95-19263. Increase Guaranteed Access Level for Certain Cotton Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Guatemala  

  • [Federal Register Volume 60, Number 150 (Friday, August 4, 1995)]
    [Notices]
    [Pages 39942-39943]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 95-19263]
    
    
    
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    COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
    
    Increase Guaranteed Access Level for Certain Cotton Textile 
    Products Produced or Manufactured in Guatemala
    
    July 31, 1995.
    AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).
    
    ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs increasing a 
    guaranteed access level.
    
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    EFFECTIVE DATE: August 8, 1995.
    
    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 this 
    level, 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).
    
        On request of the Government of Guatemala, the Government of the 
    United States has agreed to increase the 1995 guaranteed access level 
    (GAL) 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 59 FR 65531, published on December 20, 1994). Also see 
    60 FR 14931, published on March 21, 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 bilateral agreement, but are designed to assist only in the 
    implementation of certain of its provisions.
    Rita D. Hayes,
    Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
    
    Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
    July 31, 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 March 15, 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 
    
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    manufactured in Guatemala and exported during the twelve-month period 
    which began on January 1, 1995 and extends through December 31, 
    1995.
        Effective on August 8, 1995, you are directed to increase the 
    guaranteed access level for Categories 347/348 to 1,600,000 dozen.
        The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has 
    determined that this action falls 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. 95-19263 Filed 8-3-95; 8:45 am]
    BILLING CODE 3510-DR-F
    
    

Document Information

Effective Date:
8/8/1995
Published:
08/04/1995
Department:
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
Entry Type:
Notice
Action:
Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs increasing a guaranteed access level.
Document Number:
95-19263
Dates:
August 8, 1995.
Pages:
39942-39943 (2 pages)
PDF File:
95-19263.pdf