[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 57 (Friday, March 22, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 11810]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-7055]
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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
Establishment of an Import Limit for Certain Cotton and Man-Made
Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Costa Rica
March 18, 1996.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).
ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs establishing
a limit.
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EFFECTIVE DATE: March 27, 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 this
limit, 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. For information
on categories on which consultations have been requested, call (202)
482-3740.
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 United States Government has decided to continue the restraint
limit on Categories 352/652 for an additional twelve-month period,
beginning on March 27, 1996 and extending through March 26, 1997.
This action is taken in accordance with the Uruguay Round Agreement
on Textiles and Clothing and the Uruguay Round Agreements Act.
The United States remains committed to finding a mutual solution
concerning Categories 352/652. Should such a solution be reached in
consultations with the Government of Costa Rica, further notice will be
published in the Federal Register.
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
61 FR 3002, published on January 30, 1996.
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
March 18, 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; and in accordance with the provisions of Executive Order
11651 of March 30, 1972, as amended, you are directed to prohibit,
effective on March 27, 1996, entry into the United States for
consumption and withdrawal from warehouse for consumption of cotton
and man-made fiber textile products in Categories 352/652, produced
or manufactured in Costa Rica and exported during the twelve-month
period beginning on March 27, 1996 and extending through March 26,
1997, in excess of 15,288,569 dozen.
Imports charged to this category limit for the period March 27,
1995 through March 26, 1996 shall be charged against that level of
restraint to the extent of any unfilled balance. Goods in excess of
that limit will be subject to the limit established in this
directive.
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 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. 96-7055 Filed 3-21-96; 8:45 am]
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