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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

 

Establishment, Amendment and Adjustment of Import Limits, 
Amendment of Restraint Periods and Visa Requirements for Certain Cotton 
and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in 
Pakistan

December 15, 1994.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs 
establishing, amending and adjusting limits and amending restraint 
periods and visa requirements.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: December 20, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anne Novak, 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) 927-6714. 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 Pakistan agreed to amend 
further their Bilateral Cotton, Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other 
Vegetable Fiber Textile Agreement, effected by exchange of notes dated 
May 20, 1987 and June 11, 1987, as amended and extended. The two 
governments agreed, among other things, to establish new specific 
limits for merged Categories 317/617, 342/642 and 625/626/627/628/629, 
merge Categories 369-F and 369-P at the sum of the 1994 specific 
limits, and increase the base level for Categories 347/348 and the 1994 
Designated Consultation Levels (DCLs) for Category 666 and the 
Aggregate. As a result, the Aggregate DCL and the limits for Categories 
339 and 666, which are currently filled, will re-open.
    In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the 
Commissioner of Customs to establish and amend limits pursuant to the 
bilateral agreement, as amended. In addition, the current limits for 
certain categories are being adjusted, variously, for carryover, swing 
and special shift. The existing visa requirements are being amended to 
include coverage of the newly merged categories.
    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 
48 FR 25257, published on June 6, 1983; 59 FR 5756, published on 
February 8, 1994; 59 FR 26212, published on May 19, 1994; 59 FR 36741, 
published on July 19, 1994; 59 FR 48421, published on September 21, 
1994; and 59 FR 48861, published on September 23, 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
December 15, 1994.

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

    Dear Commissioner: This directive amends, but does not cancel, 
the directives issued to you on February 1, 1994, May 13, 1994, July 
13, 1994, September 14, 1994 and September 16, 1994, by the 
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. 
Those directives concern imports of certain cotton and man-made 
fiber textile products, produced or manufactured in Pakistan and 
exported during the periods April 29, 1994 through July 27, 1994 and 
July 28, 1994 through December 31, 1994, in the case of Categories 
342/642; June 29, 1994 through September 26, 1994 and September 27, 
1994 through December 31, 1994, in the case of Category 628; and 
January 1, 1994 through December 31, 1994, in the case of the 
remaining categories.
    Effective on December 20, 1994, you are directed, pursuant to 
the Bilateral Cotton, Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable 
Fiber Textile Agreement, effected by exchange of notes dated May 20, 
1987 and June 11, 1987, as amended and extended, between the 
Governments of the United States and Pakistan to combine the April 
29, 1994 through July 27, 1994 and July 28, 1994 through December 
31, 1994 restraint periods for Categories 342/642. The limit for 
Categories 342/642 shall be increased to a level of 172,562 
dozen\1\.
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    \1\The limit has not been adjusted to account for any imports 
exported after April 28, 1994.
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    Import charges made to the 1994 Aggregate Designated 
Consultation Level (DCL) for Category 342 for the period January 1, 
1994 through April 28, 1994 shall remain in the Aggregate DCL. For 
the import period April 29, 1994 through May 19, 1994, you are 
directed to deduct 568 dozen from the charges made to the Aggregate 
DCL for Category 342 and charge this same amount to Category 342 for 
the April 29, 1994 through December 31, 1994 restraint period. For 
the import period July 28, 1994 through September 21, 1994, you are 
directed to charge 151 dozen to Category 642 for the April 29, 1994 
through December 31, 1994 restraint period.
    Further, you are directed to remove Category 317, along with its 
charges, from the Aggregate DCL coverage. The June 29, 1994 through 
September 26, 1994 and September 27, 1994 through December 31, 1994 
restraint periods for Category 628 shall be combined. You are 
directed to establish merged Categories 317/617 and 369-F/369-P, for 
the restraint period January 1, 1994 through December 31, 1994; and 
Categories 625/626/627/628/629, for the restraint period June 29, 
1994 through December 31, 1994, at the levels listed below. Import 
charges already made to Categories 317, 617, 369-F, 369-P and 628 
shall be retained and applied to the newly established merged 
categories.

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              Category                            New Levela            
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317/617............................  23,000,000 square meters.          
369-F/369-Pb.......................  1,854,684 kilograms.               
625/626/627/628/629................  29,556,164 square meters of which  
                                      not more than 14,778,082 square   
                                      meters shall be in Category 625,  
                                      not more than 14,778,082 square   
                                      meters shall be in Category 626,  
                                      not more than 14,778,082 square   
                                      meters shall be in Category 627,  
                                      not more than 3,057,534 square    
                                      meters shall be in Category 628,  
                                      and not more than 14,778,082      
                                      square meters shall be in Category
                                      629.                              
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aThe limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports exported  
  after December 31, 1993 (Categories 317/617 and 369-F/369-P) and June 
  28, 1994 (Categories 625/626/627/628/629).                            
bCategory 369-F: only HTS number 6302.91.0045; Category 369-P: only HTS 
  numbers 6302.60.0010 and 6302.91.0005.                                

    You are directed to charge the following amounts to the 
categories listed below for goods imported during the periods June 
29, 1994 through September 30, 1994 (Categories 625, 626, 627 and 
629) and June 29 through July 19, 1994 (Category 628):

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              Category                       Amount to be charged       
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625................................  2,603,503 square meters.           
626................................  3,284,865 square meters.           
627................................  215,125 square meters.             
628................................  -0-                                
629................................  6,564,996 square meters.           
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    Textile products in Categories 625, 626, 627 and 629 which have 
been exported to the United States prior to June 29, 1994 shall not 
be subject to this directive.
    Textile products in Categories 625, 626, 627 and 629 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.
    Also, you are directed to adjust the limits for the following 
categories, pursuant to the current bilateral agreement between the 
Governments of the United States and Pakistan:

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              Category                   Adjusted twelve-month limita   
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Specific limits:                                                        
  237..............................  147,670 dozen.                     
  239..............................  633,096 kilograms.                 
  314..............................  4,750,800 square meters.           
  315..............................  61,368,894 square meters.          
  331/631..........................  2,050,911 dozen pairs.             
  334/634..........................  206,253 dozen.                     
  335/635..........................  318,518 dozen.                     
  336/636..........................  405,295 dozen.                     
  338..............................  4,648,373 dozen.                   
  339..............................  1,186,977 dozen.                   
  340/640..........................  501,454 dozen.                     
  341/641..........................  551,269 dozen.                     
  347/348..........................  723,043 dozen.                     
  351/651..........................  253,274 dozen.                     
  352/652..........................  635,420 dozen.                     
  359-C/659-Cb.....................  502,307 kilograms.                 
  360..............................  2,138,542 numbers.                 
  361..............................  2,780,910 numbers.                 
  363..............................  38,392,736 numbers.                
  369-Rc...........................  8,575,301 kilograms.               
  613/614..........................  16,848,204 square meters.          
  615..............................  20,021,588 square meters.          
  638/639..........................  40,143 dozen.                      
  647/648..........................  555,672 dozen.                     
Aggregate Designated Consultation                                       
 Level (DCL):                                                           
   300, 301, 326, 330, 332, 333,     90,000,000 square meters           
   345, 349, 350, 353, 354, 359-Od,   equivalent.                       
   362 and 369-Oe, as a group.                                          
Other DCL:                                                              
  666..............................  1,800,000 kilograms.               
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aThe limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports exported  
  after December 31, 1993.                                              
bCategory 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.                                                         
cCategory 369-R: only HTS number 6307.10.2020.                          
dCategory 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 and            
  6211.42.0010 (Category 359-C).                                        
eCategory 369-O: all HTS numbers except 6302.91.0045 (Category 369-F),  
  6302.60.0010, 6302.91.0005 (Category 369-P), 6307.10.2020 (Category   
  369-R) and 6307.10.2005 (Category 369-S).                             

    For visa purposes, you are directed, effective on December 20, 
1994, to amend further the directive dated May 27, 1983. Categories 
642 and 842 shall no longer be accepted as merged Categories 642/
842. You are directed to include coverage of merged Categories 342/
642, 317/617, 369-F/369-P and 625/626/627/628/629 for goods produced 
or manufactured in Pakistan and exported from Pakistan on and after 
December 20, 1994. Merchandise in merged Categories 342/642, 317/
617, 369-F/369-P and 625/626/627/628/629 may be accompanied by 
either the appropriate merged category visa or the correct category 
or part-category visa corresponding to the actual shipment.
    Shipments entered or withdrawn from warehouse according to this 
directive which are not accompanied by an appropriate export visa 
shall be denied entry and a new visa must be obtained.
    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. 94-31292 Filed 12-16-94; 10:53 am]
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