[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 222 (Friday, November 15, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 58538]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-29348]
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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
New Visa Stamp for Certain Cotton, Wool, Man-Made Fiber, Silk
Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textiles and Textile Products Produced
or Manufactured in Mauritius
November 12, 1996.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).
ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs providing
for the use of a new export visa stamp.
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EFFECTIVE DATE: December 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).
Beginning on December 1, 1996, the Government of Mauritius will
start issuing a new export visa stamp for shipments of textile
products, produced or manufactured in Mauritius and exported from
Mauritius on or after December 1, 1996. There will be a one-month grace
period, from December 1, 1996 through December 31, 1996, during which
goods exported from Mauritius may be accompanied by either the old or
new export visa stamp. Goods exported from Mauritius on or after
January 1, 1997 must be accompanied by the new export visa stamp.
A facsimile of the new visa stamp is on file at the U.S. Department
of Commerce, Office of Textiles and Apparel, 14th and Constitution
Avenue, NW., room 3104, Washington, DC.
See 60 FR 62076, published on December 4, 1995.
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
November 12, 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 November 28, 1995, by the Chairman,
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That
directive establishes export visa requirements for certain cotton,
wool, man-made fiber, silk blend and other vegetable fiber textiles
and textile products, produced or manufactured in Mauritius.
Effective on December 1, 1996, you are directed to amend the
November 28, 1995 directive to provide for the use of a new export
visa stamp issued by the Government of Mauritius to accompany
shipments of textile products, produced or manufactured in Mauritius
and exported from Mauritius on or after December 1, 1996.
Goods exported from Mauritius during the period December 1, 1996
through December 31, 1996 may be accompanied by either the old or
new export visa stamp. Goods exported from Mauritius on or after
January 1, 1997 must be accompanied by the new export visa stamp.
A facsimile of the visa stamp is enclosed with this letter.
Shipments entered or withdrawn from warehouse according to this
directive which are not accompanied by an appropriate export visa
stamp 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,
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
[FR Doc. 96-29348 Filed 11-14-96; 8:45 am]
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