[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 233 (Friday, December 4, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67053-67054]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-32356]
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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
Unit of Quantity Requirement for Textile and Apparel Products
Produced or Manufactured in Various Countries
November 30, 1998.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).
ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs requiring
visa quantities be in whole numbers only.
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EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 1999.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian F. Fennessy, International Trade
Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of
Commerce, (202) 482-3400.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Authority: Section 204 of the Agricultural Act of 1956, as
amended (7 U.S.C. 1854); Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as
amended.
The United States Government has notified all countries with visa
arrangements with the United States of the requirement to issue visas
in whole numbers. Shipments of textile and apparel products subject to
visa arrangements are charged by U.S. Customs Service using whole
numbers only. Quantities stated in decimals or fractions will not be
accepted. Shipment quantities not in whole units must be
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reported as a whole number on the visa, as follows:
1. Shipments of less than a single whole unit must be reported as
``one'' whole unit;
2. Shipment quantities over one whole unit, may be rounded up or
down to a whole number. Quantities one-half of a whole unit or higher
must be rounded up. Shipment quantities of less than one-half of a
whole unit may be rounded down.
In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the
Commissioner of Customs to require that the quantity stated on the visa
be listed in whole numbers only.
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
November 30, 1998.
Commissioner of Customs,
Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.
Dear Commissioner: Pursuant to section 204 of the Agricultural
Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1854); and Executive Order 11651
of March 3, 1972, as amended, the United States Government has
notified all countries with visa arrangements with the United States
of the requirement to issue visas in whole numbers.
Effective on January 1, 1999, you are directed to require that
shipment quantities of textile and apparel products entered for
consumption or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption into the
United States (i.e., the 50 States, the District of Columbia and the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico) be stated on the visa in whole numbers
only. Quantities stated in decimals or fractions will not be
accepted. Shipment quantities not in whole units must be reported as
a whole number on the visa, as follows:
1. Shipments of less than a single whole unit must be reported
as ``one'' whole unit;
2. Shipment quantities over one whole unit, may be rounded up or
down to a whole number. Quantities one-half of a whole unit or
higher must be rounded up. Shipment quantities of less than one-half
of a whole unit may be rounded down.
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. 98-32356 Filed 12-3-98; 8:45 am]
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