 kilograms of which not more than       
                          344,235 kilograms shall be in Category 604-   
                          A\2\.                                         
607....................  4,182,293 kilograms.                           
647/648................  425,556 dozen.                                 
669-P\3\...............  1,532,670 kilograms.                           
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\1\Category 369-D: only HTS numbers 6302.60.0010, 6302.91.0005 and      
  6302.91.0045.                                                         
\2\Category 604-A: only HTS number 5509.32.0000.                        
\3\Category 669-P: only HTS numbers 6305.31.0010, 6305.31.0020 and      
  6305.39.0000.                                                         

    Imports charged to these category limits for the period April 1, 
1993 through March 31, 1994 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 conversion factor for Categories 338/339/638/639 is 10 
square meters per dozen.
    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. 94-6578 Filed 3-18-94; 8:45 am]
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