95-15336. Establishment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in El Salvador

[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 121 (Friday, June 23, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32654-32655]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-15336]



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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Establishment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton and Man-Made 
Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in El Salvador

June 16, 1995.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs establishing 
limits.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: June 23, 1995.

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 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]. 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).

    A notice published in the Federal Register on April 21, 1995 (60 FR 
19892) announces that if no solution is agreed upon in consultations 
between the Governments of the United States and El Salvador on 
Categories 351/651 and 352/652, the Committee for the Implementation of 
Textile Agreements may establish a limit at levels of not less than 
259,914 dozen (Categories 351/651) and 3,687,034 dozen (Categories 352/
652) for the period beginning on March 27, 1995 and extending through 
March 26, 1996.
    Inasmuch as no agreement was reached during the consultation period 
on a mutually satisfactory solution on Categories 351/651 and 352/652, 
the United States Government has decided to control imports in these 
categories for the period beginning on March 27, 1995 and extending 
through March 26, 1996, at levels of 259,914 dozen (Categories 351/651) 
and 3,687,034 dozen (Categories 352/652).
    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 solution 
concerning Categories 351/651 and 352/652. Should such a solution be 
reached in consultations with the Government of El Salvador, 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 
[[Page 32655]] Federal Register notice 59 FR 65531, published on 
December 20, 1994).
Rita D. Hayes,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
June 16, 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), 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 3, 1972, as amended, you are directed to prohibit, 
effective on June 23, 1995, entry into the United States for 
consumption and withdrawal from warehouse for consumption of cotton 
and man-made fiber textile products in the following categories, 
produced or manufactured in El Salvador and exported during the 
period beginning on March 27, 1995 and extending through March 26, 
1996, in excess of the following levels of restraint:

                                                                        
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              Category                          New limit \1\           
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351/651............................  259,914 dozen.                     
352/652............................  3,687,034 dozen.                   
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports        
  exported after March 26, 1995.                                        

    Textile products in Categories 351/651 and 352/652 which have 
been exported to the United States prior to March 27, 1995 shall not 
be subject to the limits established in this directive.
    Textile products in Categories 351/651 and 352/652 which have 
been released from the custody of the U.S. Customs Service under the 
provisions of 19 U.S.C. 1448(b) or 1484(a)(1) prior to the effective 
date of this directive shall not be denied entry under this 
directive.
    Import charges will be provided at a later date.
    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 5 U.S.C. 553(a)(1).
    Sincerely,
Rita D. Hayes,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
[FR Doc. 95-15336 Filed 6-22-95; 8:45 am]
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