[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 234 (Wednesday, December 6, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62398-62399]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-29592]
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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
Announcement of Import Restraint Limits and Guaranteed Access
Levels for Certain Cotton, Wool and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products
Produced or Manufactured in Guatemala
November 29, 1995.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).
ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs establishing
import limits and guaranteed access levels.
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EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 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 Guatemala 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 March 3, 1995 between the Governments of the
United States and Guatemala.
In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the
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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 59 FR 65531, published on December 20, 1994).
Information regarding the 1996 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 notice 51 FR 21208, published on June 11,
1986; 52 FR 26057, published on July 10, 1987; 54 FR 50425, published
on December 6, 1989; and 55 FR 3079, published on January 30, 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.
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile
Agreements.
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
November 29, 1995.
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 1, 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 Guatemala and exported
during the 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................................... 1,161,407 dozen.
342/642................................... 408,100 dozen.
347/348................................... 1,390,651 dozen.
351/651................................... 244,993 dozen.
443....................................... 69,198 numbers.
448....................................... 43,356 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 arrangements notified to the
Textiles Monitoring Body.
Pursuant to the Memorandum of Understanding dated March 3, 1995
between the Governments of the United States and Guatemala; 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), effective on January 1, 1996, guaranteed access
levels are being established for properly certified textile products
assembled in Guatemala from fabric formed and cut in the United
States in the following categories which are re-exported to the
United States from Guatemala during the period January 1, 1996
through December 31, 1996:
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Category Guaranteed Access Level
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340/640................................... 520,000 dozen.
342/642................................... 100,000 dozen.
347/348................................... 1,000,000 dozen.
351/651................................... 200,000 dozen.
443....................................... 25,000 numbers.
448....................................... 42,000 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 January 24, 1990, as
amended, shall be denied entry unless the Government of Guatemala
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.
The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has
determined that these actions fall within the foreign affairs
exception of the rulemaking provisions of 5 U.S.C. 553(a)(1).
Sincerely,
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile
Agreements.
[FR Doc. 95-29592 Filed 12-5-95; 8:45 am]
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