95-26924. Amendment and Adjustment of an Import Restraint Limit for Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber Textiles and Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in El Salvador

[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 210 (Tuesday, October 31, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55364-55365]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-26924]



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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Amendment and Adjustment of an Import Restraint Limit for Certain 
Cotton and Man-Made Fiber Textiles and Textile Products Produced or 
Manufactured in El Salvador

October 25, 1995.
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: November 1, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Aldrich, International Trade 
Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, [phone]. 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 [phone]. For information on 
embargoes and quota re-openings, call [phone].

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).

    Pursuant to the Uruguay Round Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round 
Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC), the current limit is being 
amended for textile products in Categories 340/640, produced or 
manufactured in El Salvador and exported during the period January 1, 
1995 through December 31, 1995. Pursuant to the ATC, this new limit 
supersedes that notified to the Uruguay Round Textiles Monitoring Body 
(TMB) contained in the Memorandum of Understanding dated September 26, 
1994 between the Governments of the United States and El Salvador. This 
limit is being amended because El Salvador is now a member of the World 
Trade Organization. Also, the amended level for Categories 340/640 is 
being increased for carryover.
    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 59 FR 65531, published on December 20, 1994). Also see 
59 FR 63078, published on December 7, 1994.
    The letter to the Commissioner of Customs and the actions taken 
pursuant 

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to it are not designed to implement all of the provisions of the 
Uruguay Round Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round Agreement on 
Textiles and Clothing, but are designed to assist only in the 
implementation of certain of their provisions.
Donald R. Foote,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
October 25, 1995.

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 1, 1994, by the Chairman, 
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That 
directive concerns imports of certain cotton and man-made fiber 
textile products, produced or manufactured in El Salvador and 
exported during the twelve-month period beginning on January 1, 1995 
and extending through December 31, 1995.
    Effective on November 1, 1995, you are directed to increase the 
limit for Categories 340/640 to 984,431 dozen \1\, as provided for 
under the Uruguay Round Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round 
Agreement on Textiles and Clothing.

    \1\ The limit has not been adjusted to account for any imports 
exported after December 31, 1994.
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    The guaranteed access level remains unchanged.
    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,
Donald R. Foote,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.
[FR Doc. 95-26924 Filed 10-30-95; 8:45 am]
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