[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 186 (Tuesday, September 26, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 49587]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-23936]



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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Establishment of an Import Limit for Certain Cotton and Man-Made 
Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Costa Rica

September 22, 1995.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs establishing 
a limit.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: September 26, 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. 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).

    A notice published in the Federal Register on August 2, 1995 (60 FR 
39366) announces that if no solution is agreed upon in consultations 
between the Governments of the United States and Costa Rica on 
Categories 351/651, the Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements may establish a limit at a level of not less than 170,979 
dozen for the twelve-month period beginning on June 29, 1995 and 
extending through June 28, 1996.
    Inasmuch as no agreement was reached during the consultations held 
June 1-2 and August 17-18, 1995 on a mutually satisfactory solution, 
the United States Government has decided to control imports in 
Categories 351/651 for the period beginning on June 29, 1995 and 
extending through June 28, 1996 at a level of 170,979 dozen.
    This action is taken in accordance with the Uruguay Round Agreement 
on Textiles and Clothing and the Uruguay Round Agreements Act.
    The United States remains committed to finding a solution 
concerning Categories 351/651. Should such a solution be reached in 
consultations with the Government of Costa Rica, further notice will be 
published in the Federal Register.
    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).
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
September 22, 1995.

Commissioner of Customs,
Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.

    Dear Commissioner: 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; and in accordance with the provisions of Executive Order 
11651 of March 3, 1972, as amended, you are directed to prohibit, 
effective on September 26, 1995, entry into the United States for 
consumption and withdrawal from warehouse for consumption of cotton 
and man-made fiber textile products in Categories 351/651 produced 
or manufactured in Costa Rica and exported during the period 
beginning on June 29, 1995 and extending through June 28, 1996, in 
excess of 170,979 dozen \1\.

    \1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports 
exported after June 28, 1995.
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    Textile products in Categories 351/651 which have been exported 
to the United States prior to June 29, 1995 shall not be subject to 
this directive.
    Import charges will be provided at a later date.
    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,
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.
[FR Doc. 95-23936 Filed 9-25-95; 8:45 am]
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