[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 150 (Friday, August 4, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39941-39942]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-19265]



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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of Import Limits and Guaranteed Access Levels for 
Certain Cotton, Wool and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or 
Manufactured in the Dominican Republic

July 31, 1995.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs adjusting 
limits and guaranteed access levels.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: August 8, 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 these 
limits, 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 the request of the Government of the Dominican Republic, the 
Government of the United States agreed to increase the 1995 guaranteed 
access levels for Categories 339/639 and 433. Also, the current limit 
for Category 633 is being increased by application of swing, reducing 
the limit for Categories 342/642.
    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 17321, published on April 5, 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
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 30, 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 manufactured in the Dominican 
Republic 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 adjust the 
limits for the following categories, as provided under the Uruguay 
Round Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and 
Clothing:

                                                                        
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              Category                 Adjusted twelve-month limit \1\  
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342/642............................  537,047 dozen.                     
633................................  114,117 dozen.                     
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports        
  exported after December 31, 1994.                                     

    The guaranteed access levels (GALs) for Categories 342/642 and 
633 remain unchanged. You are directed also to increase the GALs for 
the following categories:

                                                                        
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              Category                     Guaranteed access level      
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339/639............................  1,350,000 dozen.                   
433................................  61,000 dozen.                      
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    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,
Rita D. Hayes,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
[FR Doc. 95-19265 Filed 8-3-95; 8:45 am]
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