96-29209. Adjustment of an Import Restraint Limit for Certain Wool Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Guatemala

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 220 (Wednesday, November 13, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 58169]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-29209]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Adjustment of an Import Restraint Limit for Certain Wool Textile 
Products Produced or Manufactured in Guatemala

November 7, 1996.
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 7, 1996.

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); Uruguay Round Agreements Act.

    The current limit for Category 448 is being increased for special 
carryforward, based on exchange of letters dated October 24, 1996 and 
November 4, 1996 between the Governments of the United States and 
Guatemala.
    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). Also see 
60 FR 62398, published on December 6, 1995.
    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 Uruguay Round Agreement on 
Textiles and Clothing, 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
November 7, 1996.

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 November 29, 1995, by the Chairman, 
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That 
directive concerns imports of certain cotton, wool and man-made 
fiber textile products, produced or manufactured in Guatemala and 
exported during the twelve-month period beginning on January 1, 1996 
and extending through December 31, 1996.
    Effective on November 7, 1996, you are directed to increase the 
limit for Category 448 to 49,642 dozen \1\, as provided for by the 
Uruguay Round Agreements Act, the Uruguay Round Agreement on 
Textiles and Clothing and based on exchange of letters dated October 
24, 1996 and November 4, 1996 between the Governments of the United 
States and Guatemala.
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    \1\ The limit has not been adjusted to account for any imports 
exported after December 31, 1995.
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    The guaranteed access level for Category 448 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,
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
[FR Doc. 96-29209 Filed 11-8-96; 1:53 pm]
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