[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 168 (Wednesday, August 28, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 44381]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-21917]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of an Import Restraint Limit and Guaranteed Access 
Level for Certain Cotton and Wool Textile Products Produced or 
Manufactured in Guatemala

August 22, 1996.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

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

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EFFECTIVE DATE: August 26, 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 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.

    The current limit for Category 448 is being increased for 
carryforward. Also, the Government of the United States has agreed to 
increase the 1996 guaranteed access level for Categories 347/348.
    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 62398, published on December 6, 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 
implementation of certain of their provisions.
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
August 22, 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 November 29, 1995, 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 Guatemala and 
exported during the twelve-month period beginning on January 1, 1996 
and extending through December 31, 1996.
    Effective on August 26, 1996, you are directed to increase the 
limit for Category 448 to 48,992 dozen \1\, as provided for by the 
Uruguay Round Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round Agreement on 
Textiles and Clothing.
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    \1\ The limit has not been adjusted to account for any imports 
exported after December 31, 1995.
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    Also, you are directed to increase the 1996 guaranteed access 
level (GAL) for Categories 347/348 to 1,800,000 dozen. The GAL for 
Category 448 remains 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,
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.
[FR Doc. 96-21917 Filed 8-27-96; 8:45 am]
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