96-21917. Adjustment of an Import Restraint Limit and Guaranteed Access Level for Certain Cotton and Wool Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Guatemala  

  • [Federal Register Volume 61, Number 168 (Wednesday, August 28, 1996)]
    [Notices]
    [Page 44381]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 96-21917]
    
    
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    COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
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    COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
    
    Adjustment of an Import Restraint Limit and Guaranteed Access 
    Level for Certain Cotton and Wool Textile Products Produced or 
    Manufactured in Guatemala
    
    August 22, 1996.
    AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).
    
    ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs increasing a 
    limit and guaranteed access level.
    
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    EFFECTIVE DATE: August 26, 1996.
    
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Aldrich, International Trade 
    Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of 
    Commerce, (202) 482-4212. 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 (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); Uruguay Round Agreements Act.
    
        The current limit for Category 448 is being increased for 
    carryforward. Also, the Government of the United States has agreed to 
    increase the 1996 guaranteed access level for Categories 347/348.
        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 62398, published on December 6, 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 
    implementation of certain of their provisions.
    D. Michael Hutchinson,
    Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
    Agreements.
    
    Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
    August 22, 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 November 29, 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 Guatemala and 
    exported during the twelve-month period beginning on January 1, 1996 
    and extending through December 31, 1996.
        Effective on August 26, 1996, you are directed to increase the 
    limit for Category 448 to 48,992 dozen \1\, as provided for by the 
    Uruguay Round Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round Agreement on 
    Textiles and Clothing.
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        \1\ The limit has not been adjusted to account for any imports 
    exported after December 31, 1995.
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        Also, you are directed to increase the 1996 guaranteed access 
    level (GAL) for Categories 347/348 to 1,800,000 dozen. The GAL for 
    Category 448 remains unchanged.
        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,
    D. Michael Hutchinson,
    Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
    Agreements.
    [FR Doc. 96-21917 Filed 8-27-96; 8:45 am]
    BILLING CODE 3510-DR-F
    
    
    

Document Information

Effective Date:
8/26/1996
Published:
08/28/1996
Department:
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
Entry Type:
Notice
Action:
Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs increasing a limit and guaranteed access level.
Document Number:
96-21917
Dates:
August 26, 1996.
Pages:
44381-44381 (1 pages)
PDF File:
96-21917.pdf