[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 240 (Thursday, December 12, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65375-65376]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-31537]
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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
Announcement of Import Restraint Limits and Guaranteed Access
Levels for Certain Cotton, Wool and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products
Produced or Manufactured in the Dominican Republic
December 6, 1996.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).
ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs establishing
limits and guaranteed access levels.
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EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 1997.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Naomi Freeman, 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 import restraint limits and Guaranteed Access Levels (GALs) for
textile products, produced or manufactured in the Dominican Republic
and exported during the period January 1, 1997 through December 31,
1997 are based on limits notified to the Textiles Monitoring Body
pursuant to the Uruguay Round Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round
Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC).
In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the
Commissioner of Customs to establish the 1997 limits and GALs.
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).
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Information regarding the 1997 CORRELATION will be published in the
Federal Register at a later date.
Requirements for participation in the Special Access Program are
available in Federal Register notices 51 FR 21208, published on June
11, 1986; 52 FR 6594, published on March 4, 1987; 52 FR 26057,
published on July 10, 1987; and 54 FR 50425, published on December 6,
1989.
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 ATC, 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
December 6, 1996.
Commissioner of Customs,
Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.
Dear Commissioner: Pursuant the section 204 of the Agricultural
Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1854), the Uruguay Round
Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and
Clothing (ATC); and in accordance with the provisions of Executive
Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as amended, you are directed to
prohibit, effective on January 1, 1997, entry into the United States
for consumption and withdrawal from warehouse for consumption of
cotton, wool and man-made fiber textile products in the following
categories, produced or manufactured in the Dominican Republic and
exported during the twelve-month period beginning on January 1, 1997
and extending through December 31, 1997, in excess of the following
limits:
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Category Restraint limit
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338/638................................ 793,000 dozen.
339/639................................ 943,669 dozen.
340/640................................ 816,350 dozen.
342/642................................ 574,484 dozen.
347/348/647/648........................ 1,954,182 dozen of which not
more than 1,032,396 dozen
shall be in Categories 647/
648.
351/651................................ 978,664 dozen.
352/652................................ 10,070,000 dozen.
433.................................... 21,400 dozen.
442.................................... 72,658 dozen.
443.................................... 132,928 numbers.
444.................................... 72,658 numbers.
448.................................... 37,430 dozen.
633.................................... 119,783 dozen.
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Imports charged to these category limits for the period January
1, 1996 through December 31, 1996 shall be charged against those
levels of restraint to the extent of any unfilled balances. In the
event the limits established for that period have been exhausted by
previous entries, such goods shall be subject to the levels set
forth in this directive.
Additionally, under the terms of the Special Access Program, as
set forth in 51 FR 21208 (June 11, 1986), 52 FR 26057 (July 10,
1987), and 54 FR 50425 (December 6, 1989), effective on January 1,
1997, guaranteed access levels are being established for properly
certified textile products assembled in the Dominican Republic from
fabric formed and cut in the United States in cotton, wool and man-
made fiber textile products in the following categories for the
period January 1, 1997 through December 31, 1997:
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Category Guaranteed access level
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338/638................................ 1,150,000 dozen.
339/639................................ 1,150,000 dozen.
340/640................................ 1,000,000 dozen.
342/642................................ 1,000,000 dozen.
347/348/647/648........................ 8,050,000 dozen.
351/651................................ 1,000,000 dozen.
352/652................................ 30,000,000 dozen.
433.................................... 21,000 dozen.
442.................................... 65,000 dozen.
443.................................... 50,000 numbers.
444.................................... 30,000 numbers.
448.................................... 40,000 dozen.
633.................................... 60,000 dozen.
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Any shipment for entry under the Special Access Program which is
not accompanied by a valid and correct certification and Export
Declaration in accordance with the provisions of the certification
requirements established in the directive of February 25, 1987, as
amended, shall be denied entry unless the Government of the
Dominican Republic authorizes the entry and any charges to the
appropriate specific limits. Any shipment which is declared for
entry under the Special Access Program but found not to qualify
shall be denied entry into the United States.
The limits set forth above are subject to adjustment in the
future according to the provisions of the Uruguay Round Agreements
Act, the ATC, and any administrative arrangements notified to the
Textiles Monitoring Body.
In carrying out the above directions, the Commissioner of
Customs should construe entry into the United States for consumption
to include entry for consumption into the Commonwealth of Puerto
Rico.
The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has
determined that these actions fall within the foreign affairs
exception of the rulemaking provisions of U.S.C.553(a)(1).
Sincerely,
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile
Agreements.
[FR Doc. 96-31537 Filed 12-11-96; 8:45 am]
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