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

May 9, 1997.

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: May 16, 1997.

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 quotas 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.

Upon the request of the Government of Jamaica, the U.S. Government

has agreed to increase the current guaranteed access levels 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 61 FR 66263, published on December 17, 1996). Also

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see 61 FR 67773, published on December 24, 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

May 9, 1997.

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 December 18, 1996, by the Chairman,

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That

directive concerns imports of certain cotton, wool, man-made fiber

and other vegetable fiber textiles and textile products, produced or

manufactured in Jamaica and exported during the period which began

on January 1, 1997 and extends through December 31, 1997.

Effective on May 16, 1997, you are directed to increase the

current guaranteed access levels for the following categories, as

provided for in the Uruguay Round Agreements Act and the Uruguay

Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing:

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Category Guaranteed Access Level

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338/339/638/639........................... 4,500,000 dozen.

352/652................................... 13,500,000 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,

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

[FR Doc.97-12680 Filed 5-13-97; 8:45 am]

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