[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 43 (Wednesday, March 5, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10027-10028]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-5402]
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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
New Export Visa Stamp for Certain Textiles and Textile Products
Produced or Manufactured in Japan
February 27, 1997.
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: April 1, 1997.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ross Arnold, 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); Uruguay Round Agreements Act.
Beginning on April 1, 1997, the ``Japan Cotton Textile Exporters
Association'' and the ``Japan Silk & Synthetic Textiles Exporters'
Association'' will merge to form the ``Japan Textiles Exporters'
Association.''
Effective on April 1, 1997, regardless of the date of export,
textile products from Japan shall be accompanied by a visa with the new
stamped marking ``Japan Textiles Exporters' Association,'' instead of
the ones from the former ``Japan Cotton Textile Exporters Association''
and ``Japan Silk & Synthetic Textiles Exporters' Association.'' There
will be a grace period from April 1, 1997 through April 30, 1997,
during which the old or the new visas will be acceptable. The new visa
stamp must accompany goods exported on and after May 1, 1997.
Export visa stamps from Japan with the following markings remain
unchanged and will continue to be accepted: ``Japan Woollen & Linen
Textiles Exporters Association,'' ``The Japan Textile Products
Exporters' Association'' and ``Japan General Merchandise Exporters'
Association.'' The exempt certification stamp will continue unchanged
with the ``The Japan Textile Products Exporters' Association'' marking.
See 52 FR 4639, published on February 13, 1987.
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
February 27, 1997.
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 February 6, 1987, as amended, by the
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
That directive directed you to prohibit entry of certain textiles
and textile products, produced or manufactured in Japan for which
the Government of Japan has not issued an appropriate visa or exempt
certification.
Beginning on April 1, 1997, the ``Japan Cotton Textile Exporters
Association'' and the ``Japan Silk & Synthetic Textiles Exporters'
Association'' will merge to form the ``Japan Textiles Exporters'
Association.''
Effective on April 1, 1997, regardless of the date of export,
textile products from Japan shall be accompanied by a visa with the
new stamped marking ``Japan Textiles Exporters' Association,''
instead of the ones from the former ``Japan Cotton Textile Exporters
Association'' and ``Japan Silk & Synthetic Textiles Exporters'
Association.'' There will be a grace period for goods exported from
April 1, 1997 through April 30, 1997, during which the old or the
new visas will be acceptable. The new visa stamp must accompany
goods exported on and after May 1, 1997.
A facsimile of the new visa stamp is enclosed with this letter.
The remaining visa and certification stamps remain unchanged.
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.
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