[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 128 (Tuesday, July 2, 1996)] [Notices] [Pages 34492-34493] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 96-16803] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 El Salvador June 26, 1996. AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA). ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs establishing a limit. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- EFFECTIVE DATE: June 27, 1996. 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 this limit, 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 [[Page 34493]] Agricultural Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1854). A notice published in the Federal Register on April 17, 1996 (61 FR 16762) announces that if no solution is agreed upon in consultations between the Governments of the United States and El Salvador on Categories 342/642, the Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements may establish a limit at a level of not less than 209,563 dozen for the twelve-month period beginning on March 29, 1996 and extending through March 28, 1997. Inasmuch as no agreement was reached during the consultation period on a mutually satisfactory solution on Categories 342/642, the United States Government has decided to control imports in these categories for the period beginning on March 29, 1996 and extending through March 28, 1997 at a level of 209,563 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 mutual solution concerning Categories 342/642. Should such a solution be reached in consultations with the Government of El Salvador, 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 60 FR 65299, published on December 19, 1995). D. Michael Hutchinson, Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements June 26, 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; and in accordance with the provisions of Executive Order 11651 of March 30, 1972, as amended, you are directed to prohibit, effective on June 27, 1996, entry into the United States for consumption and withdrawal from warehouse for consumption of cotton and man-made fiber textile products in Categories 342/642, produced or manufactured in El Salvador and exported during the twelve-month period beginning on March 29, 1996 and extending through March 28, 1997, in excess of 209,563 dozen \1\. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ The limit has not been adjusted to account for any imports exported after March 28, 1996. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Textile products in Categories 342/642 which have been exported to the United States prior to March 29, 1996 shall not be subject to the limit established in this directive. Textile products in Categories 342/642 which have been released from the custody of the U.S. Customs Service under the provisions of 19 U.S.C. 1448(b) or 1484(a)(1) prior to the efffective date of this directive shall not be denied entry under 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 this action falls 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. 96-16803 Filed 6-27-96; 12:03 pm] BILLING CODE 3510-DR-F