96-16803. Establishment of an Import Limit for Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in El Salvador

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 128 (Tuesday, July 2, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34492-34493]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-16803]


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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 El Salvador

June 26, 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: June 27, 1996.

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 this 
limit, 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

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Agricultural Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1854).

    A notice published in the Federal Register on April 17, 1996 (61 FR 
16762) announces that if no solution is agreed upon in consultations 
between the Governments of the United States and El Salvador on 
Categories 342/642, the Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements may establish a limit at a level of not less than 209,563 
dozen for the twelve-month period beginning on March 29, 1996 and 
extending through March 28, 1997.
    Inasmuch as no agreement was reached during the consultation period 
on a mutually satisfactory solution on Categories 342/642, the United 
States Government has decided to control imports in these categories 
for the period beginning on March 29, 1996 and extending through March 
28, 1997 at a level of 209,563 dozen.
    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 342/642. 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 Federal 
Register notice 60 FR 65299, published on December 19, 1995).
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
June 26, 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 June 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 342/642, produced 
or manufactured in El Salvador and exported during the twelve-month 
period beginning on March 29, 1996 and extending through March 28, 
1997, in excess of 209,563 dozen \1\.
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    \1\ The limit has not been adjusted to account for any imports 
exported after March 28, 1996.
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    Textile products in Categories 342/642 which have been exported 
to the United States prior to March 29, 1996 shall not be subject to 
the limit established in this directive.
    Textile products in Categories 342/642 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 efffective 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 this action falls 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. 96-16803 Filed 6-27-96; 12:03 pm]
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