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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
 

Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool, Man-Made 
Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textile Products Produced 
or Manufactured in Thailand

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

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

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EFFECTIVE DATE: October 6, 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 these 
limits, refer to the Quota Status Reports posted on the bulletin boards 
of each Customs port or call (202) 927-6717. 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 current limits for certain categories are being adjusted, 
variously, for swing, carryover and carryforward.
    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 21962, published on April 28, 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
October 5, 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 April 21, 1994, by the Chairman, 
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That 
directive concerns imports of certain cotton, wool, man-made fiber, 
silk blend and other vegetable fiber textiles and textile products, 
produced or manufactured in Thailand and exported during the twelve-
month period which began on January 1, 1994 and extends through 
December 31, 1994.
    Effective on October 6, 1994, you are directed to amend the 
directive dated April 21, 1994 to adjust the limits for the 
following categories, as provided under the terms of the current 
bilateral agreement between the Governments of the United States and 
Thailand:

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              Category                  Adjusted twelve-month limit\1\  
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Levels in Group I                                                       
219................................  5,064,904 square meters.           
301-P\2\...........................  3,873,640 kilograms.               
301-O\3\...........................  793,217 kilograms.                 
363................................  16,484,571 numbers.                
369-S\4\...........................  264,405 kilograms.                 
607................................  2,644,056 kilograms.               
613/614/615........................  37,346,700 square meters of which  
                                      not more than 21,196,185 square   
                                      meters shall be in Category 614   
                                      and not more than 20,961,882      
                                      square meters shall be in         
                                      Categories 613/615.               
617................................  13,452,746 square meters.          
Group II                                                                
237, 330-359, 431-459, 630-659 and   221,470,973 square meters          
 831-859, as a group.                 equivalent.                       
Sublevels in Group II                                                   
336/636............................  252,495 dozen.                     
351/651............................  201,877 dozen.                     
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\1\The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports exported
  after December 31, 1993.                                              
\2\Category 301-P: only HTS numbers 5206.21.0000, 5206.22.0000,         
  5206.23.0000, 5206.24.0000, 5206.25.0000, 5206.41.0000, 5206.42.0000, 
  5206.43.0000, 5206.44.0000 and 5206.45.0000.                          
\3\Category 301-O: only HTS numbers 5205.21.0000, 5205.22.0000,         
  5205.23.0000, 5205.24.0000, 5205.25.0000, 5205.41.0000, 5205.42.0000, 
  5205.43.0000, 5205.44.0000 and 5205.45.0000.                          
\4\Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.                        

    The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has 
determined that these actions fall 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. 94-25147 Filed 10-11-94; 8:45 am]
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