[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 20 (Tuesday, January 30, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3002-3003]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-1743]
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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
Announcement of Import Limits and Guaranteed Access Levels for
Certain Cotton, Wool and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or
Manufactured in Costa Rica
January 24, 1996.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).
ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs establishing
limits and guaranteed access levels.
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EFFECTIVE DATE: January 31, 1996.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Aldrich, 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) 927-5850. 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).
The import restraint limits for textile products, produced or
manufactured in Costa Rica and exported during the period January 1,
1996 through December 31, 1996 are based on limits notified to the
Textiles Monitoring Body pursuant to the Uruguay Round Agreements Act
and the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC). The
Guaranteed Access Levels are being established pursuant to a Memorandum
of Understanding dated December 23, 1993 between the Governments of the
United States and Costa Rica.
In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the
Commissioner of Customs to establish limits and guaranteed access
levels for 1996.
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 60 FR 65299, published on December 19, 1995).
Requirements for participation in the Special Access Program are
available in Federal Register notices 51 FR 21208, published on June
11, 1986; 52 FR 26057, published on July 10, 1987; and
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54 FR 50425, published on December 6, 1989; and 55 FR 21047, published
on May 22, 1990.
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 Uruguay Round Agreements Act and the ATC, but are designed to
assist only in the implementation of certain of their provisions.
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
January 24, 1996.
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), the Uruguay
Round Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and
Clothing (ATC); and in accordance with the provisions of Executive
Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as amended, you are directed to
prohibit, effective on January 31, 1996, entry into the United
States for consumption and withdrawal from warehouse for consumption
of cotton, wool and man-made fiber textile products in the following
categories, produced or manufactured in Costa Rica and exported
during the twelve-month period beginning on January 1, 1996 and
extending through December 31, 1996, in excess of the following
restraint limits:
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Category Twelve-month limit
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340/640................................ 889,229 dozen.
342/642................................ 328,264 dozen.
347/348................................ 1,498,547 dozen.
443.................................... 209,152 numbers.
447.................................... 11,277 dozen.
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Imports charged to these category limits for the period January
1, 1995 through December 31, 1995 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 according to the provisions of the Uruguay Round Agreements
Act, the ATC, and any administrative arrangement notified to the
Textiles Monitoring Body.
Pursuant to the Memorandum of Understanding dated December 23,
1993 between the Governments of the United States and Costa Rica;
and under the terms of the Special Access Program, as set forth in
51 FR 21208 (June 11, 1986), 52 FR 26057 (July 10, 1987) and 54 FR
50425 (December 6, 1989), you are directed to establish guaranteed
access levels for properly certified cotton, wool and man-made fiber
textile products in the following categories which are assembled in
Costa Rica from fabric formed and cut in the United States and re-
exported to the United States from Costa Rica during the period
beginning on January 1, 1996 and extending through December 31,
1996:
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Category Guaranteed access level
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340/640................................ 650,000 dozen.
342/642................................ 250,000 dozen.
347/348................................ 1,500,000 dozen.
443.................................... 200,000 numbers.
447.................................... 4,000 dozen.
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Any shipment for entry under the Special Access Program which is
not accompanied by a valid and correct certification and Export
Declaration in accordance with the provisions of the certification
requirements established in the directive of May 15, 1990 shall be
denied entry unless the Government of Costa Rica authorizes the
entry and any charges to the appropriate specific limit. Any
shipment which is declared for entry under the Special Access
Program but found not to qualify shall be denied entry into the
United States.
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 U.S.C.553(a)(1).
Sincerely,
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
[FR Doc.96-1743 Filed 1-29-96; 8:45 am]
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