[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 160 (Friday, August 16, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42673-42674]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-20893]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Cancellation of a Limit and Guaranteed Access Level for Certain 
Cotton and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in 
El Salvador

August 12, 1996.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs cancelling a 
limit and guaranteed access level.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: August 15, 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); Uruguay Round Agreements Act.

    The United States Government has decided to cancel the limit and 
guaranteed access level (GAL) on imports of cotton and man-made fiber 
nightwear in Categories 351/651 from El Salvador established for the 
period beginning on January 1, 1996 and extending through December 31, 
1996.
    In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA is directed, 
effective on August 15, 1996, to cancel the 1996 limit and GAL for 
Categories 351/651. Also, U.S. Customs Service is directed not to sign 
the form ITA-370P for export of U.S. formed and cut parts in Categories 
351/651.
    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 
60 FR 65296, published on December 19, 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 Uruguay Round Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round Agreement on 
Textiles and Clothing, but are designed to assist only in the

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implementation of certain of their provisions.
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
August 12, 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 December 13, 1995, by the Chairman, 
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That 
directive concerns imports of certain cotton and man-made fiber 
textile products, produced or manufactured in El Salvador and 
exported during the period which began on January 1, 1996 and 
extends through December 31, 1996.
    Effective on August 15, 1996, you are directed to cancel the 
current limit and guaranteed access level for Categories 351/651.
    Also effective on August 15, 1996, U.S. Customs Service is 
directed to no longer sign the form ITA-370P for export of U.S. 
formed and cut parts in Categories 351/651.
    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,
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
[FR Doc.96-20893 Filed 8-15-96; 8:45 am]
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