Amendment of Export Visa Requirements for Certain Cotton, Man- Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Oman

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Amendment of Export Visa Requirements for Certain Cotton, Man-

Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textile Products

Produced or Manufactured in Oman

August 25, 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: October 1, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Tallarico, 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 visa arrangement between the Governments of the

United States and the Sultanate of Oman is being amended to include the

coverage of cotton, man-made fiber, silk blend and other vegetable

fiber textile products in merged Categories 334/634, 335/635 and 647/

648/847, produced or manufactured in Oman and exported from Oman on and

after October 1, 1994. Merchandise in Categories 334/634, 335/635 and

647/648/847 may be accompanied by either the appropriate merged export

visa or the correct category visa corresponding to the actual shipment.

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

59 FR 49036, published on September 21, 1993.

Edwin E. Maddrey,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

August 25, 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 September 15, 1993, 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 textile

products, produced or manufactured in Oman for which the Government

of the Sultanate of Oman has not issued an appropriate visa.

Effective on October 1, 1994, you are directed to amend the

September 15, 1993 directive to include the coverage of cotton, man-

made fiber, silk blend and other vegetable fiber textile products in

merged Categories 334/634, 335/635 and 647/648/847, produced or

manufactured in Oman and exported from Oman on and after October 1,

1994. Merchandise in Categories 334/634, 335/635 and 647/648/847 may

be accompanied by either the appropriate merged category visa or the

correct category visa corresponding to the actual shipment.

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,

Edwin E. Maddrey,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements.

[FR Doc. 94-21515 Filed 8-30-94; 8:45 am]

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