Establishment of an Import Limit for Certain Wool Products Produced or Manufactured in Honduras

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Establishment of an Import Limit for Certain Wool Products

Produced or Manufactured in Honduras

July 18, 1995.

AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs establishing

a limit.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: July 21, 1995.

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. For information

on categories on which consultations have been requested, call (202)

482-3740.

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).

A notice published in the Federal Register on May 23, 1995 (60 FR

27275) announces that if no solution is agreed upon in consultations

between the Governments of the United States and Honduras on Category

435 the Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements may

establish a limit at a level of not less than 14,400 dozen for the

twelve-month period beginning on April 24, 1995 and extending through

April 23, 1996.

Inasmuch as no agreement was reached during the consultation period

on a mutually satisfactory solution, the United States Government has

decided to control imports in Category 435 for the period beginning on

April 24, 1995 and extending through April 23, 1996 at a level of

14,400 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 solution

concerning Category 435. Should such a solution be reached in

consultations with the Government of Honduras, 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 59 FR 65531, published on December 20, 1994).

Rita D. Hayes,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

July 18, 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; and in accordance with the provisions of Executive Order

11651 of March 30, 1972, as amended, you are directed to prohibit,

effective on July 21, 1995, entry into the United States for

consumption and withdrawal from warehouse for consumption of wool

textile products in Category 435, produced or manufactured in

Honduras and exported during the period beginning on April 24, 1995

and extending through April 23, 1996, in excess of 14,400 dozen \1\.

\1\ The limit has not been adjusted to account for any imports

exported after April 23, 1995.

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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 these actions fall within the foreign affairs

exception of the rulemaking provisions of 5 U.S.C. 553(a)(1).

Sincerely,

Rita D. Hayes,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

[FR Doc. 95-18081 Filed 7-21-95; 8:45 am]

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