[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 13 (Friday, January 19, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1358-1359]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-615]



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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Announcement of Import Limits and Special Access Levels for 
Certain Cotton, Wool and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or 
Manufactured in Colombia

January 11, 1996.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs establishing 
limits and Special Access Levels.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: January 23, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jennifer Aldrich, International Trade Specialists, 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).

    The import restraint limits for textile products, produced or 
manufactured in Colombia and exported during the period January 1, 1996 
through December 31, 1996 are based on limits notified to the Textiles 
Monitoring Body pursuant to the Uruguay Round Agreements Act and the 
Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC). The Special 
Access Levels are being established pursuant to Memoranda of 
Understanding (MOUs) dated June 27, 1995 and August 9, 1995 between the 
Governments of the United States and Colombia.
    In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the 
Commissioner of Customs to establish the 1996 limits and Special Access 
Levels. Sublimits are established for products which are not subject to 
the terms of the Special Access Textile Program.
    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 60 FR 65299, published on December 19, 1995).
    Requirements for participation in the Special Access Program are 
available 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 63512, published on December 
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 June 27, 1995 and August 9, 1995 MOUs, the Uruguay Round Agreements 
Act and the ATC, but are designed to assist only in the implementation 
of certain of their provisions.
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

January 11, 1996.
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 (ATC); and in accordance with the provisions of Executive 
Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as amended, you are directed to 
prohibit, effective on January 23, 1996, entry into the United 
States for consumption and withdrawal from warehouse for consumption 
of cotton, wool and man-made fiber textile products in the following 
categories, produced or manufactured in Colombia and exported during 
the twelve-month period beginning on January 1, 1996 and extending 
through December 31, 1996, in excess of the restraint limits listed 
below.
    Pursuant to Memoranda of Understanding dated June 27, 1995 and 
August 9, 1995 between the Governments of the United States and 
Colombia; and under the terms of the Special Access Textile Program, 
as set forth in 51 FR 21208 (June 11, 1986), 52 FR 26057 (July 10, 
1987) and 54 FR 50425 (December 6, 1989), you are directed to 
establish Special Access Levels for properly certified textile 
products in the following categories which are assembled in Colombia 
from fabric formed and cut in the United States and re-exported in 
the United States from Colombia during the twelve-month period which 
begins on January 1, 1996 and extends through December 31, 1996.

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                 Category                        Twleve-month limit     
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315.......................................  20,126,134 square meters.   

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352/652 (Special Access)..................  31,800,000 dozen.           
352/652 (non-Special Access sublimit).....  3,180,000 dozen.            
443.......................................  124,249 numbers.            
444 (Special Access.......................  205,020 numbers.            
444 (non-Special Access sublimit).........  82,008 numbers.             
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    Imports charged to these category limits for the periods January 
1, 1995 through December 31, 1995 (Categories 315,443 and 444) and 
April 1, 1995 through December 31, 1995 (Categories 352/652) shall 
be charged against those levels of restraint to the extent of any 
refilled balances. In the event the limits established for those 
periods have been exhausted by previous entries, such goods shall be 
subject to the levels set forth in this directive.
    The limits set forth above are subject to adjustment in the 
future pursuant to the provisions of the Uruguay Round Agreements 
Act, the ATC and any administrative arrangements notified to the 
Textiles Monitoring Body.
    Any shipment for entry under the Special Access Program which is 
not accompanied by a valid and correct certification and Export 
Declaration in accordance with the provisions of the certification 
requirements established in the directive of December 5, 1995, shall 
be denied entry unless the Government of Colombia authorizes the 
entry and any charges to the appropriate specific limit. Any 
shipment which declared for entry under the Special Access Program 
but found not to qualify shall be denied entry into the United 
States.
    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,
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
[FR Doc. 96-615 Filed 1-18-96; 8:45 am]
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