[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 142 (Tuesday, July 23, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38237-38238]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-18669]
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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
Establishment of Import Restraint Limits and Guaranteed Access
Levels for Certain Cotton, Wool and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products
Produced or Manufactured in Honduras
July 18, 1996.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).
ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs establishing
import limits and guaranteed access levels.
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EFFECTIVE DATE: August 1, 1996.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Aldrich, International Trade
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Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of
Commerce, (202) 482094212. 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) 927095850. For information on
embargoes and quota re-openings, call (202) 482093715.
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.
A notice published in the Federal Register on September 20, 1995
(60 FR 48692) announces that the Governments of the United States and
Honduras agreed, pursuant to the Uruguay Round Agreements Act and the
Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC), to establish
limits and Guaranteed Access Levels (GALs) for Categories 352/652 and
435 for the period January 1, 1996 through December 31, 1996.
In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the
Commissioner of Customs to establish the 1996 limits. These limits are
based on limits notified to the Textiles Monitoring Body pursuant to
the Uruguay Round Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round Agreement on
Textiles and Clothing (ATC). Also, guaranteed access levels are being
established for Categories 352/652 and 435 for 1996.
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 67349, published on December 29, 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.
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
July 18, 1996.
Commissioner of Customs,
Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.
Dear Commissioner: This directive cancels and supersedes the
directive issued to you on December 22, 1995, by the Chairman,
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements, which
directs you to count imports for consumption of cotton, wool and
man-made fiber textile products in Categories 352/652, 35209K/65209K
and 435, produced or manufactured in Honduras and exported during
the period January 1, 1996 through December 31, 1996.
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 (ATC); and in
accordance with the provisions of Executive Order 11651 of March 3,
1972, as amended, you are directed to prohibit, effective on August
1, 1996, entry into the United States for consumption and withdrawal
from warehouse for consumption of cotton, wool and man-made fiber
textile products in the following categories, produced or
manufactured in Honduras and exported during the period beginning on
January 1, 1996 and extending through December 31, 1996, in excess
of the following restraint limits:
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Category Twelve-month limit1A\1\
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352/652................................... 10,070,000 dozen of which
not more than 7,420,000
dozen shall be in
Categories 35209K/
65209K1A\2\.
435....................................... 14,688 dozen.
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\1\1AThe limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports
exported after December 31, 1995.
\2\1ACategory 35209K: only HTS numbers 6107.11.0010, 6107.11.0020,
6108.19.9010, 6108.21.0010, 6108.21.0020, 6108.91.0005, 6108.91.0015,
6108.91.0025, 6109.10.0005, 6109.10.0007, 6109.10.0009, 6109.10.0037;
Category 65209K: 6107.12.0010, 6107.12.0020, 6108.11.0010,
6108.11.0020, 6108.22.9020, 6108.22.9030, 6108.92.0005, 6108.92.0015,
6108.92.0025, 6109.90.1047 and 6109.90.1075.
Imports charged to these category limits for the periods March
27, 1995 through December 31, 1995 (Categories 352/652 and 35209K/
65209K) and April 24, 1995 through December 31, 1995 (Category 435)
shall be charged against those levels of restraint to the extent of
any unfilled balances. In the event the limits established for those
periods have been exhausted by previous entries, such goods shall be
subject to the levels set forth in this directive.
The limits set forth above are subject to adjustment in the
future according to the provisions of the Uruguay Round Agreements
Act, the ATC and any administrative arrangements notified to the
Textiles Monitoring Body.
You are directed to charge the following amounts to the limit
established in this directive for Categories 352/652 and 435 for
1996. These charges are for goods imported during the period January
1, 1996 through June 30, 1996 (Categories 352/652) and January 1,
1996 through April 30, 1996 (Category 435). Additional charges will
be supplied at a later date.
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Category Amount to charge
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352/652................................... 394,091 dozen.
35209K/65209K............................. 2,233,183 dozen.
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Additionally, pursuant to the Special Access Program, as set
forth in 51 FR 21208 (June 11, 1986), 52 FR 26057 (July 10, 1987)
and 54 FR 50425 (December 6, 1989), effective on August 1, 1996,
guaranteed access levels are being established for properly
certified textile products assembled in Honduras from fabric formed
and cut in the United States in textile products in the following
categories which are re-exported to the United States from Honduras
during the period January 1, 1996 through December 31, 1996 in the
following amounts:
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Category Guaranteed Access Level
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352/652................................... 50,000,000 dozen.
435....................................... 35,000 dozen.
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You are directed to charge 7,881,821 dozen to the guaranteed
access level established for Categories 352/652 and 2,970 dozen to
the guaranteed access level established for Category 435 for the
1996 period. These charges are for the goods imported during the
period January 1, 1996 through June 30, 1996 (Categories 352/652)
and January 1, 1996 through April 30, 1996 (Category 435) subject to
the Special Access Program.
Any shipment for entry under the Special Access Program which is
not accompanied by a valid and correct certification and Export
Declaration in accordance with the provisions of the certification
requirements established in the directive of July 18, 1996 shall be
denied entry unless the Government of the Republic of Honduras
authorizes the entry and any charges to the appropriate specific
limit. Any shipment which is declared for entry under the Special
Access Program but found not to qualify shall be denied entry into
the United States.
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,
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
[FR Doc.96-18669 Filed 7-22-96; 8:45 am]
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