[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 171 (Tuesday, September 3, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 46503]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-22351]
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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
Jamaica
August 27, 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: September 3, 1996.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Naomi Freeman, 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 Jamaica established for the period
beginning on January 1, 1996 and extending through December 31, 1996.
In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the
Commissioner of Customs, effective on September 3, 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
61 FR 1360, published on January 19, 1996.
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.
Philip J. Martello,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile
Agreements.
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
August 27, 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 January 11, 1996, by the Chairman,
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That
directive concerns imports of certain cotton, wool, man-made fiber
and other vegetable fiber textiles and textile products, produced or
manufactured in Jamaica and exported during the period which began
on January 1, 1996 and extends through December 31, 1996.
Effective on September 3, 1996, you are directed to cancel the
current limit and guaranteed access level for Categories 351/651.
Also effective on September 3, 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,
Philip J. Martello,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile
Agreements.
[FR Doc.96-22351 Filed 8-30-96; 8:45 am]
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