[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 184 (Tuesday, September 23, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49668-49669]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-25206]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Cancellation of an Import Limit, Guaranteed Access Level and Visa 
Requirements for Certain Wool Produced or Manufactured in Honduras

September 17, 1997.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs cancelling a 
limit, guaranteed access level and visa requirements.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: September 30, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roy Unger, International Trade 
Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, (202) 482-4212.


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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 wool textile products in 
Category 435 from Honduras established for the period beginning on 
January 1, 1997 and extending through December 31, 1997. A visa will no 
longer be required for textile products in Category 435, regardless of 
the date of export.
    In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the 
Commissioner of Customs, effective on September 30, 1997, to cancel the 
1997 limit and GAL for Category 435. Also, U.S. Customs Service is 
directed not to sign the form ITA-370P for export of U.S. formed and 
cut parts in Category 435.
    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 38236, published on July 23, 1996; and 61 FR 59865, 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 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
September 17, 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, wool and man-made 
fiber textile products, produced or manufactured in Honduras and 
exported during the twelve-month period which began on January 1, 
1997 and extends through December 31, 1997.
    Effective on September 30, 1997, you are directed to cancel the 
current limit and guaranteed access level for Category 435. A visa 
will no longer be required for shipments of goods in Category 435 
which are produced or manufactured in Honduras, regardless of the 
date of export.
    Also effective on September 30, 1997, U.S. Customs Service is 
directed to no longer sign the form ITA-370P for export of U.S. 
formed and cut parts in Category 435.
    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. 97-25206 Filed 9-22-97; 8:45 am]
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