[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 182 (Wednesday, September 20, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 48694]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-23283]
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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
Amendment of Export Visa Requirements for Certain Man-Made Fiber
Textiles and Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the
Philippines
September 14, 1995.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).
ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs amending
visa requirements.
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EFFECTIVE DATE: September 21, 1995.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janet Heinzen, 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).
A notice published in the Federal Register on August 15, 1995
announces that, effective on September 1, 1995, for goods produced or
manufactured in the Philippines and exported from the Philippines on
and after September 1, 1995, part-category visas will no longer be
required for certain part-categories, including Categories 669-P and
669-O.
The purpose of this notice is to announce that the part-category
visa requirement shall continue for Categories 669-P and 669-O.
In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the
Commissioner of Customs to continue to require a part-category visa for
goods in Categories 669-P and 669-O, produced or manufactured in the
Philippines and entered into the United States for consumption and
withdrawn from warehouse for consumption.
See 52 FR 11308, published on April 8, 1987.
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile
Agreements.
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
September 14, 1995.
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 August 9, 1995, by the Chairman,
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That
directive directs you to amend export visa requirements for certain
cotton, wool and man-made fiber textiles and textile products,
produced or manufactured in the Philippines.
Effective on September 21, 1995, you are directed to continue to
require a part-category visa for goods in Categories 669-P\1\ and
669-O\2\, produced or manufactured in the Philippines and entered
into the United States for consumption and withdrawn from warehouse
for consumption.
\1\Category 669-P: only HTS numbers 6305.31.0010, 6305.31.0020
and 6305.39.0000.
\2\Category 669-O: all HTS numbers except 6305.31.0010,
6305.31.0020 and 6305.39.0000 (Category 669-P).
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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,
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile
Agreements.
[FR Doc. 95-23283 Filed 9-19-95; 8:45 am]
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