[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 93 (Wednesday, May 14, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26476-26477]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-12680]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Increase of Guaranteed Access Levels for Certain Cotton and Man-
Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Jamaica

May 9, 1997.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs increasing 
guaranteed access levels.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: May 16, 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 quotas 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.

    Upon the request of the Government of Jamaica, the U.S. Government 
has agreed to increase the current guaranteed access levels for 
Categories 338/339/638/639 and 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

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see 61 FR 67773, published on December 24, 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.
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
May 9, 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 December 18, 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, 1997 and extends through December 31, 1997.
    Effective on May 16, 1997, you are directed to increase the 
current guaranteed access levels for the following categories, as 
provided for in the Uruguay Round Agreements Act and the Uruguay 
Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing:

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                 Category                      Guaranteed Access Level  
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338/339/638/639...........................  4,500,000 dozen.            
352/652...................................  13,500,000 dozen.           
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    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.97-12680 Filed 5-13-97; 8:45 am]
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