[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 225 (Wednesday, November 20, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59088-59089]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-29649]
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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
November 15, 1996.
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
grey guilloche paper with a map of the People's Republic of China in
the middle.
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EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 1997.
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, 1997, which are printed on light grey guilloche
patterned background paper with a newly added dull color map of the
People's Republic of China in the middle. The light grey form replaces
the light green 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, 1997 through February 28, 1997 may be accompanied by a visa printed
on either the light green or light grey background paper with a dull
color map of the People's Republic of China in the middle.
See 59 FR 35324, published on July 11, 1994; and 60 FR 22567,
published on May 8, 1995.
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 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, 1997, 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
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by the Government of the People's Republic of China which are
printed on light grey guilloche patterned background paper with a
newly added dull color map of the People's Republic of China in the
middle. The light grey form will replace the light green 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, 1997 through February 28, 1997, for
which the Government of the People's Republic of China has issued an
export license/commercial invoice printed on either a light green
form or a light grey form with a dull color map of the People's
Republic of China in the middle.
Goods exported on and after March 1, 1997 must be accompanied by
an export visa issued by the Government of the People's Republic of
China only on the light grey license/invoice form with a dull color
map of the People's Republic of China in the middle.
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,
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
[FR Doc. 96-29649 Filed 11-19-96; 8:45 am]
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