Amendment of Export Visa Requirements for Certain Cotton and Man- Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the People's Republic of China

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Amendment of Export Visa Requirements for Certain Cotton and Man-

Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the People's

Republic of China

June 3, 1994.

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: June 15, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Aldrich, 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).

The existing export licensing system between the Governments of the

United States and the People's Republic of China is being amended to

require an export visa for part-Categories 224-V (cotton and man-made

fiber woven pile fabric) and 224-O (all other fabric in Category 224),

produced or manufactured in China and exported from China on and after

June 15, 1994. Goods in Category 224 which are exported during the

period June 15, 1994 through July 15, 1994, shall be permitted entry if

visased as 224 or the correct part category.

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 58 FR 62645, published on November 29, 1993). Also see

49 FR 7269, published on February 28, 1984; 52 FR 28741, published on

August 3, 1987; and 59 FR 3847, published on January 27, 1994.

Rita D. Hayes,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

June 3, 1994.

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 23, 1984, as amended, by the

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

That directive directed you to prohibit entry of certain cotton,

wool, man-made fiber, silk blend and other vegetable fiber textiles

and textile products, produced or manufactured in China for which

the Government of the People's Republic of China has not issued an

appropriate visa.

Effective on June 15, 1994, you are directed to amend further

the February 23, 1984 directive to require an export visa for

shipments of cotton and man-made fiber textile products in part-

Categories 224-V\1\ and 224-O\2\, produced or manufactured in China

and exported from China on and after June 15, 1994. Merchandise in

Category 224 which is exported from China during the period June 15,

1994 through July 15, 1994 may be visaed as Category 224 or the

correct part-category. Merchandise in Category 224 which is exported

on and after July 15, 1994 must be visaed as Category 224-V or 224-

O.

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\1\Category 224-V: only HTS numbers 5801.21.0000, 5801.23.0000,

5801.24.0000, 5801.25.0010, 5801.25.0020, 5801.26.0010,

5801.26.0020, 5801.31.0000, 5801.33.0000, 5801.34.0000,

5801.35.0010, 5801.35.0020, 5801.36.0010 and 5801.36.0020.

\2\Category 224-O: all HTS numbers in Category 224 except those

in 224-V.

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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 or replacement visa must be

obtained.

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,

Rita D. Hayes,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

[FR Doc. 94-13935 Filed 6-7-94; 8:45 am]

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