[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 243 (Tuesday, December 19, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65296-65297]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-30809]



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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Announcement of Import Limits and Guaranteed Access Levels for 
Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or 
Manufactured in El Salvador

December 13, 1995.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs establishing 
limits and guaranteed access levels.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 1996.

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 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).

    The import restraint limits for textile products, produced or 
manufactured in El Salvador and exported during the period January 1, 
1996 through December 31, 1996 are based on limits notified to the 
Textiles Monitoring Body pursuant to the Uruguay Round Agreements Act 
and the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC). The 
Guaranteed Access Levels are being established pursuant to Memoranda of 
Understanding (MOUs) dated September 26, 1994 and July 6, 1995 between 
the Governments of the United States and El Salvador.
    In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the 
Commissioner of Customs to establish the limits and guaranteed access 
levels for 1996.
    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 59 FR 65531, published on December 20, 1994). 
Information regarding the 1996 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 notices 51 FR 21208, published on June 
11, 1986; 52 FR 26057, published on July 10, 1987; 54 FR 50425, 
published on December 6, 1989; and 60 FR 2740, published on January 11, 
1995.
    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 September 26, 1994 and July 6, 1995 MOU's, the Uruguay Round 
Agreements Act and the ATC, 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
December 13, 1995.

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

    Dear Commissioner: Under the terms of section 204 of the 
Agricultural Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1854), the Uruguay 
Round Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and 
Clothing (ATC); and in accordance with the provisions of Executive 
Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as amended, you are directed to 
prohibit, 

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effective on January 1, 1996, entry into the United States for 
consumption and withdrawal from warehouse for consumption of cotton 
and man-made fiber textile products in the following categories, 
produced or manufactured in El Salvador and exported during the 
twelve-month period beginning on January 1, 1996 and extending 
through December 31, 1996, in excess of the following restraint 
limits:

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                 Category                        Twelve-month limit     
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340/640...................................  953,391 dozen.              
351/651...................................  366,000 dozen.              
352/652...................................  6,603,774 dozen.            
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    Imports charged to these category limits for the periods January 
1, 1995 through December 31, 1995 (Categories 340/640) and March 27, 
1995 through December 31, 1995 (Categories 351/651 and 352/652) 
shall be charged against those levels of restraint to the extent of 
any unfilled balances. In the event the limits established for those 
periods have been exhausted by previous entries, such goods shall be 
subject to the levels set forth in this directive.
    The limits set forth above are subject to adjustment in the 
future pursuant to the provisions of the Uruguay Round Agreements 
Act, the ATC and any administrative arrangements notified to the 
Textiles Monitoring Body.
    Pursuant to Memoranda of Understanding dated September 26, 1994 
and July 6, 1995 between the Governments of the United States and El 
Salvador 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) 
and 54 FR 50425 (December 6, 1989), effective on January 1, 1996, 
you are directed to establish guaranteed access levels for properly 
certified cotton and man-made fiber textile products in the 
following categories which are assembled in El Salvador from fabric 
formed and cut in the United States and re-exported to the United 
States from El Salvador during the period beginning on January 1, 
1996 and extending through December 31, 1996:

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                 Category                      Guaranteed access level  
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340/640...................................  1,000,000 dozen.            
351/651...................................  500,000 dozen.              
352/652...................................  30,000,000 dozen.           
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    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 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.
    In carrying out the above directions, the Commissioner of 
Customs should construe entry into the United States for consumption 
to include entry for consumption into the Commonwealth of Puerto 
Rico.
    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.
[FR Doc. 95-30809 Filed 12-18-95; 8:45 am]
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