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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool, Man-Made 
Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textiles and Textile 
Products Produced or Manufactured in Indonesia

May 12, 1994.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

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

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EFFECTIVE DATE: May 19, 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) 927-6704. 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).

    The current limits for certain categories are being adjusted for 
swing.
    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). Also see 
58 FR 31190, published on June 1, 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 bilateral agreement, 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
May 12, 1994.

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

    Dear Commissioner: This directive amends, but does not cancel, 
the directive issued to you on May 25, 1993, by the Chairman, 
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That 
directive concerns imports of certain cotton, wool, man-made fiber, 
silk blend and other vegetable fiber textiles and textile products, 
produced or manufactured in Indonesia and exported during the 
twelve-month period which began on July 1, 1993 and extends through 
June 30, 1994.
    Effective on May 19, 1994, you are directed to amend the 
directive dated May 25, 1993 to adjust the limits for the following 
categories, as provided under the terms of the current bilateral 
agreement between the Governments of the United States and 
Indonesia:

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              Category                  Adjusted twelve-month limit\1\  
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Levels in Group I                                                       
300/301............................  2,954,050 kilograms.               
313................................  13,163,685 square meters.          
338/339............................  964,006 dozen.                     
340/640............................  1,181,200 dozen.                   
359-C/659-C\2\.....................  588,107 kilograms.                 
604-A\3\...........................  231,871 kilograms.                 
613/614/615........................  18,527,017 square meters.          
618................................  3,059,300 square meters.           
619/620............................  7,032,040 square meters.           
638/639............................  1,234,688 dozen.                   
645/646............................  511,576 dozen.                     
647/648............................  2,588,411 dozen.                   
Group II                                                                
  200, 201, 218, 220, 222-224, 226,  65,830,884 square meters           
   227, 229, 237, 239, 330, 332,      equivalent.                       
   333, 349, 350, 352-354, 359-                                         
   O\4\, 360-363, 369-O\5\, 400,                                        
   410, 414, 431, 432, 433, 434,                                        
   435, 436, 438, 439, 440, 442,                                        
   444, 447, 448, 459, 464, 465,                                        
   469, 603, 604-O\6\, 606, 607,                                        
   621, 622, 624, 630, 632, 633,                                        
   643, 644, 649, 650, 652-654, 659-                                    
   O\7\, 665, 666, 669-O\8\, 670-                                       
   O\9\, 831-836, 838, 839, 840,                                        
   842-846, 850-852, 858 and 859,                                       
   as a group.                                                          
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\1\The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports exported
  after June 30, 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 604-A: only HTS number 5509.32.0000.                        
\4\Category 359-O: all HTS numbers except 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; 6211.42.0010  
  (Category 359-C); 6112.39.0010, 6112.49.0010, 6211.11.2010,           
  6211.11.2020, 6211.12.3003 and 6211.12.3005 (Category 359-S).         
\5\Category 369-O: all HTS numbers except 6307.10.2005 (Category 369-S).
\6\Category 604-O: all HTS numbers except 5509.32.0000 (Category 604-A) 
\7\Category 659-O: all HTS numbers except 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, 6211.43.0010 (Category 659- 
  C); 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 (Category 659-S).                                    
\8\Category 669-O: all HTS numbers except 6305.31.0010, 6305.31.0020 and
  6305.39.0000 (Category 669-P).                                        
\9\Category 670-O: all HTS numbers except 4202.12.8030, 4202.12.8070,   
  4202.92.3020, 4202.92.3030 and 4202.92.9025 (Category 670-L).         

    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. 94-12116 Filed 5-17-94; 8:45 am]
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