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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 

Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber 
Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Turkey

June 3, 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: June 10, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anne Novak, 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) 927-6718. 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 Categories 350 and 351/651 are being 
increased by application of swing, reducing the Fabric Group to account 
for the increases.
    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 
59 FR 5394, published on February 4, 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 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
June 3, 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 January 31, 1994, by the Chairman, 
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That 
directive concerns imports of certain cotton, wool and man-made 
fiber textile products, produced or manufactured in Turkey and 
exported during the twelve-month period beginning on January 1, 1994 
and extending through December 31, 1994.
    Effective on June 10, 1994, you are directed to amend the 
directive dated January 31, 1994 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 
the Republic of Turkey:

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              Category                  Adjusted twelve-month limit\1\  
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219, 313, 314, 315, 317, 326, 617,   129,074,047 square meters of which 
 625, 626, 627 and 628, as a group.   not more than 30,211,029 square   
                                      meters shall be in 219; 36,924,591
                                      square meters shall be in 313;    
                                      21,483,398 square meters shall be 
                                      in 314; 28,868,318 square meters  
                                      shall be in 315; 30,211,029 square
                                      meters shall be in 317; 3,356,780 
                                      square meters shall be in 326;    
                                      20,140,687 square meters shall be 
                                      in 617; 3,356,780 square meters   
                                      shall be in 625; 3,356,780 square 
                                      meters shall be in 626; 3,356,780 
                                      square meters shall be in 627;    
                                      3,356,780 square meters shall be  
                                      in 628.                           
Limits not in a group:                                                  
  350..............................  426,436 dozen.                     
  351/651..........................  681,798 dozen.                     
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\1\The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports exported
  after December 31, 1993.                                              

    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. 94-13937 Filed 6-7-94; 8:45 am]
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