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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 

Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton and 
Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Kuwait

May 24, 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: June 1, 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) 927-5850. 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 May 10, 1994, the 
Governments of the United States and the State of Kuwait agreed to 
establish a bilateral textile agreement for certain cotton and man-made 
fiber textile products, produced or manufactured in Kuwait and exported 
during two consecutive one-year periods 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 establish limits for the period January 1, 
1994 through December 31, 1994. The 1994 level for Category 361 is 
zero.
    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
May 24, 1994.

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

    Dear Commissioner: Effective on June 1, 1994, you are directed 
to cancel the directive issued to you on February 8, 1994 by the 
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements, 
which directed you to count imports of textile products exported 
from Kuwait in Categories 340, 341, 640 and 641.
    Under the terms of section 204 of the Agricultural Act of 1956, 
as amended (7 U.S.C. 1854); pursuant to the Memorandum of 
Understanding dated May 10, 1994 between the Governments of the 
United States and the State of Kuwait; and in accordance with the 
provisions of Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as amended, 
you are directed to prohibit, effective on June 1, 1994, entry into 
the United States for consumption and withdrawal from warehouse for 
consumption of cotton and man-made fiber textile products in the 
following categories, produced or manufactured in Kuwait 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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340/640............................  200,000 dozen.                     
341/641............................  110,000 dozen.                     
361................................  -0-.                               
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\1\The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports exported
  after December 31, 1993.                                              

    Textile products in Categories 340/640, 341/641 and 361 which 
have been exported to the United States prior to January 1, 1994 
shall not be subject to this directive.
    Textile products in Categories 340/640, 341/641 and 361 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.
    For the import period January 1, 1994 through March 31, 1994, 
you are directed to charge the following amounts to the limits 
established in this directive:

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              Category                       Amount to be charged       
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340................................  73,258 dozen.                      
341................................  9,422 dozen.                       
640................................  571 dozen.                         
641................................  1,759 dozen.                       
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    The limits set forth above are subject to adjustment in the 
future pursuant to the provisions of the MOU dated May 10, 1994 
between the Governments of the United States and the State of 
Kuwait.
    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. 94-13092 Filed 5-26-94; 8:45 am]
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