[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 210 (Tuesday, October 31, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55364-55365]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-26924]
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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
Amendment and Adjustment of an Import Restraint Limit for Certain
Cotton and Man-Made Fiber Textiles and Textile Products Produced or
Manufactured in El Salvador
October 25, 1995.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).
ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs increasing a
limit.
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EFFECTIVE DATE: November 1, 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
limit, 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).
Pursuant to the Uruguay Round Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round
Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC), the current limit is being
amended for textile products in Categories 340/640, produced or
manufactured in El Salvador and exported during the period January 1,
1995 through December 31, 1995. Pursuant to the ATC, this new limit
supersedes that notified to the Uruguay Round Textiles Monitoring Body
(TMB) contained in the Memorandum of Understanding dated September 26,
1994 between the Governments of the United States and El Salvador. This
limit is being amended because El Salvador is now a member of the World
Trade Organization. Also, the amended level for Categories 340/640 is
being increased for carryover.
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
59 FR 63078, published on December 7, 1994.
The letter to the Commissioner of Customs and the actions taken
pursuant
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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.
Donald R. Foote,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile
Agreements.
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
October 25, 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 December 1, 1994, 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 twelve-month period beginning on January 1, 1995
and extending through December 31, 1995.
Effective on November 1, 1995, you are directed to increase the
limit for Categories 340/640 to 984,431 dozen \1\, as provided for
under the Uruguay Round Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round
Agreement on Textiles and Clothing.
\1\ The limit has not been adjusted to account for any imports
exported after December 31, 1994.
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The guaranteed access level remains unchanged.
The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has
determined that this action falls within the foreign affairs
exception of the rulemaking provisions of 5 U.S.C. 553(a)(1).
Sincerely,
Donald R. Foote,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile
Agreements.
[FR Doc. 95-26924 Filed 10-30-95; 8:45 am]
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