96-15842. Adjustment of an Import Limit and Guaranteed Access Levels for Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the Dominican Republic

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 121 (Friday, June 21, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31992-31993]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-15842]



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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of an Import Limit and Guaranteed Access Levels for 
Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or 
Manufactured in the Dominican Republic

June 18, 1996.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs increasing 
an import limit and guaranteed access levels.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: June 20, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Naomi Freeman, International Trade 
Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, [phone]. 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 [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.

    On the request of the Government of the Dominican Republic, the 
U.S. Government agreed to increase the 1996 Guaranteed Access Levels 
for Categories 338/638 and 339/639. Also, the current limit for 
Categories 342/642 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 60 FR 65299, published on December 19, 1995). Also see 
61 FR 1359, published on January 19, 1996.
    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
June 18, 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 January 11, 1996, 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 the Dominican 
Republic and exported during the twelve-month period which began on 
January 1, 1996 and extends through December 31, 1996.
    Effective on June 20, 1996, you are directed to increase the 
limit for Categories 342/642 to 593,188 dozen \1\.
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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 1996 Guaranteed Access Level (GAL) for Categories 342/642 
remains unchanged. The GALs for textile products in the following 
categories shall be increased:

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                 Category                      Guaranteed Access Level  
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338/638...................................  2,150,000 dozen.            
339/639...................................  2,150,000 dozen.            
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    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,
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
[FR Doc. 96-15842 Filed 6-20-96; 8:45 am]
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