[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 152 (Tuesday, August 9, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-19345]


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[Federal Register: August 9, 1994]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
 

Amendment of an Import Limit for Certain Cotton and Man-Made 
Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the Republic of 
Korea

August 3, 1994.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs reducing a 
limit.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: August 10, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ross Arnold, International Trade 
Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, (202) 482-4212. For information on the quota status of this 
limit, refer to the Quota Status Reports posted on the bulletin boards 
of each Customs port or call (202) 927-6707. 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 Governments of the United States and the Republic of Korea have 
agreed to amend the 1994 limit for Category 224-V to 9,503,098 square 
meters.
    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 2597, published on January 18, 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
August 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 10, 1994, by the Chairman, 
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That 
directive concerns imports of cotton and man-made fiber textile 
products in Category 224-V, produced or manufactured in the Republic 
of Korea and exported during the twelve-month period which began on 
January 1, 1994 and extends through December 31, 1994.
    Effective on August 10, 1994, you are directed to amend the 
January 10, 1994 directive to reduce the limit for Category 224-V\1\ 
to 9,503,098 square meters\2\.
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    \1\Category 224-V: only HTS numbers 5801.21.0000, 5801.23.0000, 
5801.24.0000, 5801.25.0010, 5801.25.0020, 5801.26.0010, 
5801.26.0020, 5801.31.0000, 5801.33.0000, 5801.34.0000, 
5801.35.0010, 5801.35.0020, 5801.36.0010 and 5801.36,0020.
    \2\The limit has not been adjusted to account for any imports 
exported after December 31, 1993.
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    The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has 
determined that this action falls 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. 94-19345 Filed 8-8-94; 8:45 am]
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