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[FR Doc No: 94-19473]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

 

Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton and 
Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Nepal

August 4, 1994.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs establishing 
limits.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: August 11, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Tallarico, 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 Governments of the United States and Nepal have agreed to 
extend their current Bilateral Textile Agreement, effected by exchange 
of notes dated May 30 and June 1, 1986, as amended and extended, for 
four consecutive one-year periods, beginning on January 1, 1994 and 
extending through December 31, 1997.
    In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the 
Commissioner of Customs to establish limits for the period beginning on 
January 1, 1994 and extending through December 31, 1994.
    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.
Rita D. Hayes,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
August 4, 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); pursuant to 
the Bilateral Textile Agreement, effected by exchange of notes dated 
May 30 and June 1, 1986, as amended and extended, between the 
Governments of the United States and Nepal; and in accordance with 
the provisions of Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as 
amended, you are directed to prohibit, effective on August 11, 1994, 
entry into the United States for consumption and withdrawal from 
warehouse for consumption of cotton and man-made fiber textile 
products in the following categories, produced or manufactured in 
Nepal and exported during the twelve-month period beginning on 
January 1, 1994 and extending through December 31, 1994, in excess 
of the following levels of restraint:

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             Category                   Twelve-month restraint limit    
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340..............................  267,948 dozen.                       
341..............................  860,680 dozen.                       
342..............................  130,647 dozen.                       
347/348..........................  603,541 dozen.                       
640..............................  134,857 dozen.                       
641..............................  304,069 dozen.                       
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    Imports charged to these category limits for the period January 
1, 1993 through December 31, 1993 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.
    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,
Rita D. Hayes,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
[FR Doc. 94-19473 Filed 8-9-94; 8:45 am]
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