[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 107 (Monday, June 5, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29576-29577]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-13620]
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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
Increase in a Guaranteed Access Level for Certain Wool Textile
Products Produced or Manufactured in the Dominican Republic
May 30, 1995.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).
ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs increasing a
guaranteed access level.
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EFFECTIVE DATE: June 7, 1995.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ross Arnold, International Trade
Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of
Commerce, (202) 482-4212. For information on the quota status of this
level, 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 Government of the United States has agreed to increase the 1995
Guaranteed Access Level (GAL) for Category 444.
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
[[Page 29577]] Schedule of the United States (see Federal Register
notice 59 FR 65531, published on December 20, 1994). Also see 60 FR
17321, published on April 5, 1995.
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 Agreement on Textiles and Clothing, but are designed
to assist only in the implementation of certain of its provisions.
Rita D. Hayes,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
May 30, 1995.
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 March 30, 1995, 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, 1995 and extends through December 31, 1995.
Effective on June 7, 1995, you are directed to increase the
current guaranteed access level for Category 444 to 130,000 numbers.
The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has
determined that this action falls within the foreign affairs
exception to 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. 95-13620 Filed 6-2-95; 8:45 am]
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