Adjustment of Import Limits and Guaranteed Access Levels for Certain Cotton, Wool and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the Dominican Republic

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of Import Limits and Guaranteed Access Levels for

Certain Cotton, Wool and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or

Manufactured in the Dominican Republic

November 15, 1996.

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

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs adjusting

import limits and guaranteed access levels.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: November 20, 1996.

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); Uruguay Round Agreements Act.

On the request of the Government of the Dominican Republic, the

U.S. Government agreed to increase the 1996 Guaranteed Access Levels

for Categories 338/638, 339/639 and 633. Also, the current limits for

Categories 433 and 448 are being increased for swing, reducing the

limit for Categories 342/642 to account for the increases.

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

61 FR 1359, published on January 19, 1996.

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.

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

November 15, 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 January 11, 1996, 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 the Dominican

Republic and exported during the twelve-month period which began on

January 1, 1996 and extends through December 31, 1996.

Effective on November 20, 1996, you are directed to adjust the

limits for the following categories, as provided for under the

Uruguay Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles

and Clothing:

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Category Adjusted limit \1\

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342/642................................... 454,702 dozen.

433....................................... 24,243 dozen.

448....................................... 45,470 dozen.

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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports

exported after December 31, 1995.

The Guaranteed Access Level (GAL) for Categories 342/642, 433

and 448 remain unchanged. The GALs for textile products in the

following categories shall be increased:

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Category Guaranteed Access Level

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338/638................................... 3,650,000 dozen.

339/639................................... 2,650,000 dozen.

633....................................... 120,000 dozen.

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The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has

determined that these actions fall within the foreign affairs

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

Sincerely,

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

[FR Doc. 96-29648 Filed 11-19-96; 8:45 am]

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