95-18689. Increase of Guaranteed Access Levels for Certain Cotton and Man- Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Jamaica

[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 146 (Monday, July 31, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 38991]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-18689]



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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Increase of Guaranteed Access Levels for Certain Cotton and Man-
Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Jamaica

July 25, 1995.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs increasing 
guaranteed access levels.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: August 1, 1995.

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).

    The United States Government has agreed to increase the 1995 
Guaranteed Access Levels (GALs) for Categories 338/339/638/639 and 352/
652.
    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 59 FR 65531, published on December 20, 1994). Also see 
59 FR 62717, published on December 6, 1994; and 60 FR 17326, published 
on April 5, 1995.
Rita D. Hayes,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
July 25, 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 November 29, 1994, as amended 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 Jamaica and exported during the twelve-month period 
which began on January 1, 1995 and extends through December 31, 
1995.
    Effective on August 1, 1995, you are directed to increase the 
current Guaranteed Access Levels (GAL) for the following categories:

                                                                        
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              Category                     Guaranteed access level      
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338/339/638/639....................  3,500,000 dozen.                   
352/652............................  12,500,000 dozen.                  
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    The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has 
determined that these actions fall within the foreign affairs 
exception 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. 95-18689 Filed 7-28-95; 8:45 am]
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