Establishment of an Import Limit for Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Guatemala

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Establishment of an Import Limit for Certain Cotton and Man-Made

Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Guatemala

August 22, 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: August 28, 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 this

limit, 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 June 22, 1995 (60 FR

32509) announces that if no solution is agreed upon in consultations

between the Governments of the United States and Guatemala on

Categories 342/642, the Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements may establish a limit at a level of not less than 319,417

dozen for the twelve-month period beginning on May 31, 1995 and

extending through May 30, 1996.

Inasmuch as no agreement was reached during the consultation period

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on a mutually satisfactory solution, the United States Government has

decided to control imports in Categories 342/642 for the period

beginning on May 31, 1995 and extending through May 30, 1996 at a level

of 319,417 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 Categories 342/642. Should such a solution be reached in

consultations with the Government of Guatemala, 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

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 3, 1972, as amended, you are directed to prohibit,

effective on August 28, 1995, 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 Guatemala and exported during the period

beginning on May 31, 1995 and extending through May 30, 1996, in

excess of 319,417 dozen \1\.

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

exported after May 30, 1995.

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Textile products in Categories 342/642 which have been exported

to the United States prior to May 31, 1995 shall not be subject to

this directive.

For the import period May 31, 1995 through June 19, 1995, you

are directed to charge the following amounts to the limit

established in this directive for Categories 342/642. Additional

charges may be provided at a later date.

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Category Amount to charge

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342................................ 5,988 dozen.

642................................ 7,207 dozen.

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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.95-21206 Filed 8-24-95; 8:45 am]

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