[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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