[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 99 (Thursday, May 22, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28004-28005]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-13394]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Increases in Guaranteed Access Levels for Certain Cotton and Wool 
Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Costa Rica

May 16, 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 22, 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 
levels, 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 Costa Rica, the U.S. 
Government has agreed to increase the current Guaranteed Access Levels 
(GALS) for Categories 347/348 and 447.
    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 62 FR 66263, published on December 17, 1996). Also see 
61 FR 69081, published on December 31, 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.
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
May 16, 1997.

Commissioner of Customs,
Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.


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    Dear Commissioner: This directive amends, but does not cancel, 
the directive issued to you on December 24, 1996, 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 Costa Rica and 
exported during the twelve-month period which began on January 1, 
1997 and extends through December 31, 1997.
    Effective on May 22, 1997, you are directed to increase the 
Guaranteed Access Levels (GALS) for the following categories, as 
provided for under the Uruguay Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round 
Agreement on Textiles and Clothing:

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                 Category                      Guaranteed Access Level  
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347/348...................................  2,300,000 dozen.            
447.......................................  10,000 dozen.               
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    The limits for the foregoing categories remain 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. 97-13394 Filed 5-21-97; 8:45 am]
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