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[FR Doc No: 94-14309]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 

Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Wool Textile 
Products Produced or Manufactured in the Slovak Republic

June 7, 1994.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs establishing 
limits for the new agreement year.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: June 15, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Naomi Freeman, 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).

    The Bilateral Textile Agreement, effected by exchange of notes 
dated August 6, 1993 and October 6, 1993, between the Governments of 
the United States and the Slovak Republic establishes limits for the 
period beginning on June 1, 1994 and extending through May 31, 1995.
    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 bilateral agreement, but are designed to assist only in the 
implementation of certain of its provisions.
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
June 7, 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 December 9, 1993; 
pursuant to the Bilateral Textile Agreement, effected by exchange of 
notes dated August 6, 1993 and October 6, 1993, between the 
Governments of the United States and the Slovak Republic; and in 
accordance with the provisions of Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 
1972, as amended, you are directed to prohibit, effective on June 
15, 1994, entry into the United States for consumption and 
withdrawal from warehouse for consumption of wool textile products 
in the following categories, produced or manufactured in the Slovak 
Republic and exported during the twelve-month period which began on 
June 1, 1994 and extends through May 31, 1995, in excess of the 
following levels of restraint:

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              Category                 Twelve-month restraint limit\1\  
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410................................  395,635 square meters.             
433................................  11,050 dozen.                      
435................................  16,691 dozen.                      
443................................  92,315 numbers.                    
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\1\The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports exported
  after May 31, 1994.                                                   

    Imports charged to these category limits for the period June 1, 
1993 through May 31, 1994 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.
    The limits set forth above are subject to adjustment in the 
future pursuant to the provisions of the current bilateral agreement 
between the Governments of the United States and the Slovak 
Republic.
    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,
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.
[FR Doc. 94-14309 Filed 6-10-94; 8:45 am]
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