[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 160 (Friday, August 16, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42673-42674]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-20893]
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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
Cancellation of a Limit and Guaranteed Access Level for Certain
Cotton and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in
El Salvador
August 12, 1996.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).
ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs cancelling a
limit and guaranteed access level.
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EFFECTIVE DATE: August 15, 1996.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Aldrich, International Trade
Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of
Commerce, (202) 482-4212.
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.
The United States Government has decided to cancel the limit and
guaranteed access level (GAL) on imports of cotton and man-made fiber
nightwear in Categories 351/651 from El Salvador established for the
period beginning on January 1, 1996 and extending through December 31,
1996.
In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA is directed,
effective on August 15, 1996, to cancel the 1996 limit and GAL for
Categories 351/651. Also, U.S. Customs Service is directed not to sign
the form ITA-370P for export of U.S. formed and cut parts in Categories
351/651.
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
60 FR 65296, published on December 19, 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 Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round Agreement on
Textiles and Clothing, but are designed to assist only in the
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implementation of certain of their provisions.
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
August 12, 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 December 13, 1995, by the Chairman,
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That
directive concerns imports of certain cotton and man-made fiber
textile products, produced or manufactured in El Salvador and
exported during the period which began on January 1, 1996 and
extends through December 31, 1996.
Effective on August 15, 1996, you are directed to cancel the
current limit and guaranteed access level for Categories 351/651.
Also effective on August 15, 1996, U.S. Customs Service is
directed to no longer sign the form ITA-370P for export of U.S.
formed and cut parts in Categories 351/651.
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,
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
[FR Doc.96-20893 Filed 8-15-96; 8:45 am]
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