[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 126 (Friday, June 28, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 33792]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-16525Filed]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


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

June 24, 1996.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

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

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EFFECTIVE DATE: June 27, 1996.

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); Uruguay Round Agreements Act.

    On the request of the Government of the Dominican Republic, the 
U.S. Government agreed to increase the 1996 Guaranteed Access Level for 
Category 442. Also, the current limit for Categories 338/638 is being 
increased for special shift, reducing the limit for Categories 339/639 
to account for the increase.
    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). Also see 
61 FR 1359, published on January 19, 1996.
    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.
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
June 24, 1996.

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 January 11, 1996, 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, 1996 and extends through December 31, 1996.
    Effective on June 27, 1996, you are directed to adjust the 
limits for the following categories, as provided for in the Uruguay 
Round Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and 
Clothing:

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                 Category                        Adjusted limit \1\     
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338/638...................................  811,441 dozen.              
339/639...................................  898,273 dozen.              
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports        
  exported after December 31, 1995.                                     

    The 1996 Guaranteed Access Level (GAL) for Category 442 is being 
increased to 105,000 dozen. The GALs for Categories 338/638 and 339/
639 remain unchanged.
    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. 96-16525Filed 6-27-96; 8:45 am]
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