Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 128 / Tuesday, July 2, 1996 / Notices 34493

1The limit has not been adjusted to account for

any imports exported after March 28, 1996.

Agricultural Act of 1956, as amended (7

U.S.C. 1854).

A notice published in the Federal

Register on April 17, 1996 (61 FR

16762) announces that if no solution is

agreed upon in consultations between

the Governments of the United States

and El Salvador on Categories 342/642,

the Committee for the Implementation

of Textile Agreements may establish a

limit at a level of not less than 209,563

dozen for the twelve-month period

beginning on March 29, 1996 and

extending through March 28, 1997.

Inasmuch as no agreement was

reached during the consultation period

on a mutually satisfactory solution on

Categories 342/642, the United States

Government has decided to control

imports in these categories for the

period beginning on March 29, 1996 and

extending through March 28, 1997 at a

level of 209,563 dozen.

This action is taken in accordance

with the Uruguay Round Agreement on

Textiles and Clothing and the Uruguay

Round Agreements Act.

The United States remains committed

to finding a mutual solution concerning

Categories 342/642. Should such a

solution be reached in consultations

with the Government of El Salvador,

further notice will be published in the

Federal Register.

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 60 FR 65299,

published on December 19, 1995).

D. Michael Hutchinson,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements

June 26, 1996.

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;

and in accordance with the provisions of

Executive Order 11651 of March 30, 1972, as

amended, you are directed to prohibit,

effective on June 27, 1996, entry into the

United States for consumption and

withdrawal from warehouse for consumption

of cotton and man-made fiber textile

products in Categories 342/642, produced or

manufactured in El Salvador and exported

during the twelve-month period beginning on

March 29, 1996 and extending through

March 28, 1997, in excess of 209,563 dozen 1.

Textile products in Categories 342/642

which have been exported to the United

States prior to March 29, 1996 shall not be

subject to the limit established in this

directive.

Textile products in Categories 342/642

which have been released from the custody

of the U.S. Customs Service under the

provisions of 19 U.S.C. 1448(b) or 1484(a)(1)

prior to the efffective date of this directive

shall not be denied entry under this

directive.

Import charges will be provided at a later

date.

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 this

action falls 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. 96–16803 Filed 6–27–96; 12:03 pm]

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Adjustment of Import Restraint Limits

for Certain Cotton, Wool and ManMade Fiber Textile Products Produced

or Manufactured in Guatemala

June 26, 1996.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs adjusting

limits.

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 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); Uruguay Round Agreements

Act.

The current limits for Categories 443

and 448 are being increased by

application of swing, reducing the limit

for Categories 351/651 to account for the

increase.

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 60 FR 65299,

published on December 19, 1995). Also

see 60 FR 62398, published on

December 6, 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 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

June 26, 1996.

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 29, 1995, 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 Guatemala and exported

during the twelve-month period beginning on

January 1, 1996 and extending through

December 31, 1996.

Effective on July 1, 1996 you are directed

to adjust the limits for the following

categories, as provided for by the Uruguay

Round Agreements Act and the Uruguay

Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing:

Category Adjusted twelve-month

limit 1

351/651 .................... 270,476 dozen.

443 ........................... 81,654 numbers.

448 ........................... 46,391 dozen.

1The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports exported after December

31, 1995.

The guaranteed access levels 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. 96–16821 Filed 7–1–96; 8:45 am]

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