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[Federal Register: September 14, 1994]


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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 Kenya

September 9, 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: September 16, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Helen L. LeGrande, 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 the Republic of Kenya 
agreed to establish limits for Categories 340/640 and 360 for two 
consecutive one-year periods, beginning on January 1, 1994 and 
extending through December 31, 1995, pursuant to a Memorandum of 
Understanding Ad Referendum signed on July 15, 1994, as confirmed by 
the Government of the Republic of Kenya on August 8, 1994.
    In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the 
Commissioner of Customs to establish limits for the period which began 
on January 1, 1994 and extends 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). Also see 
59 FR 25893, published on May 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 MOU, 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
September 9, 1994.

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

    Dear Commissioner: Effective on September 16, 1994, you are 
directed to cancel the directive dated May 12, 1994, which directed 
you to count imports for consumption and withdrawals from warehouse 
for consumption of cotton and man-made fiber textile products in 
Categories 340/640 and 360, produced or manufactured in Kenya and 
exported during the period April 29, 1994 through April 29, 1995. 
The import charges for this period shall be retained.
    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 Memorandum 
of Understanding dated July 15, 1994, as confirmed on August 8, 
1994, between the Governments of the United States and the Republic 
of Kenya; and in accordance with the provisions of Executive Order 
11651 of March 3, 1972, as amended, you are directed to prohibit, 
effective on September 16, 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 Kenya 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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340/640............................  360,000 dozen.                     
360................................  2,600,000 numbers.                 
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\1\The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports exported
  after December 31, 1993.                                              

    For the import period January 1, 1994 through May 18, 1994, you 
are directed to charge the following amounts to the categories 
listed below:

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              Category                         Amount to charge         
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340................................  94,733 dozen.                      
360................................  1,172,736 numbers.                 
640................................  40 dozen.                          
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    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. 94-22755 Filed 9-13-94; 8:45 am]
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