[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 205 (Tuesday, October 24, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54477-54478]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-26272]
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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
Amendment Export Visa Requirements for Certain Silk Apparel and
Cotton, Wool, Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber
Textiles and Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the People's
Republic of China
October 18, 1995.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).
ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs providing
for the use of export licenses/commercial invoices printed on light
green guilloche paper.
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EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 1996.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Aldrich, International Trade
Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of
Commerce, (202) 482-4212.
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).
The Governments of the United States and the People's Republic of
China have agreed to amend the existing export visa requirements to
provide for the use of export licenses/commercial invoices, issued by
the Government of the People's Republic of China, for shipments of
goods produced or manufactured in China and exported from China on and
after January 1, 1996, which are printed on light green guilloche
patterned background paper. The light green form replaces the purple
export license/commercial invoice currently in use. The visa stamp is
not being changed at this time. The Chinese Embassy in Washington, DC,
will continue to issue the white pre-printed replacement visa now in
use.
Shipments of textile and apparel products which are produced or
manufactured in China and exported from China during the period January
1, 1996 through February 28, 1996 may be accompanied by a visa printed
on either the purple or light green background paper.
See 59 FR 35324, published on July 11, 1994; and 60 FR 22567,
published on May 8, 1995.
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile
Agreements.
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
October 18, 1995.
Commissioner of Customs,
Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.
Dear Commissioner: This directive amends, but does not cancel,
the directives issued to you on July 5, 1994 and May 3, 1995, by the
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
Those directives establish export visa arrangements for certain silk
apparel and cotton, wool, man-made fiber, silk blend, and other
vegetable fiber textiles and textile products, produced or
manufactured in the People's Republic of China.
Effective on January 1, 1996, you are directed to amend the July
5, 1994 and May 3, 1995 directives to provide for the use of export
licenses/commercial invoices issued by the Government of the
People's Republic of China which are printed on light green
guilloche patterned background paper. The light green form will
replace the purple form currently being used. The Chinese Embassy in
Washington, DC, will continue to issue the white pre-printed
replacement visa now in use.
To facilitate implementation of this amendment to the export
licensing system, I request that you permit entry of textile
products, produced or manufactured in China and exported from China
during the period January 1, 1996 through February 28, 1996, for
which the Government of the People's Republic of China has issued
either a purple or light green export license/commercial invoice.
Goods exported on and after March 1, 1996 must be accompanied by
an export visa issued by the Government of the People's Republic of
China on the light green license/invoice form only.
Shipments entered or withdrawn from warehouse according to this
directive which are not accompanied by an appropriate export visa
shall be denied entry and a new visa must be obtained.
The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has
determined that this action falls within the foreign affairs
exception to 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. 95-26272 Filed 10-23-95; 8:45 am]
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