Announcing the Signing of Form ITA-370P and Correction of an Import Limit for Certain Cotton, Wool and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Colombia

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Announcing the Signing of Form ITA-370P and Correction of an

Import Limit for Certain Cotton, Wool and Man-Made Fiber Textile

Products Produced or Manufactured in Colombia

October 11, 1995.

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

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs announcing

the signing of Form ITA-370P and correcting an import limit.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: October 18, 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.

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).

Notices published in the Federal Register on August 30, 1995

announce the establishment of a Special Access Textile Program for

eligible Andean Trade Preference Act Countries (60 FR 45144) and the

establishment of Special Access limits for Colombia for Categories 352/

652 and 444 (60 FR 45145). Beginning on October 18, 1995, the U.S.

Customs Service will start signing the first section of the form ITA-

370P for shipments of U.S. formed and cut parts in Categories 352/652

and 444 that are destined for Colombia and subject to the Special

Access Textile Program for the periods beginning April 1, 1995 and

extending through December 31, 1995 for Categories 352/652; and January

1, 1995 through December 31, 1995 for Category 444. These products are

governed by Harmonized Tariff item number 9802.00.8015 and chapter 61

Statistical Note 5 and chapter 62 Statistical Note 3 of the Harmonized

Tariff Schedule. Interested parties should be aware that shipments of

cut parts in Categories 352/652 and 444 must be accompanied by a form

ITA-370P, signed by a U.S. Customs officer, prior to export from the

United States for assembly in Colombia in order to qualify for entry

under the Special Access Program.

In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the

Commissioner of Customs to start signing the first section of the form

ITA-370P and to correct the current level for Categories 352/652 from

2,250,000 dozen to 22,500,000 dozen.

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).

Requirements for participation in the Special Access Program are

provided 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; 58 FR 41245, published on August 3, 1993.

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, the Uruguay Round Agreement on

Textiles and Clothing and Memoranda of Understanding dated June 27,

1995 and August 9, 1995 between the Governments of the United States

and Colombia, 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

October 11, 1995.

Commissioner of Customs,

Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.

Dear Commissioner: To facilitate implementation of the Memoranda

of Understanding dated June 27, 1995 and August 9, 1995 between the

Governments of the United States and Colombia, beginning on October

18, 1995, the U.S. Customs Service is directed to start signing the

first section of the form ITA-370P for shipments of U.S. formed and

cut parts in Categories 352/652 and 444 that are destined for

Colombia and re-export to the United States under the Special Access

Textile Program.

To facilitate implementation of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act

and the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing, I request

that, effective on October 18, 1995, you correct the directive dated

August 24, 1995 to change the level for Categories 352/652 to

22,500,000 dozen.

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. 95-25743 Filed 10-16-95; 8:45 am]

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