96-3203. Amendment of Coverage of Import Limits and Visa and Certification Requirements for Certain Part-Categories Produced or Manufactured in Various Countries

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 30 (Tuesday, February 13, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5536-5537]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-3203]



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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Amendment of Coverage of Import Limits and Visa and Certification 
Requirements for Certain Part-Categories Produced or Manufactured in 
Various Countries

February 7, 1996.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs amending 
coverage for import limits and visa and certification requirements.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: February 14, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lori E. Mennitt, International Trade 
Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, [phone].

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).

    To facilitate implementation of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act 
and the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC), and 
textile agreements and export visa arrangements based upon the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS), for goods entered into the United 
States for consumption or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption on 
and after January 1, 1996 for part-Categories 647-W and 669-P, 
regardless of the date of export, certain HTS classification numbers 
are being changed on all import controls and on all visa and 
certification arrangements for countries with these part-categories. 
These changes were published in the 1996 Harmonized Tariff Schedule.
    The changes in the HTS numbers will be reflected in the 1996 
CORRELATION: Textile and Apparel Categories with the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States (see 60 FR 65299, published on December 
19, 1995).
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
February 7, 1996.

Commissioner of Customs,
Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.

    Dear Commissioner: This directive amends, but does not cancel, 
all monitoring and import control directives issued to you by the 
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements, 
which include man-made fiber textile products in part-Categories 
647-W and 669-P, produced or manufactured in various countries and 
imported into the United States on and after January 1, 1996.
    Also, this directive amends, but does not cancel, all directives 
establishing visa and certification requirements for part-Categories 
647-W and 669-P for which visa arrangements are in place with the 
Government of the United States.
    Effective on February 14, 1996, you are directed to make the 
changes shown below in the aforementioned directives for goods 
entered in the United States for consumption or withdrawn from 
warehouse for consumption on and after January 1, 1996 for part-
Categories 647-W and 669-P, regardless of the date of export:

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       Category             Obsolete number             New number      
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647-W.................      6203.49.2010            6203.49.2015.       
  ....................      6203.49.2040            6203.49.2045.       
669-P.................      6305.31.0010            6305.32.0010.       
  ....................                              6305.33.0010.       
  ....................      6305.31.0020            6305.32.0020.       
  ....................                              6305.33.0020.       
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    The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has 
determined that these actions fall 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.96-3203 Filed 2-12-96; 8:45 am]
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