[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 182 (Wednesday, September 20, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48692-48693]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-23400]
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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
Announcing Settlement on Import Limits and Guaranteed Access
Levels for Certain Cotton, Wool and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products
Produced or Manufactured in Honduras
September 15, 1995.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).
ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs establishing
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limits and announcing Guaranteed Access Levels.
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EFFECTIVE DATE: September 18, 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 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).
In a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) dated September 15, 1995 the
Governments of the United States and Honduras agreed, pursuant to the
Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC), to establish
limits for Categories 352/652 and 435 for three-year terms--March 27,
1995 through December 31, 1995; January 1, 1996 through December 31,
1996; January 1, 1997 through December 31, 1997; and January 1, 1998
through March 26, 1998 (Categories 352/652) and April 24, 1995 through
December 31, 1995; January 1, 1996 through December 31, 1996; January
1, 1997 through December 31, 1997; and January 1, 1998 through April
23, 1998 (Category 435). The governments also agreed to establish
Guaranteed Access Levels (GALs) for Categories 352/652 and 435 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
(Categories 352/652) and January 1, 1996 through December 31, 1996;
January 1, 1997 through December 31, 1997; and January 1, 1998 through
April 23, 1998 (Category 435).
Beginning on November 1, 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 352/652 and 435 that are destined
for Honduras and subject to the GAL established for Categories 352/652
and 435 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 352/652 and 435 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 Honduras 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 amend the current restraint periods for
Categories 352/652 and 435 to end on December 31, 1995 at increased
levels.
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 32654, published on June 23, 1995; and 60 FR 19892, published on
April 21, 1995.
Requirements for participation in the Special Access Program are
provided in Federal Register notices 51 FR 21208, published on June 11,
1986; 52 FR 26057, published on July 10, 1987; 54 FR 50425, published
on December 6, 1989; and 60 FR 2740, published on January 11, 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.
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile
Agreements.
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
September 15, 1995.
Commissioner of Customs,
Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.
Dear Commissioner: This directive amends, but does not cancel,
the directives issued to you on June 16, 1995, and July 18, 1995 by
the Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile
Agreements. Those directives concern imports of certain cotton, wool
and man-made fiber textile products, produced or manufactured in
Honduras and exported during the twelve-month periods beginning on
March 27, 1995 and extending through March 26, 1996 (Categories 352/
652); and beginning April 24, 1995 and extending through April 23,
1996 (Category 435).
Effective on September 18, 1995, you are directed, pursuant to
the Memorandum of Understanding dated September 15, 1995 between the
Governments of the United States and Honduras, the Uruguay Round
Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and
Clothing, to amend the current restraint periods for Categories 352/
652 and 435 to end on December 31, 1995 and increase the limits for
Categories 352/652 and 435 as follows:
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Category New Limit\1\
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352/652............................ 45,424,731 dozen, of which not more
than 43,516,129 dozen shall be in
Categories 352/652-K\2\.
435................................ 33,893 dozen.
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\1\The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports exported
after March 26, 1995 (Categories 352/652) and April 23, 1995 (Category
435).
\2\Category 352/652-K: 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,
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
Beginning on November 1, 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 352/652 and 435
that are destined for Honduras and re-exported to the United States
on and after January 1, 1996.
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,
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile
Agreements.
[FR Doc. 95-23400 Filed 9-18-95; 10:42 am]
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