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established in the directive of January 6,

1995, shall be denied entry unless the

Government of El Salvador authorizes the

entry and any charges to the appropriate

specific limit. 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 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,

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation

of Textile Agreements.

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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 ManMade Fiber Textile Products Produced

or Manufactured in Guatemala

December 19, 1997.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs establishing

import limits and guaranteed access

levels.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roy

Unger, 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: Section 204 of the Agricultural

Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1854);

Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as

amended.

The import restraint limits and

guaranteed access levels for textile

products, produced or manufactured in

Guatemala and exported during the

periods January 1, 1998 through May 30,

1998 and January 1, 1998 through

December 31, 1998 are based on limits

notified to the Textiles Monitoring Body

pursuant to the Uruguay Round

Agreement on Textiles and Clothing

(ATC) and a Memorandum of

Understanding (MOU) dated October 19,

1995 between the Governments of the

United States and Guatemala.

In the letter published below, the

Chairman of CITA directs the

Commissioner of Customs to establish

limits and guaranteed access levels for

1998.

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).

Information regarding the 1998

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 notice 51 FR 21208,

published on June 11, 1986; 52 FR

26057, published on July 10, 1987; 54

FR 50425, published on December 6,

1989; 55 FR 3079, published on January

30, 1990, 62 FR 49206, published on

September 19, 1997.

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation

of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements

December 19, 1997.

Commissioner of Customs,

Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC

20229.

Dear Commissioner: Pursuant to section

204 of the Agricultural Act of 1956, as

amended (7 U.S.C. 1854); Executive Order

11651 of March 3, 1972, as amended; the

Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and

Clothing (ATC); and a Memorandum of

Understanding (MOU) dated October 19,

1995, you are directed to prohibit, effective

on January 1, 1998, 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 Guatemala and exported

during the periods January 1, 1998 through

May 30, 1998 (Categories 342/642) and

beginning on January 1, 1998 through

December 31, 1998, in excess of the following

restraint limits:

Category Restraint limit

340/640 .................... 1,367,434 dozen.

342/642 .................... 188,442 dozen.

347/348 .................... 1,637,344 dozen.

351/651 .................... 288,453 dozen.

443 ........................... 71,175 numbers.

Category Restraint limit

448 ........................... 44,595 dozen.

The limits set forth above are subject to

adjustment pursuant to the provisions of the

ATC and administrative arrangements

notified to the Textiles Monitoring Body.

Products in the above categories exported

during 1997 shall be charged to the

applicable category limits for that year (see

directive dated November 4, 1996) to the

extent of any unfilled balances. In the event

the limits established for that period have

been exhausted by previous entries, such

products shall be charged to the limits set

forth in this directive.

Also pursuant to the ATC and the MOU

dated October 19, 1995 between the

Governments of the United States and

Guatemala; and under the terms of the

Special Access Program, as set forth in 51 FR

21208 (June 11, 1986), 52 FR 26057 (July 10,

1987), 54 FR 50425 (December 6, 1989) and

62 FR 49206 (September 19, 1997), effective

on January 1, 1998, guaranteed access levels

are being established for properly certified

textile products assembled in Guatemala

from fabric formed and cut in the United

States in the following categories which are

re-exported to the United States from

Guatemala during the periods January 1,

1998 through May 30, 1998 (Categories 342/

642) and January 1, 1998 through December

31, 1998:

Category Guaranteed Access

Level

340/640 .................... 520,000 dozen.

342/642 .................... 41,096 dozen.

347/348 .................... 1,000,000 dozen.

351/651 .................... 200,000 dozen.

443 ........................... 25,000 numbers.

448 ........................... 42,000 dozen.

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 January 24,

1990, as amended, shall be denied entry

unless the Government of Guatemala

authorizes the entry and any charges to the

appropriate specific limit. 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 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,

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation

of Textile Agreements.

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