01-30051. Amendment of Export Visa Requirements for Textiles and Textile Products Integrated into GATT 1994 in the Third Stage
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November 29, 2001.
AGENCY:
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).
ACTION:
Issuing a Directive to the Commissioner of Customs amending export visa requirements.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
January 1, 2002
Start Further InfoFOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Lori Mennitt, International Trade Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of Commerce, (202) 482-3400.
End Further Info End Preamble Start Supplemental InformationSUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on Textiles and Clothing provides for the staged integration of textiles and textile products into the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994. The third stage of the integration will take place on January 1, 2002. The products to be integrated on January 1, 2002 were announced on April 26, 1995 (see 60 FR 21075, published on May 1, 1995).
This directive does not affect textile visas that may be required under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA).
The United States will not maintain visa requirements on textiles and textile products integrated on January 1, 2002 that are produced or manufactured in a WTO Member country. In the letter Start Printed Page 63226published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the Commissioner of Customs to eliminate existing visa requirements for textiles and textile products integrated on January 1, 2002 and exported on or after that date, produced or manufactured in a WTO Member country. Existing visa requirements will be maintained for goods exported prior to January 1, 2002 and for goods that are not produced or manufactured in a WTO Member country.
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 65 FR 82328, published on December 28, 2000). Information regarding the availability of the 2002 CORRELATION will be published in the Federal Register at a later date.
Start SignatureEnd SignatureD. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
November 29, 2001.
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); Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as amended; and the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on Textiles and Clothing, you are directed to amend the current visa requirements for certain textiles and textile products produced or manufactured in WTO Member countries and exported on or after January 1, 2002.
Effective on January 1, 2002, for goods exported on and after that date, export visas will not be required for textiles and textile products produced or manufactured in a WTO Member country and integrated into the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 on January 1, 2002.
The following entire textile categories will be integrated on January 1, 2002: 222, 223, 350, 431, 464, 600, 606, 607, 621, 622, 649, 650, 670, 800, 810, 831, 833, 834, 835, 836, 838, 840, 842, 843, 844, 847, 850, 851, 858, 870, and 871.
The following partial textile categories will be integrated on January 1, 2002: 331, 359, 369, 459, 469, 631, 659, 666, 669, and 859. A complete list of products in the partially integrated categories is attached to this letter. This listing is based on the 2001 Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States.
Export visas will continue to be required for non-integrated products, for products integrated on January 1, 2002 produced or manufactured in a country that is not a Member of the World Trade Organization, and for products integrated on January 1, 2002 that were exported prior to that date.
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
Part Categories in Stage 3
End Supplemental InformationCategory HTS (2001) 331 6116101720 331 6116104810 331 6116105510 331 6116107510 331 6116926410 331 6116926420 331 6116926430 331 6116926440 331 6116927450 331 6116927460 331 6116927470 331 6116928800 331 6116929400 331 6116999510 359 6115198010 359 6117106010 359 6117209010 359 6203221000 359 6204221000 359 6212900010 359 6214900010 359 6505901525 359 6505901540 359 6505902060 359 6505902545 369 4202124000 369 4202128020 369 4202128060 369 4202224020 369 4202224500 369 4202228030 369 4202324000 369 4202329530 369 4202921500 369 4202923016 369 4202926091 369 5805003000 369 5807100510 369 5807900510 369 6301300010 369 6301300020 369 6302511000 369 6302512000 369 6302513000 369 6302514000 369 6302600010 369 6302600030 369 6302910005 369 6302910025 369 6302910045 369 6302910050 369 6302910060 369 6303110000 369 6303910010 369 6303910020 369 6304910020 369 6304920000 369 6305200000 369 6306110000 369 6307101020 369 6307101090 369 6307903010 369 6307904010 369 6307905010 369 6307908910 369 6307908945 369 6307909905 369 6307909982 369 9404901000 369 9404908040 369 9404909505 459 6115198020 459 6117101000 459 6117102010 459 6117209020 459 6212900020 459 6214200000 469 6304193040 469 6304910050 469 6304991500 469 6304996010 469 6308000010 631 6116101730 631 6116104820 631 6116105520 631 6116107520 631 6116938800 631 6116939400 631 6116994800 631 6116995400 631 6116999530 659 6115110010 659 6115122000 659 6117102030 659 6117209030 659 6212900030 659 6214300000 659 6214400000 666 5805004010 666 6301100000 666 6301400010 666 6301400020 666 6301900010 666 6302530010 666 6302530020 666 6302530030 666 6302931000 666 6302932000 666 6303120000 666 6303190010 666 6303921000 666 6303922010 666 6303922020 666 6303990010 666 6304112000 666 6304191500 666 6304192000 666 6304910040 666 6304930000 666 6304996020 666 6307909984 666 9404908522 666 9404909522 669 5807100520 669 5807900520 669 5810929030 669 6305320010 669 6305320020 669 6305330010 669 6305330020 669 6305390000 669 6306120000 669 6306190010 669 6306229030 669 6307903020 669 6307904020 669 6307905020 669 6308000020 859 6115198040 859 6117106020 859 6212105030 859 6212109040 859 6212200030 859 6212300030 Start Printed Page 63227 859 6212900090 859 6214102000 859 6214900090 [FR Doc.01-30051 Filed 12-4-01; 8:45 am]
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Document Information
- Effective Date:
- 1/1/2002
- Published:
- 12/05/2001
- Department:
- Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
- Entry Type:
- Notice
- Action:
- Issuing a Directive to the Commissioner of Customs amending export visa requirements.
- Document Number:
- 01-30051
- Dates:
- January 1, 2002
- Pages:
- 63225-63227 (3 pages)
- EOCitation:
- of 2001-11-29
- PDF File:
- 01-30051.pdf