[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 129 (Wednesday, July 3, 1996)] [Notices] [Pages 34919-34920] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 96-16934] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS Amendment to Earlier Directives to Reflect Cancellation of Staged Entry Periods for Certain Cotton, Wool, Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textiles and Textile Products and Silk Apparel Products Produced or Manufactured in the People's Republic of China June 26, 1996. AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA). ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs amending earlier directives with respect to textile products from China. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- EFFECTIVE DATE: June 26, 1996. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Aldrich, International Trade Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of Commerce, (202) 482-4212. 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). At the request of the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), directives from CITA to the Commissioner of Customs, issued on May 15, 1996 (61 FR 24919) and June 12, 1996 (61 FR 30597) amended previous directives from CITA to the Commissioner of Customs, issued November 30, 1995 (60 FR 62413) and December 13, 1995 (60 FR 65292), to facilitate the establishment of staged entry periods for certain goods produced or manufactured in the People's Republic of China and exported from China for the 30-day periods beginning on May 15, 1996 through June 13, 1996 and June 14, 1996 through July 13, 1996. Based on the measures that China has and will take in the future to implement key elements of the 1995 Agreement on Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights and Market Access, USTR on June 21, 1996 requested the Commissioner of Customs to terminate the above-referenced staged entry periods in accordance with section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (see 61 FR 33147, published on June 26, 1996). The action taken in the letter below will facilitate implementation of USTR's directive to the Commissioner of Customs dated June 21, 1996. 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: This directive amends, but does not cancel, the directives issued to you on November 30, 1995 and December 13, 1995, by the Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA). Those directives concern imports of certain silk apparel and certain cotton, wool, man-made fiber, silk blend and other vegetable fiber textile products, produced or manufactured in the People's Republic of China and exported from China during the twelve-month period beginning on January 1, 1996 and extending through December 31, 1996. The above directives are hereby amended to the extent necessary to facilitate implementation of the directive of the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative to the Commissioner of Customs dated June 21, 1996 regarding textile products from China, issued pursuant to section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended. For your information, the above directives are amended to reflect that entry of certain textile products, produced or manufactured in the People's Republic of China, shall no longer be subject to limitation for the 30-day [[Page 34920]] periods beginning on May 15, 1996 through June 13, 1996 and June 14, 1996 through July 13, 1996. The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has determined that these actions fall within the foreign affairs exception to 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. 96-16934 Filed 7-2-96; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-DR-F