Cancellation of an Import Limit, Guaranteed Access Level and Visa Requirements for Certain Wool Produced or Manufactured in Honduras

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Cancellation of an Import Limit, Guaranteed Access Level and Visa

Requirements for Certain Wool Produced or Manufactured in Honduras

September 17, 1997.

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

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs cancelling a

limit, guaranteed access level and visa requirements.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: September 30, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roy Unger, International Trade

Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of

Commerce, (202) 482-4212.

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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.

The United States Government has decided to cancel the limit and

guaranteed access level (GAL) on imports of wool textile products in

Category 435 from Honduras established for the period beginning on

January 1, 1997 and extending through December 31, 1997. A visa will no

longer be required for textile products in Category 435, regardless of

the date of export.

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

Commissioner of Customs, effective on September 30, 1997, to cancel the

1997 limit and GAL for Category 435. Also, U.S. Customs Service is

directed not to sign the form ITA-370P for export of U.S. formed and

cut parts in Category 435.

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 see

61 FR 38236, published on July 23, 1996; and 61 FR 59865, published on

November 25, 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

September 17, 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 November 19, 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 Honduras and

exported during the twelve-month period which began on January 1,

1997 and extends through December 31, 1997.

Effective on September 30, 1997, you are directed to cancel the

current limit and guaranteed access level for Category 435. A visa

will no longer be required for shipments of goods in Category 435

which are produced or manufactured in Honduras, regardless of the

date of export.

Also effective on September 30, 1997, U.S. Customs Service is

directed to no longer sign the form ITA-370P for export of U.S.

formed and cut parts in Category 435.

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. 97-25206 Filed 9-22-97; 8:45 am]

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