95-21206. Establishment of an Import Limit for Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Guatemala

[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 165 (Friday, August 25, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44316-44317]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-21206]



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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 Guatemala

August 22, 1995.
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: August 28, 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 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 Agricultural Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C. 
1854).

    A notice published in the Federal Register on June 22, 1995 (60 FR 
32509) announces that if no solution is agreed upon in consultations 
between the Governments of the United States and Guatemala on 
Categories 342/642, the Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements may establish a limit at a level of not less than 319,417 
dozen for the twelve-month period beginning on May 31, 1995 and 
extending through May 30, 1996.
    Inasmuch as no agreement was reached during the consultation period 


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on a mutually satisfactory solution, the United States Government has 
decided to control imports in Categories 342/642 for the period 
beginning on May 31, 1995 and extending through May 30, 1996 at a level 
of 319,417 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 solution 
concerning Categories 342/642. Should such a solution be reached in 
consultations with the Government of Guatemala, 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 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


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 3, 1972, as amended, you are directed to prohibit, 
effective on August 28, 1995, 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 Guatemala and exported during the period 
beginning on May 31, 1995 and extending through May 30, 1996, in 
excess of 319,417 dozen \1\.

    \1\ The limit has not been adjusted to account for any imports 
exported after May 30, 1995.
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    Textile products in Categories 342/642 which have been exported 
to the United States prior to May 31, 1995 shall not be subject to 
this directive.
    For the import period May 31, 1995 through June 19, 1995, you 
are directed to charge the following amounts to the limit 
established in this directive for Categories 342/642. Additional 
charges may be provided at a later date.


                                                                        
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              Category                         Amount to charge         
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342................................  5,988 dozen.                       
642................................  7,207 dozen.                       
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    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.95-21206 Filed 8-24-95; 8:45 am]
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