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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

 

Establishment and Amendment of Import Limits and Amendment of a 
Restraint Period for Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products 
Produced or Manufactured in the Arab Republic of Egypt

May 23, 1994.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs establishing 
and amending limits and amending a restraint period.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: May 31, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Aldrich, 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 April 29, 1994, the 
Governments of the United States and the Arab Republic of Egypt agreed 
to establish specific limits for Categories 338/339 and 340/640 for the 
period beginning on January 1, 1994 and extending through December 31, 
1995.
    In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the 
Commissioner of Customs to amend the current limit for Category 339 to 
establish merged Categories 338/339 and amend the restraint period for 
Categories 340/640 at an increased level.
    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 55046, published on October 25, 1993; and 59 FR 8461, published 
on February 22, 1994.
    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
May 23, 1994.

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

    Dear Commissioner: This directive amends, but does not cancel, 
the directives issued to you on October 19, 1993 and February 15, 
1994, by the Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements. Those directives concern imports of certain cotton, wool 
and man-made fiber textile products, produced or manufactured in the 
Arab Republic of Egypt and exported during the periods January 1, 
1994 through December 31, 1994 and January 31, 1994 through December 
31, 1994 (Categories 340/640).
    Effective on May 31, 1994, you are directed, pursuant to a 
Memorandum of Understanding dated April 29, 1994 between the 
Governments of the United States and the Arab Republic of Egypt, to 
establish a limit for merged Categories 338/339 for the period 
January 1, 1994 through December 31, 1994 at a level of 2,100,000 
dozen\1\. Charges already made to Category 339 shall be applied to 
the newly established merged categories. The current restraint 
period for Categories 340/640 shall be amended to begin on January 
1, 1994 and extend through December 31, 1994 at an increased level 
of 870,000 dozen\2\.
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    \1\The limit has not been adjusted to account for any imports 
exported after December 31, 1993.
    \2\The limit has not been adjusted to account for any imports 
exported after December 31, 1993.
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    Textile products in Category 338 which have been exported to the 
United States prior to January 1, 1994 shall not be subject to this 
directive.
    Textile products in Category 338 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.
    You are directed to charge the following amounts to the 
categories listed below for the 1994 restraint period. These charges 
are for goods imported during the periods January 1, 1994 through 
February 28, 1994 (Category 338) and January 1, 1994 through 
February 22, 1994 (Categories 340 and 640). Additional charges for 
Category 338 will be provided at a later date.

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              Category                       Amount to be charged       
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338................................  67,382 dozen.                      
340................................  59,735 dozen.                      
640................................  -0-                                
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    The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has 
determined that these actions fall within the foreign affairs 
exception to 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. 94-12906 Filed 5-25-94; 8:45 am]
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