[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 230 (Monday, December 1, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63520-63521]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-31428]
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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
November 24, 1997.
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 1, 1998.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roy Unger, 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: Section 204 of the Agricultural Act of 1956, as
amended (7 U.S.C. 1854); Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as
amended.
The import restraint limits and Guaranteed Access Levels (GALs) for
textile products, produced or manufactured in Costa Rica and exported
during the period January 1, 1998 through December 31, 1998 are based
on limits notified to the Textiles Monitoring Body pursuant to the
Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC).
In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the
Commissioner of Customs to establish limits and guaranteed access
levels for 1998.
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 61 FR 66263, published on December 17, 1996).
Information regarding the 1998 CORRELATION will be published in the
Federal Register at a later date.
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; 54 FR 50425,
published on December 6, 1989; 55 FR 21047, published on May 22, 1990,
and 62 FR 49206, published on September 19, 1997.
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
November 24, 1997.
Commissioner of Customs,
Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.
Dear Commissioner: Pursuant to section 204 of the Agricultural
Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1854); Executive Order 11651 of
March 3, 1972, as amended; and the Uruguay Round Agreement on
Textiles and Clothing (ATC), you are directed to prohibit, effective
on January 1, 1998, 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, 1998 and extending through December
31, 1998, in excess of the following restraint limits:
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Category Twelve-month limit
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340/640................................ 1,046,972 dozen.
342/642................................ 386,496 dozen.
347/348................................ 1,764,380 dozen.
443.................................... 215,128 numbers.
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447.................................... 11,599 dozen.
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The limits set forth above are subject to adjustment pursuant to
the provisions of the ATC and administrative arrangements notified
to the Textiles Monitoring Body.
Products in the above categories exported during 1997 shall be
charged to the applicable category limits for that year (see
directive dated December 24, 1996) to the extent of any unfilled
balances. In the event the limits established for that period have
been exhausted by previous entries, such products shall be charged
to the limits set forth in this directive.
Also pursuant to the ATC; 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), 54 FR 50425 (December 6, 1989) and 62 FR
49206 (September 19, 1997), 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, 1998 and extending through December 31,
1998:
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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.97-31428 Filed 11-28-97; 8:45 am]
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