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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
 

Adjustment of an Import Restraint Limit for Certain Cotton 
Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the Republic of Korea

December 20, 1994.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

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

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EFFECTIVE DATE: December 20, 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 this 
limit, refer to the Quota Status Reports posted on the bulletin boards 
of each Customs port or call (202) 927-6707. 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 limit for Categories 338/339 is being increased for 
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 
58 FR 65967, published on December 17, 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 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 20, 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 December 13, 1993, 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 textile products, produced or 
manufactured in the Republic of Korea and exported during the 
twelve-month period which began on January 1, 1994 and extends 
through December 31, 1994.
    Effective on December 20, 1994, you are directed to amend the 
December 13, 1993 directive to increase the limit for Categories 
338/339 to 1,182,302 dozen\1\, as provided under the terms of the 
current bilateral agreement between the Governments of the United 
States and the Republic of Korea.
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    \1\The limit has not been adjusted to account for any imports 
exported after December 31, 1993.
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    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. 94-31703 Filed 12-23-94; 8:45 am]
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