[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 39 (Thursday, February 27, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 8930]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-4791]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Amendment of an Import Restraint Limit for Certain Cotton and 
Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in El Salvador

February 21, 1997
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs amending a 
limit.

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Effective Date: February 27, 1997.

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 this 
limit, 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.

    In a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) dated February 6, 1997, the 
Governments of the United States and El Salvador agreed to increase the 
1997 limit for Categories 352/652.
    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 61 FR 66263, published on December 17, 1996). Also see 
61 FR 59864, published on November 25, 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, the Uruguay Round Agreement on 
Textiles and Clothing and the MOU dated February 6, 1997, but are 
designed to assist only in the implementation of certain of their 
provisions.
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

February 2, 1997.
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 19, 1996, 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 twelve-month period beginning on January 1, 1997 
and extending through December 31, 1997.
    Effective on February 27, 1997, you are directed to increase the 
limit for Categories 352/652 to 10,000,000 dozen \1\, as provided 
for under the Uruguay Round Agreements Act, the Uruguay Round 
Agreement on Textiles and Clothing and a Memorandum of Understanding 
dated February 6, 1997 between the Governments of the United States 
and El Salvador.
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    \1\ The limit has not been adjusted to account for any imports 
exported after December 31, 1996.
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    The guaranteed access level for Categories 352/652 remain 
unchanged.
    The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has 
determined that this action falls within the foreign affairs 
exception of 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. 97-4791 Filed 2-26-97; 8:45 am]
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