Increase of Guaranteed Access Levels for Certain Cotton and Man- Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Jamaica

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Increase of Guaranteed Access Levels for Certain Cotton and Man-

Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Jamaica

July 25, 1995.

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

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs increasing

guaranteed access levels.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: August 1, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Naomi Freeman, 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 United States Government has agreed to increase the 1995

Guaranteed Access Levels (GALs) for Categories 338/339/638/639 and 352/

652.

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). Also see

59 FR 62717, published on December 6, 1994; and 60 FR 17326, published

on April 5, 1995.

Rita D. Hayes,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

July 25, 1995.

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, 1994, as amended on

March 30, 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 Jamaica and exported during the twelve-month period

which began on January 1, 1995 and extends through December 31,

1995.

Effective on August 1, 1995, you are directed to increase the

current Guaranteed Access Levels (GAL) for the following categories:

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Category Guaranteed access level

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338/339/638/639.................... 3,500,000 dozen.

352/652............................ 12,500,000 dozen.

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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,

Rita D. Hayes,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

[FR Doc. 95-18689 Filed 7-28-95; 8:45 am]

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