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[FR Doc No: 94-16742]


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[Federal Register: July 11, 1994]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

 

New Transshipment Charges for Certain Cotton Textile Products 
Produced or Manufactured in the People's Republic of China

July 5, 1994.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs charging 
transsshipments to 1994 limits.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: July 11, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Aldrich, International Trade 
Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, (202) 482-4212.

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 notice published in the Federal Register on June 28, 1993 (58 
FR 34568), CITA announces that Customs would be conducting other 
investigations of transshipments of textiles produced in China and 
exported to the United States. Based on these investigations, the U.S. 
Customs Service has determined that textile products in Categories 339 
and 352, produced or manufactured in China and entered into the United 
States with the incorrect country of origin, were transshipped in 
circumvention of the Memorandum of Understanding dated January 17, 1994 
between the Governments of the United States and the People's Republic 
of China. Consultations were held between the Governments of the United 
States and the People's Republic of China on this matter on June 9 
through 10, 1994. Accordingly, in the letter published below, the 
Chairman of CITA directs the Commissioner of Customs to charge the 
following amounts to the 1994 quota levels for the categories listed 
below:

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              Category                      Amounts to be charged       
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339................................  59,165 dozen of which 55,004 dozen 
                                      are in Category 339-S.            
352................................  1,343,603 dozen.                   
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    As a result of the charges, the current limit for Category 352 will 
be filled.
    U.S. Customs continues to conduct other investigations of such 
transshipments of textiles produced in China and exported to the United 
States. The charges resulting from these investigations will be 
published in the Federal Register.
    The U.S. Government is taking this action pursuant to the U.S. 
letters dated July 1, 1994, U.S. diplomatic note, the Memorandum of 
Understanding dated January 17, 1994 between the Govenments of the 
United States and the People's Republic of China, and in conformity 
with Paragraph 16 of the Protocol of Extension and Article 8 of the 
Arrangement Regarding International Trade in Textiles, done at Geneva 
on December 20, 1973 and extended on December 14, 1977, December 22, 
1981, July 31, 1986, December 9, 1992 and December 9, 1993.
    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).
Rita D. Hayes,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
July 5, 1994.

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

    Dear Commissioner: To facilitate implementation of the 
Memorandum of Understanding dated January 17, 1994, between the 
Governments of the United States and the People's Republic of China, 
I request that, effective on July 11, 1994, you charge the following 
amounts to the following categories for the 1994 restraint period 
(see directive dated January 24, 1994):

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              Category                Amount to be charged to 1994 limit
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339................................  59,165 dozen of which 55,004 dozen 
                                      are in Category 339-S\1\.         
352................................  1,343,603 dozen.                   
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\1\Category 339-S: all HTS numbers except 6109.10.0040, 6109.10.0045,   
  6109.10.0060 and 6109.10.0065.                                        

    This letter will be published in the Federal Register.
    Sincerely,
Rita D. Hayes,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
[FR Doc 94-16742; Filed 7-8-94; 8:45 am]
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