[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 190 (Monday, October 3, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-24408]


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[Federal Register: October 3, 1994]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

 

Establishment of an Import Restraint Limit for Certain Cotton and 
Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in El Salvador

September 28, 1994.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

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

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EFFECTIVE DATE: October 3, 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 this 
limit, 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).

    In a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) dated September 26, 1994, 
the Governments of the United States and El Salvador agreed, among 
other things, to estabish a bilateral agreement for cotton and man-made 
fiber textile products in Categories 340/640, produced or manufactured 
in El Salvador and exported during the periods October 1, 1994 through 
December 31, 1994 and January 1, 1995 through December 31, 1995.
    In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the 
Commissioner of Customs to establish, pursuant to the MOU, a limit for 
the period beginning on October 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 MOU, 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
September 28, 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 Memorandum of Understanding dated September 26, 1994 
between the Governments of the United States and El Salvador; and in 
accordance with the provisions of Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 
1972, as amended, you are directed to prohibit, effective on October 
3, 1994, entry into the United States for consumption and withdrawal 
from warehouse for consumption of cotton and man-made fiber textile 
products in Categories 340/640, produced or manufactured in El 
Salvador and exported during the period beginning on October 1, 1994 
and extending through December 31, 1994, in excess of 450,000 
dozen\1\
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    \1\The limit has not been adjusted to account for any imports 
exported after September 30, 1994.
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    Textile products in Categories 340/640, which have been exported 
to the United States prior to October 1, 1994 shall not be subject 
to this directive.
    Textile products in Categories 340/640 which have been released 
from the custody of the U.S. Customs Service under the provisions of 
19 U.S.C. 1448(b) or 1484(a)(1) prior to the effective date of this 
directive shall not be denied entry under 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 this action falls 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. 94-24408 Filed 9-30-94; 8:45 am]
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