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[Federal Register: November 9, 1994]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
 

Establishment and Adjustment of Import Restraint Limits and 
Transshipment Charges for Certain Cotton, Wool, Man-Made Fiber, Silk 
Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textiles and Textile Products Produced 
or Manufactured in Indonesia

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

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs establishing 
and adjusting limits and charging imports.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: November 9, 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) 927-6704. 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 23, 1994, 
the Governments of the United States and Indonesia agreed to amend and 
extend their current Bilateral Cotton, Wool, Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend 
and Other Vegetable Fiber Textile Agreement of May 8, 1992. The 
agreement is extended through December 31, 1995--July 1, 1994 through 
December 31, 1994 and January 1, 1995 through December 31, 1995. The 
agreement has been converted to a calendar year agreement. Also, 
agreement was reached to charge 5,083 dozen to Category 341 for the 
period July 1, 1994 through December 31, 1994 for goods improperly 
entered into the United States.
    In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the 
Commissioner of Customs to establish limits for the July 1, 1994 
through December 31, 1994 period. The Group II Subgroup includes an 
increase for carryover. The limit for Category 433, within the 
subgroup, includes increases for carryforward and special 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).
    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 their provisions.
Rita D. Hayes,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
November 3, 1994.

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

    Dear Commissioner: This directive cancels and supersedes the 
directive issued to you on June 27, 1994 by the Chairman, Committee 
for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That directive 
directed you to count imports of certain textile products, produced 
or manufactured in Indonesia and exported during the period July 1, 
1994 through June 30, 1995. Import charges already made to these 
categories shall be retained and applied to the limits established 
in this directive.
    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 23, 1994 between the Governments of 
the United States and Indonesia; and in accordance with the 
provisions of Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as amended, 
you are directed to prohibit, effective on November 9, 1994, entry 
into the United States for consumption and withdrawal from warehouse 
for consumption of cotton, wool, man-made fiber, silk blend and 
other vegetable fiber textiles and textile products in the following 
categories, produced or manufactured in Indonesia and exported 
during the six-month period beginning on July 1, 1994 and extending 
through December 31, 1994, in excess of the following levels of 
restraint:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
             Category                     Six-month restraint limit     
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Levels in Group I                                                       
200...............................  325,000 kilograms.                  
219...............................  3,610,234 square meters.            
225...............................  2,528,100 square meters.            
300/301...........................  1,544,950 kilograms.                
313...............................  6,550,732 square meters.            
314...............................  22,873,516 square meters.           
315...............................  10,393,300 square meters.           
317/617/326.......................  10,038,429 square meters of which   
                                     not more than 1,483,287 square     
                                     meters shall be in Category 326.   
331/631...........................  921,837 dozen pairs.                
334/335...........................  84,474 dozen.                       
336/636...........................  235,956 dozen.                      
338/339...........................  456,182 dozen.                      
340/640...........................  561,800 dozen.                      
341...............................  337,896 dozen.                      
342/642...........................  140,450 dozen.                      
345...............................  163,370 dozen.                      
347/348...........................  617,980 dozen.                      
350/650...........................  64,888 dozen.                       
351/651...........................  182,585 dozen.                      
359-C/659-C\1\....................  533,710 kilograms.                  
359-S/659-S\2\....................  561,800 kilograms.                  
360...............................  500,000 numbers.                    
361...............................  500,000 numbers.                    
369-S\3\..........................  344,857 kilograms.                  
443...............................  40,804 numbers.                     
445/446...........................  27,342 dozen.                       
600...............................  375,000 kilograms.                  
604-A\4\..........................  268,220 kilograms.                  
611...............................  2,382,199 square meters.            
613/614/615.......................  9,522,510 square meters.            
618...............................  2,247,200 square meters.            
619/620...........................  3,483,160 square meters.            
625/626/627/628/629...............  10,658,304 square meters.           
634/635...........................  112,360 dozen.                      
638/639...........................  584,272 dozen.                      
641...............................  856,578 dozen.                      
643...............................  125,000 numbers.                    
644...............................  175,000 numbers.                    
645/646...........................  295,659 dozen.                      
647/648...........................  1,224,873 dozen.                    
669-P\5\..........................  500,000 kilograms.                  
670-L\6\..........................  500,000 kilograms.                  
847...............................  154,760 dozen.                      
Group II                                                                
  201, 218, 220, 222-224, 226,      33,500,000 square meters equivalent.
   227, 229, 237, 239, 330, 332,                                        
   333, 349, 352-354, 359-O\7\,                                         
   362, 363, 369-O\8\, 400, 410,                                        
   414, 431, 432, 433, 434, 435,                                        
   436, 438, 439, 440, 442, 444,                                        
   447, 448, 459, 464, 465, 469,                                        
   603, 604-O\9\, 606, 607, 621,                                        
   622, 624, 630, 632, 633, 649,                                        
   652-654, 659-O\10\, 665, 666,                                        
   669-O\11\, 670-O\12\, 831-836,                                       
   838, 839, 840, 842-846, 850-                                         
   852, 858 and 859, as a group.                                        
Subgroup in Group II                                                    
  400, 410, 414, 431, 432, 433,     1,358,773 square meters equivalent. 
   434, 435, 436, 438, 439, 440,                                        
   442, 444, 447, 448, 459, 464,                                        
   465 and 469, as a group.                                             
In Group II subgroup                                                    
  433.............................  6,655 dozen.                        
  447.............................  8,161 dozen.                        
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\Category 359-C: only HTS numbers 6103.42.2025, 6103.49.3034,         
  6104.62.1020, 6104.69.3010, 6114.20.0048, 6114.20.0052, 6203.42.2010, 
  6203.42.2090, 6204.62.2010, 6211.32.0010, 6211.32.0025 and            
  6211.42.0010; Category 659-C: only HTS numbers 6103.23.0055,          
  6103.43.2020, 6103.43.2025, 6103.49.2000, 6103.49.3038, 6104.63.1020, 
  6104.63.1030, 6104.69.1000, 6104.69.3014, 6114.30.3044, 6114.30.3054, 
  6203.43.2010, 6203.43.2090, 6203.49.1010, 6203.49.1090, 6204.63.1510, 
  6204.69.1010, 6210.10.4015, 6211.33.0010, 6211.33.0017 and            
  6211.43.0010.                                                         
\2\Category 359-S: only HTS numbers 6112.39.0010, 6112.49.0010,         
  6211.11.2010, 6211.11.2020, 6211.12.3003 and 6211.12.3005; Category   
  659-S: only HTS numbers 6112.31.0010, 6112.31.0020, 6112.41.0010,     
  6112.41.0020, 6112.41.0030, 6112.41.0040, 6211.11.1010, 6211.11.1020, 
  6211.12.1010 and 6211.12.1020.                                        
\3\Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.                        
\4\Category 604-A: only HTS number 5509.32.0000.                        
\5\Category 669-P: only HTS numbers 6305.31.0010, 6305.31.0020 and      
  6305.39.0000.                                                         
\6\Category 670-L: only HTS numbers 4202.12.8030, 4202.12.8070,         
  4202.92.3020, 4202.92.3030 and 4202.92.9025.                          
\7\Category 359-O: all HTS numbers except 6103.42.2025, 6103.49.3034,   
  6104.62.1020, 6104.69.3010, 6114.20.0048, 6114.20.0052, 6203.42.2010, 
  6203.42.2090, 6204.62.2010, 6211.32.0010, 6211.32.0025; 6211.42.0010  
  (Category 359-C); 6112.39.0010, 6112.49.0010, 6211.11.2010,           
  6211.11.2020, 6211.12.3003 and 6211.12.3005 (Category 359-S).         
\8\Category 369-O: all HTS numbers except 6307.10.2005 (Category 369-S).
\9\Category 604-O: all HTS numbers except 5509.32.0000 (Category 604-A) 
\10\Category 659-O: all HTS numbers except 6103.23.0055, 6103.43.2020,  
  6103.43.2025, 6103.49.2000, 6103.49.3038, 6104.63.1020, 6104.63.1030, 
  6104.69.1000, 6104.69.3014, 6114.30.3044, 6114.30.3054, 6203.43.2010, 
  6203.43.2090, 6203.49.1010, 6203.49.1090, 6204.63.1510, 6204.69.1010, 
  6210.10.4015, 6211.33.0010, 6211.33.0017, 6211.43.0010 (Category 659- 
  C); 6112.31.0010, 6112.31.0020, 6112.41.0010, 6112.41.0020,           
  6112.41.0030, 6112.41.0040, 6211.11.1010, 6211.11.1020, 6211.12.1010  
  and 6211.12.1020 (Category 659-S).                                    
\11\Category 669-O: all HTS numbers except 6305.31.0010, 6305.31.0020   
  and 6305.39.0000 (Category 669-P).                                    
\12\Category 670-O: all HTS numbers except 4202.12.8030, 4202.12.8070,  
  4202.92.3020, 4202.92.3030 and 4202.92.9025 (Category 670-L).         

    Imports charged to these category limits for the period July 1, 
1993 through June 30, 1994 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.
    The limits set forth above are subject to adjustment in the 
future pursuant to the provisions of the Bilateral Cotton, Wool, 
Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textile 
Agreement of May 8, 1992 and the MOU dated September 23, 1994 
between the Governments of the United States and Indonesia.
    You are directed to charge 5,083 dozen to the July 1, 1994 
through December 31, 1994 period for Category 341.
    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. 94-27720; Filed 11-8-94; 8:45 am]
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