[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 171 (Tuesday, September 3, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 46503]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-22351]


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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 
Jamaica

August 27, 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: September 3, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Naomi Freeman, 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 Jamaica established for the period 
beginning on January 1, 1996 and extending through December 31, 1996.
    In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the 
Commissioner of Customs, effective on September 3, 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 
61 FR 1360, published on January 19, 1996.
    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.
Philip J. Martello,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
August 27, 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 January 11, 1996, by the Chairman, 
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That 
directive concerns imports of certain cotton, wool, man-made fiber 
and other vegetable fiber textiles and textile products, produced or 
manufactured in Jamaica and exported during the period which began 
on January 1, 1996 and extends through December 31, 1996.
    Effective on September 3, 1996, you are directed to cancel the 
current limit and guaranteed access level for Categories 351/651.
    Also effective on September 3, 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,
Philip J. Martello,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.
[FR Doc.96-22351 Filed 8-30-96; 8:45 am]
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