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[FR Doc No: 94-10162]


[Federal Register: April 28, 1994]


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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 Thailand

April 21, 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: April 28, 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 these 
limits, refer to the Quota Status Reports posted on the bulletin boards 
of each Customs port or call (202) 927-6717. 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).

    During recent consultations, the Governments of the United States 
and Thailand agreed to amend and extend their bilateral agreement 
through December 31, 1994.
    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. The 1994 Group 
II limit is reduced for carryforward applied to the 1993 agreement 
period.
    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.
Ronald I. Levin,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

April 21, 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 July 31, 1993; pursuant 
to the Memorandum of Understanding dated April 1, 1994 between the 
Governments of the United States and Thailand; and in accordance 
with the provisions of Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as 
amended, you are directed to prohibit, effective on April 28, 1994, 
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 Thailand 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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  239............................  4,700,000 kilograms.                 
Levels in Group I:                                                      
  200............................  893,262 kilograms.                   
  218............................  15,000,000 square meters.            
  219............................  4,764,064 square meters.             
  300............................  3,573,048 kilograms.                 
  301-P\2\.......................  3,573,048 kilograms.                 
  301-O\3\.......................  714,610 kilograms.                   
  313............................  16,674,224 square meters.            
  314............................  38,112,512 square meters.            
  315............................  23,820,320 square meters.            
  317/326........................  10,000,000 square meters.            
  363............................  15,483,208 numbers.                  
  369-D\4\.......................  170,316 kilograms.                   
  369-S\5\.......................  238,203 kilograms.                   
  604............................  557,315 kilograms of which not more  
                                    than 375,305 kilograms shall be in  
                                    Category 604-A.\6\                  
  607............................  2,382,032 kilograms.                 
  611............................  12,363,612 square meters.            
  613/614/615....................  36,000,000 square meters of which not
                                    more than 20,961,882 square meters  
                                    shall be in Category 614 and not    
                                    more than 20,961,882 square meters  
                                    shall be in Categories 613/615.     
  617............................  13,000,000 square meters.            
  619............................  5,359,572 square meters.             
  620............................  5,359,572 square meters.             
  625/626/627/628/629............  10,500,000 square meters of which not
                                    more than 8,337,112 square meters   
                                    shall be in Category 625.           
  669-P\7\.......................  5,023,900 kilograms.                 
Group II:                                                               
  237, 330-359, 431-459, 630-659   208,248,000 square meters equivalent.
   and 831-859, as a group..                                            
Sublevels in Group II:                                                  
  331/631........................  1,300,130 dozen pairs.               
  334/634........................  464,496 dozen.                       
  335/635/835....................  369,215 dozen.                       
  336/636........................  238,203 dozen.                       
  338/339........................  1,574,810 dozen.                     
  340............................  214,383 dozen.                       
  341/641........................  506,182 dozen.                       
  342/642........................  440,676 dozen.                       
  345............................  226,293 dozen.                       
  347/348/847....................  622,306 dozen.                       
  351/651........................  178,652 dozen.                       
  359-H/659-H\8\.................  1,045,016 kilograms.                 
  433............................  9,181 dozen.                         
  435............................  51,500 dozen.                        
  434............................  11,333 dozen.                        
  438............................  17,000 dozen.                        
  442............................  19,741 dozen.                        
  638/639........................  1,856,026 dozen.                     
  640............................  393,035 dozen.                       
  645/646........................  238,203 dozen.                       
  647/648........................  848,003 dozen.                       
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports exported
  after December 31, 1993.                                              
\2\Category 301-P: only HTS numbers 5206.21.0000, 5206.22.0000,         
  5206.23.0000, 5206.24.0000, 5206.25.0000, 5206.41.0000, 5206.42.0000, 
  5206.43.0000, 5206.44.0000 and 5206.45.0000.                          
\3\Category 301-O: only HTS numbers 5205.21.0000, 5205.22.0000,         
  5205.23.0000, 5205.24.0000, 5205.25.0000, 5205.41.0000, 5205.42.0000, 
  5205.43.0000, 5205.44.0000 and 5205.45.0000.                          
\4\Category 369-D: only HTS numbers 6302.60.0010, 6302.91.0005 and      
  6302.91.0045.                                                         
\5\Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.                        
\6\Category 604-A: only HTS number 5509.32.0000.                        
\7\Category 669-P: only HTS numbers 6305.31.0010, 6305.31.0020 and      
  6305.39.0000.                                                         
\8\Category 359-H: only HTS numbers 6505.90.1540 and 6505.90.2060;      
  Category 659-H: only HTS numbers 6502.00.9030, 6504.00.9015,          
  6504.00.9060, 6505.90.5090, 6505.90.6090, 6505.90.7090 and            
  6505.90.8090.                                                         

    Imports charged to these category limits, except Category 218, 
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.
    Goods in Category 239 which are exported in excess of the 1993 
Group II limit shall be charged to the 1994 limit for Category 239. 
In a subsequent directive, CITA will direct the Commissioner of 
Customs to deduct these charges from the 1994 limit for Category 239 
and charge these same amounts to the 1994 Group II limit.
    Import charges already made to Group II for Category 239 for the 
1994 monitoring period (see directive dated December 2, 1993) shall 
be deducted from Group II and charged to the limit established in 
this directive for Category 239.
    For goods exported and imported during the period January 1, 
1994 through February 28, 1994, you are directed to charge 231,566 
square meters to the limit established in this directive for 
Category 218.
    The conversion factors for merged Categories 359-H/659-H and 
638/639 are 11.5 and 12.96, respectively.
    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,
Ronald I. Levin,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.
[FR Doc. 94-10162 Filed 4-26-94; 8:45 am]
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