[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 112 (Monday, June 13, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-14309]
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[Federal Register: June 13, 1994]
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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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