Delay in the Implementation of Export Visa Requirements for Certain Cotton, Wool, Man-Made Fiber, Silk-blend and Non-Cotton Vegetable Fiber Textiles and Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Laos

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Delay in the Implementation of Export Visa Requirements for

Certain Cotton, Wool, Man-Made Fiber, Silk-blend and Non-Cotton

Vegetable Fiber Textiles and Textile Products Produced or Manufactured

in Laos

September 30, 1994.

AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs amending the

effective date for the implementation of 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).

On September 13, 1994 a notice was published in the Federal

Register (59 FR 46964) announcing the establishment of export visa

requirements for textiles and textile products, produced or

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

1994.

In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the

Commissioner of Customs to delay the implementation of the visa

requirements until November 15, 1994. Goods exported from Laos during

the period November 15 through November 30, 1994 shall not be denied

entry for lack of a visa. All goods exported after November 30, 1994

must be accompanied by an appropriate export visa.

Interested persons are advised to take all necessary steps to

ensure that textile products that are entered into the United States

for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, will meet

the visa requirements set forth in the letter published below to the

Commissioner of Customs.

Rita D. Hayes,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

September 30, 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 8, 1994, by the Chairman,

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That

directive directs you to require an export visa for certain textiles

and textile products, produced or manufactured in Laos and exported

from Laos on and after October 1, 1994. You are directed to delay

the implementation of the visa requirements until November 15, 1994.

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

September 8, 1994 directive to prohibit entry of textiles and

textile products, produced or manufactured in Laos and exported from

Laos on and after November 15, 1994 for which the Government of the

Lao People's Democratic Republic has not issued an appropriate

export visa. Goods exported during the period November 15, 1994

through November 30, 1994 shall not be denied entry for lack of a

visa.

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,

Rita D. Hayes,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

[FR Doc. 94-24653 Filed 10-4-94; 8:45 am]

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