[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]


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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.

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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

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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]
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