[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 128 (Wednesday, July 5, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34970-34971]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-16464]
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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
Announcing Settlement on an Import Limit and a Guaranteed Access
Level for Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced
or Manufactured in Jamaica
June 28, 1995.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).
ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs establishing
a limit and announcing a Guaranteed Access Level.
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EFFECTIVE DATE: July 5, 1995.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Naomi Freeman, 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. For information
on categories on which consultations have been requested, call (202)
482-3740.
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).
In a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) dated June 20, 1995, the
Governments of the United States and Jamaica agreed, pursuant to
Article 6 of the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing
(ATC), to establish a limit for cotton and man-made fiber pajamas and
nightwear in Categories 351/651 for a three year term--March 27, 1995
through December 31, 1995; January 1, 1996 through December 31, 1996;
January 1, 1997 through December 31, 1997; January 1, 1998 through
March 26, 1998. The governments also agreed to establish a Guaranteed
Access Level for Categories for the periods January 1, 1996 through
December 31, 1996; January 1, 1997 through December 31, 1997; and
January 1, 1998 through March 26, 1998.
Beginning on July 5, 1995, the U.S. Customs Service will start
signing the first section of the form ITA-370P for shipments of U.S.
formed and cut parts in Categories 351/651 that are destined for
Jamaica and subject to the GAL established for Categories 351/651 for
the period beginning on January 1, 1996 and extending through December
31, 1996. These products are governed by Harmonized Tariff item number
9802.00.8015 and chapter 61 Statistical Note 5 and chapter 62
Statistical Note 3 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule. Interested
parties should be aware that shipments of cut parts in Categories 351/
651 must be accompanied by a form ITA-370P, signed by a U.S. Customs
officer, prior to export from the United States for assembly in Jamaica
in order to qualify for entry under the Special Access Program.
In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the
Commissioner of Customs to establish a limit for Categories 351/651 for
the period beginning on March 27, 1995 and extending through December
31, 1995 and to begin signing the first section of form ITA-370P.
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 62717, published on December 6, 1994; and 60 FR 19893, published
on April 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 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.
Rita D. Hayes,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
June 28, 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 November 29, 1994, as amended on
March 30, 1995, by the Chairman, Committee for the Implementation
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of Textile Agreements. That directive concerns imports of cotton, wool,
man-made fiber and other vegetable fiber textiles and textile
products, produced or manufactured in Jamaica and exported during
the twelve-month period beginning on January 1, 1995 and extending
through December 31, 1995.
Effective on July 5, 1995, you are directed, pursuant to the
Memorandum of Understanding dated June 20, 1995 between the
Governments of the United States and Jamaica, the Uruguay Round
Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and
Clothing, to establish a limit for textile products in Categories
351/651 at a level of 500,000 dozen\1\ for the period beginning on
March 27, 1995 and extending through December 31, 1995.
\1\The limit has not been adjusted to account for any imports
exported after March 26, 1995.
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Textile products in Categories 351/651 which have been exported
to the United States prior to March 27, 1995 shall not be subject to
this directive.
Textile products in Categories 351/651 which have been released
from the custody of the U.S. Customs Service under the provisions of
19 U.S.C. 1448(b) or 1484(a)(1) prior to the effective date of this
directive shall not be denied entry under this directive.
Import charges will be provided at a later date.
Beginning on July 5, 1995, the U.S. Customs Service is directed
to start signing the first section of the form ITA-370P for
shipments of U.S. formed and cut parts in Categories 351/651 that
are destined for Jamaica and re-exported to the United States on or
after January 1, 1996.
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,
Rita D. Hayes,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
[FR Doc. 95-16464 Filed 7-3-95; 8:45 am]
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